Austin-area homebuilders see solid late spring surge in new home sales

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By Shonda Novak, Austin American-Statesman July 3, 2025 Sales of newly built homes in the Austin area surged nearly 14% in May, a new analysis shows. New home sales in the Austin region climbed 13.8% to a monthly average of 880, up from 773 in April. It was still less than the 955 homes sold […]

How some builders win like it’s the Indy 500 while others drive in circles

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By Ben Caballero If you tuned into the Indy 500 this year, you may not have noticed that all the cars are the same, even though they look different. The colors and sponsor logos disguise this fact. The chassis? Standard. The tires? Firestone only. Engines? You get a choice: Honda or Chevy, and both crank […]

HomesUSA.com: Texas Builders See Solid Late Spring Surge

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HomesUSA.com reports higher inventory, stabilizing sales pace and steady prices Texas home builders experienced a solid late spring surge as new home sales in May reached their highest level so far this year, according to the latest Texas New Home Sales Report released today by HomesUSA.com and its founder and CEO, Ben Caballero, the nation’s top-ranked real estate agent. The […]

Against the odds, RealTrends Verified agents and teams deliver big gains

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Even in a housing market squeezed by low inventory and high interest rates, the real estate industry’s top performers continued to rise. More than 45,000 agents and teams secured a spot on the 2025 RealTrends Verified rankings, showing that experience and execution still drive success even in challenging conditions. Among them, those ranked in RealTrends […]

Austin-area new home sales and prices drop: a look at the housing market trends

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By Shonda Novak So what’s up in the new-home market in the Austin region? Not sales and prices, new numbers show. Of Texas’ four major metros, the Austin metro and San Antonio saw sales of newly built houses decline (15.7% and 2.37% respectively) in April compared to April 2024. Year-over-year, sales of new homes in […]

Want to sell 7k houses in a year? Here’s how

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Decades ago, Ben Caballero was passing through Dallas on his way back home to Oklahoma City when the water pump on his car went out. Very quickly, locals stopped to help. They directed him to a garage. And the experience changed Caballero’s life forever. “I was about 20 years old,” Caballero recently told Inman. “I […]

‘Signs of strain’ hit DFW new home market amid spring season

New home sales stagnate in DFW, prices fall

New home sales in North Texas fell in March, with DFW seeing lower sales than February. New home sales and prices in North Texas slid last month and homebuilders in the region are seeing some of the lowest profit margins in the country, according to a couple of recent reports. New home sales in the […]

Can home builders automate their MLS listings?

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By Ben Caballero Production builders have built their business on faster, more accurate ways to manage their data over the last several years. They’ve invested in CRMs, ERPs, and back-office platforms that track every detail of their homes, from pricing and lot status to construction timelines. But what about MLS data? Can home builders automate […]

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