The Houston Association of REALTORS® is making headlines! Here’s a look at some of the media coverage our organization has received over the past few weeks.

HAR’s MLS Update for December and full-year 2011, reporting the seventh consecutive month of increased sales and the lowest months inventory level in two years, generated coverage from mid- to late January in the following media outlets:

•    Examiner Newspapers
•    Houston Business Journal (online and print editions)
•    Houston Chronicle (online and print editions as well as Prime Property real estate blog)
•    Houston Community Newspapers
•    KHOU-TV (11 News)
•    KPRC-TV (News 2 Houston)
•    KRIV-TV (FOX 26 News)
•    KTRK-TV (13 Eyewitness News)
•    KUHF (Houston Public Radio)
•    World Property Channel

HAR Chairman-elect Danny Frank was interviewed at HAR’s central office by KRIV-TV/FOX 26 News reporter Tom Zizka for a January 18 story about Houston’s designation by the Brookings Institution as one of the top metropolitan economies in the world.

Houston Business Journal real estate reporter Jennifer Dawson cited Commercial Gateway’s 2011 Q4 data in her January 25 story about Houston’s flourishing office and industrial markets.

HAR International Advisory Group member Judith Snively was interviewed live in Spanish during the early-morning edition of the KXLN/Univision 45 News on February 15 about local home buying trends among Hispanic consumers. Judith also promoted the use of HAR.com, noting that the popular website is viewable in multiple languages, including Spanish.

These stories and more are chronicled in the HAR Online Newsroom at www.har.com/newsroom.