Houston actual property veteran Haley Garcia has taken her seven-person crew to Keller Williams. Garcia was with Compass from 2018 to early 2023 and generated $205.5 million in gross sales quantity throughout her final two years with the brokerage.
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Texas-based franchisor Keller Williams continues its recruiting streak with Compass Houston founding member Haley Garcia taking her seven-member crew to Keller Williams Luxurious The Woodlands.
Haley Garcia
“As a frontrunner in luxurious actual property, the partnerships Keller Williams affords with The Wall Avenue Journal, Mansion World, and lots of others improve publicity for my purchasers,” Garcia mentioned of the transfer in a ready assertion. “As a big actual property crew, additionally they present construction and expertise constructed for giant city-wide groups that different corporations don’t. They provide us the infrastructure to develop into a number of markets which provides nice worth for our purchasers.”
Garcia has greater than 20 years of gross sales expertise which features a nine-year stint at Coldwell Banker earlier than leaving to create a boutique brokerage, the Garcia Actual Property Group. Garcia offered the brokerage in 2011 and two years later created an actual property crew beneath the identical title that served luxurious consumers and sellers within the Houston metroplex.
Her seven-person crew’s success caught the attention of Compass leaders who tapped Garcia to turn into one of many founding members of their Houston operations. Throughout her final two years at Compass, Garcia’s crew accomplished 318 transactions price $205.5 million — a manufacturing scale that earned her crew high-ranking spots on Houston Enterprise Journal’s and RealTrends America’s Finest’s lists for actual property groups.
Though Garcia skilled immense success at Compass, she mentioned the brokerage’s stage of assist post-IPO started to say no and pushed her to look elsewhere.
“I’ve nice buddies and nice respect for Compass and its mission, and I’m grateful for my time with them,” she instructed Inman. “Nonetheless, as soon as the corporate went public, assets for giant groups modified. At this stage of my profession, with a big shopper base and a crew to take care of, the stable basis with long-time confirmed leads to the luxurious area that KW affords made them an incredible match.”
Garcia mentioned the chance to hitch Keller Williams got here proper on time as her brokers navigate a altering actual property market.
“The brand new shifting market presents alternatives with restricted stock that stay within the vendor’s favor,” she mentioned. “Consumers are navigating increased charges; nevertheless, profitable a suggestion on a property with a primary location in The Woodlands is powerful when a refinance may be had sooner or later.”
“Proper now, we’re targeted on serving our purchasers primarily based on their targets with out worry and talking the reality about how we navigate the shift in response to their targets,” she added. “Many brokers new to the market up to now two years can be unable to maintain because of the shift. Nonetheless, they will be part of a stable crew with a robust basis of 20-plus years of coaching and training to assist them develop their new profession.”
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