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Texas Economic Boom No Secret Even in UK

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00May 30th, 2013|News|

The most shared story on the UK website BBC News Magazine right now are the 10 reasons why so many people are moving to Texas. Apparently the good news about Texas is no secret even in Europe. Texas has 5 of the top 10 fastest growing cities in the United States by both absolute numbers and by percentage. Houston had the second largest population increase in absolute numbers according to the US Census with San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, and Forth Worth also breaking into the top 10. In terms of percentage the fastest growing city in the USA was San Marcos with a nearly 5% increase. Number 10 on the list, and the fastest growing city in the Houston area was Conroe with a 4.01% year over year population increase. In terms of new arrivals, Texas led the nation with 210,590 last year, followed by North Carolina with 60,106 and Virginia with 40,844. All this good press is no surprise to us, we’ve already been sharing lots of the good news and facts regarding Texas in general and Houston in particular. If anyone in the UK does decide to pack up and move to Houston, they would be pleased to know that Houston has an office of the British Consulate General downtown on Louisiana Street. One of the many perks of living in a world-class city. Expect to see many more families moving into our neighborhoods.

Here are the 10 reasons, check out the BBC article to find the details […]

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Houston New Home Permits Up 44% To Keep Up With Demand

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00April 25th, 2013|News|

If you’re looking to buy in the Houston area, expect more and more showings to look like this. House Under Construction by Charles Rondeau As reported by the Houston Business Journal, new residential construction permits in Houston are up 44% since March 2012. These figures were compiled in a report by the Greater Houston Partnership. The city issued a total of $187.3 million worth of permits just for March, compared to $130.2 million for the same month last year.

This comes as no surprise since we have had very tight inventory in nearly every Houston area market. With Houston’s economy running wide open, and continued rise as a global city, the demand for more homes and workplaces will only increase. We have witnessed multiple bid scenarios with several of our listings and we expect supply to further tighten before it increases again.

Where have you seen new construction going up? Have you seen multiple offers on a home? Please tell us in the comments!

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Live in Montgomery County? Expect More Orange Construction Barrels.

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00February 26th, 2013|News|

FM 1097 is about to get a little bit bigger.

According to the Montgomery County Courier, FM 1097 in Willis has been approved to be widened by TxDOT. The estimated $3.2 million dollar project will widen the road between I-45 and Texas Highway 75, significantly improving access and safety. Engineers expect the project to be completed in 18 months after construction starts and will add a much needed turning lane to ease traffic. With rapid growth within the Houston Metro Area, and Montgomery County in particular, many roads and intersections are already operating at or over capacity. One of Montgomery County’s most congested intersections may soon be much better.

Further south on I-45 at State Highway 242 near The Woodlands and Shenandoah, plans have been approved for a $33.9 million dollar project to build flyovers allowing traffic to bypass the traffic lights at the feeder street. This in addition to the dozens of road construction projects throughout Montgomery County in the last decade including the widening of I-45 to at least 3 lanes all the way through the county.

Why all this construction? More residents and businesses are relocating to the area. The Houston Area led the nation in Gross Metropolitan Product growth (the total value of all goods and services […]

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C21 Super Bowl Ads

By Realty Partners|2013-10-18T12:17:01-05:00February 4th, 2013|News|

In case you missed it during last night’s “Blackout Bowl” here are the CENTURY 21® ads from Super Bowl XLVII . Prices for 30 second ad spots on CBS started at $4,000,000 a pop, which makes more sense when you consider that Super Bowl XLVII was the highest rated Television event since ratings were first tracked. For the second year in a row, we are proud to see our brand represented in the biggest TV media event of the year.

Is there a CENTURY 21 Agent in the house?

I’m a CENTURY 21 Agent.

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Want a raise? Move to Houston.

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00January 17th, 2013|News|

Where did wages increase the most in 2012? Since this is the official C21 Realty Partners blog, you may not be surprised to learn that it was none other than our fabulous metropolis, Houston (although we did tie with Seattle who also registered 4.8% year-over-year wage growth). Why did H-town lead the nation in wage growth? Just ask the folks at PayScale who track wage rates across the United States: “The largest city in Texas hosts a variety of strong industries, including aeronautics and healthcare, but the boom in the oil and gas industry has had the biggest positive impact on wages in Houston, historically.” With the Houston’s white-hot energy sector and a robust yet diverse economy that features everything from taco trucks to NASA, Houston will be welcoming many more newcomers in the near future. Given the massive new ExxonMobil campus being built just south of The Woodlands, the Houston job market will keep getting stronger. What does this mean for Real Estate? Higher wages equals more prosperity which means more demand for homes and businesses. The perfect time for natives and transplants alike to contact a CENTURY 21 Realty Partners agent.

The PayScale Index: Houston Metro Area by Quarter

© 2013 PayScale, Inc.
The PayScale Index uses 2006 average total cash compensation as a baseline.

Houston Metro Area

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Still the Most Recognized Brand in Real Estate†

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00January 9th, 2013|News, Realty Partners|

Real estate professionals want to work with a real estate brand that is experienced, recognized in the marketplace as an industry leader, and enjoys a reputation as the real estate organization consumers gravitate to when they think real estate. Consumers want to work with a real estate organization that is well known and respected. They want the reassurance an experienced real estate sales organization offers, one that has offices that are dedicated to meeting their needs. Well, once again, that brand is CENTURY 21®. How do we know? Well, the results are in for the 2012 Brand Preference and Ad Tracking Study. In 2012, the CENTURY 21 brand continued to maintain the highest brand awareness level among consumers presented with a list of several other real estate organizations; continuing a trend stretching back to 1999. In addition, the CENTURY 21 brand has kept its perennial status as “the most recognized name in real estate.” What’s new is that this year we were recognized as “the most respected in the industry” a new survey question introduced in 2012. As we are gearing up CENTURY 21’s advertising blitz at Super Bowl XLVII, combined with the consistently excellent service we offer all our clients, we at Realty Partners are positive these trends will continue long into the future.

† Source: 2012 Ad Tracking Study. The study was conducted in two waves by Millward Brown, a […]

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CENTURY 21® Agents: Navigators of the Future of Homes

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00January 8th, 2013|News, Realty Partners|

No matter how homes change in the future, buyers and sellers will still rely on real estate agents for expert advice and guidance. Although many of us remember the TV show The Jetsons and their now retro vision of tomorrow, our homes look as though they will be earthbound for the foreseeable future. What does appear to be changing however is how the technology inside of homes is becoming smarter and more interconnected. Although we may not have our own Rosie the Robot, in a few years many of us may have internet controlled HVAC systems and appliances. Our living rooms have evolved from little more than a black and white TV and couch of the 1950s to a room filled with dozens of blinking little plastic boxes and High Definition Television bringing us world of information and entertainment. USA Today has an article welcoming us to the future of homes and how the future is becoming the present. Much like our cell phones, we may not be far from the day where clients are asked if they are interested in a Google house or an Apple house. The convenience, efficiency, and intense personalization that an interconnected “smart” house offers to consumers presents an enormous opportunity for the companies and individuals who offer the best products in the marketplace. Who will help the homeowner navigate the digital maze? Real estate agents, particularly smart agents, such as the SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTER. agents at CENTURY 21 Realty Partners.

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Fund Established to Help C21 Colleagues Affected by Hurricane Sandy

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00November 9th, 2012|Giving Back, News|

As many of you know, CENTURY 21 International is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. Anyone who has seen the news in recent days is painfully aware of the devastation confronting many in New Jersey, New York, and the eastern seaboard. Hurricane Sandy has completely disrupted life and business as usual for many of our fellow CENTURY 21 brokers and agents in the affected areas. To this end, CENTURY21 President and CEO, Rick Davidson, has just notified the entire CENTURY 21 system that;

With the recent designation of Hurricane Sandy as a qualified disaster by the IRS, we are now able to use the Realogy Charitable Foundation to provide disaster relief funds directly to our affected CENTURY 21 franchisees, their agents and staff members in regions most impacted by the hurricane.

This foundation has set up a “Qualified Disaster Relief Fund” which will use 100% of the funds raised to directly help CENTURY 21 System members in their recovery efforts. Please bear in mind that the deadline for donations to the CENTURY 21 Qualified Disaster Relief Fund is Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. To make a tax-deductible donation to specifically help CENTURY 21 System members affected by the disaster, click here.

Here in Houston, we know a thing or two about Hurricanes and how tough they can be. We also know something about community, determination, and hope, and that together we can help each other weather the strongest storms. To all of our friends and colleagues on the east coast, know that your friends […]

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CENTURY 21® is going to Super Bowl XLVII

By Realty Partners|2013-01-31T13:31:52-06:00November 8th, 2012|News|

As many of you may remember, on February 5th of this year CENTURY 21® ran an ad during Super Bowl XLVI that was broadcast before an all-time record television audience of 111 million. In so doing, we became the first real estate company in decades to advertise during the game itself, and brought our SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTER. agents to the forefront of our multifaceted advertising campaign. Athletics and achievement underscores our marketing campaign, which also included advertising in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, the Olympics, and sponsorship of the US Men’s and Gold Medal winning Women’s Soccer teams. With all of this high profile advertising, the CENTURY 21® brand attracted 1.3 billion (with a “B”) media impressions.

What would be an appropriate encore for such a blockbuster year for our brand? As has already been announced by Bev Thorne, the CENTURY 21 international marketing guru, CENTURY 21 will be at Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013! We will also be sponsoring an hour long pre-game show, and look for the SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTER. real estate professionals showing up at the start of the 3rd quarter.

At CENTURY 21 Realty Partners, we have already created quite a stir in our regional market, and CENTURY 21 International has been raising our profile to never before seen heights nationally and internationally. We look forward to 2013, and continued growth for ourselves and the brand.

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Newest CENTURY 21® office location: SimCity Social

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:54-05:00October 19th, 2012|News|

The SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTER. agents in virtual reality. Now serving all of SimCity.

While it is no secret that CENTURY 21® is the most recognized name in real estate, we see no reason to rest on our laurels. Instead, as the SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTER. agents in real estate, we know that our future as a brand and effectiveness as marketers of our clients properties depends on reaching out to the next generation of home buyers and investors. Many of you have watched as we have had another breakout year with our corporate marketing campaign. First, CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC was the first real estate company to advertise during the Superbowl in over two decades, then we were an official sponsor of the US Men’s and Women’s Soccer Team and advertised during the 2012 Olympic games.

Now, we are reaching out on facebook inside the online world of SimCity Social. CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC has partnered with EA to allow players to open their own CENTURY 21® franchise right in their own virtual metropolis. SimCity Social is a facebook game that allows players to take the role of developers and urban planners to build and manage their own simulated city. SimCity Social has a quite large contingent of 25-34 year old players, or what our Chief Marketing Officer, Bev Thorne, calls the “next generation of buyers and sellers.” She goes on to explain our goals […]

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