Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of June 10, 2022.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

Of all the awards our agents earn in any given year — and I am proud to say that it is a lot — one honor comes with a little extra excitement.

Each year, a firm called RealTrends ranks the top individuals, teams [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of May 13, 2022.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

Ranches couldn’t be hotter.

Some statistics to back that up? Ranch sales in Texas nearly doubled between the second quarter of 2021 and the previous year, according to the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University. Prices are up, too, says the [...]

That is what a network can do especially when its one full of friendly Texans.

That is what a network can do — especially when it’s one full of friendly Texans.

Buoyed by a record-breaking third quarter of 2020 in which home sales increased 18.4 percent in Texas, the Lone Star State looks set to remain a seller’s market for quite some time. With the worst of the pandemic disruption and job hopefully over — touch wood — any Texas homeowner may rightly be asking, “Should I sell my house now?” A number of factors, including high demand, low borrowing rates and quirks in Texas real estate inventory suggest that the answer is a resounding [...]

If you’re buying or selling a condominium, a property in a subdivision or a town house in Texas, you have specific rights and responsibilities to consider in relation to your Homeowners Association (HOA). These organizations wield considerable power to apply regulations and even foreclose on a home. Here’s what you need to know about the Texas HOA and Texas HOA [...]