HAR in the News

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 October 2019 MLS Market Update – describing how buyers kept up demand for housing for a fourth straight month due to continued low mortgage interest rates – generated coverage from mid- to late November in the following media outlets:

• Bellaire Essentials
• Community Impact Newspaper
• CultureMap Houston
• Examiner Newspapers
• Houston Agent Magazine
• 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)

The latest survey by HAR’s 11,000-member Consumer Research Panel focused on the growing impact of the iBuyer business model on the Houston real estate market. The findings, including that 39 percent of home sellers say they are “somewhat likely” to work with an iBuyer while 92 percent are still determined to work with a REALTOR®, received coverage from Inman News and the Houston Chronicle on November 27, and from Houston Agent Magazine on December 4.

HAR’s “Ten Most Expensive Homes Sold” report for November drew coverage from KPRC-TV / Local 2 on December 5 and from the Houston Chronicle online on December 9.