HAR’s February 2017 MLS news release, reporting positive sales volume, increased pricing and a slight uptick in inventory, generated coverage from mid- to late March in the following media outlets:
- Bellaire Essentials
- Community Impact Newspaper
- CultureMap Houston
- Examiner Newspapers
- Houston Business Journal (online and print editions)
- Houston Chronicle (online and print editions)
- Houston Community Newspapers
- Houston Public Media / KUHF 88.7 FM
- KHOU-TV / 11 News
- KPRC-TV / Local 2
- KRIV-TV / FOX 26 News
- KTRH / NewsRadio 740
- KTRK-TV / ABC 13 Eyewitness News
- Realty News Report (RNR)
HAR Chair Cindy Hamann was a guest on the KHOU-TV/11 News talk show “Great Day Houston” on Friday, April 21. Cindy discussed appraisals with host Deborah Duncan and explained how homeowners can protest appraisals that seem too high. She recommended consulting a REALTOR® as a resource to help prepare a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) and emphasized the importance, in general, of real estate consumers working with a REALTOR®, whether buying or selling a home, as well as all the helpful consumer tools HAR.com offers.
HAR Chair-elect Kenya Burrell was a guest on KPRC-TV/Local 2’s live daily talk show, “Houston Life,” on February 21, where she discussed the many housing options that are available to first-time Houston home buyers. Kenya used the appearance to promote HAR.com as a valuable home-searching resource.
Houston Chronicle real estate correspondent Michelle Sandlin, whose columns focus on the relocation market, interviewed former HAR and TAR Chairman Shad Bogany for his perspectives on the history and everyday applications of the Fair Housing Act. The article was published on March 30 in conjunction with Fair Housing Month, which is observed nationally each April.
