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SALES & MARKETING COUNCIL NEWS
Bringing the Heat, All Summer Long S
ummer is quickly upon us and things are heating up on the Sales & Marketing
Council’s calendar of events. Now is the time to purchase your tickets for the Texas Bash event at Minute Maid Park, on June 27 starting at 6 p.m. We encourage you and your co-workers to bring your families out to this fun Friday night game. We’ll have something for everyone! Kids will meet the Astros’ mascot, Orbit, and you grownups will have fun bidding on exciting silent auction items in the Texas Bash lounge. A spectacular fireworks display will close out the evening at the end of the game.
Article by 2014 SMC President Teresa Shannon-Riehl, Taylor Morrison
THANK YOU TO OUR 2014 SMC UNDERWRITERS PLATINUM
Buy your tickets now to see the Houston Astros host the Detroit Tigers. “Early Bird Specials” are available when you purchase tickets or sponsor the event by May 31. Thanks to Mark Cady of Benchmark Mortgage for once again becoming our “First Pitch” Title Sponsor for this year’s event. Our special thanks to the cur- rent Texas Bash Exclusive Sponsors: The Detering Company, Koozie Sponsor, and Suncoast Post-Tension, Hot Dog Sponsor. Your support is so essential to this event and greatly appreciated. Become a 2014 Texas Bash sponsor today.
Everyone is invited to join the SMC on Thursday, May 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Clemens’ Katch 22 Restaurant & Bar for a
GOLD SILVER
The 25 home builders in this survey account for approxi- mately 65% of the new single family housing activity in the Houston market, according to their 4Q13 activity. Based on this percentage, we can assume that the Greater Houston Area sold approx- imately 2,800 new homes during the month of Feb 2014. Report by Metrostudy
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February Traffic & Sales Report Houston Housing Market 25 Builder Survey Monthly Comparison
February-14
25 Builder Survey 25 Builder LM Change
February-14
25 Builder Survey 25 Builder LY Change
February-14
25 Builder Survey 25 Builder LY Change
Active Sales Offices Traffic Gross Sales Net Sales Coop Sales 611 608
0.49%
17,104 17,772 -3.76%
2,251 2,093 7.55%
1,820 1,628
11.79%
1,484 1,415 4.84%
25 Builder Survey Annual Comparison Active Sales Offices Traffic Gross Sales Net Sales Coop Sales 611 612
-0.16%
17,104 16,392 4.34%
2,251 2,134 5.48%
1,820 1,761 3.35%
1,484 1,373 8.07%
25 Builder Survey YTD Comparison Active Sales Offices Traffic Gross Sales Net Sales Coop Sales 34,876 32,155 8.46%
4,344 4,020 8.06%
MAY 2014 | HOUSTON BUILDER | GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION – BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
3,448 3,224 6.95%
2,899 2,583
12.24%
U/C Complete 2,783 2,839
847 865
-1.97% -2.08%
U/C Complete 2,783 2,449
847 1,106 13.64% -23.42%
U/C Complete 2,783 2,449
847 1,106 13.64% -23.42%
special networking event. Katch 22 is the restaurant and sports bar with a very mod- ern style owned by Chef Kory Clemens, son of former Houston Astros pitcher, Roger Clemens. Come see how talent runs in this famous family, even outside the sport of baseball. We will award 4th Quarter 2013 and 1st Quarter 2014 Top Producers. Nominate your top selling salespeople and Realtors today at
www.ghba.org as well as register to attend. Admission price includes great eats and drinks!
As we roll into May, I want to remind everyone that the 2014 PRISM Awards Call for Entries is underway. Get your entries in now as we’ve made it smooth and easy with the new website. Log on today and get started because the deadline for entering will be here before you know it. You won’t want to miss out on this year’s gala event with its contemporary James Bond theme of “Diamonds are Forever.” The awards gala will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at The Royal Sonesta Hotel (formerly Hotel InterContinental) in the uptown Galleria area. Exceptional sponsorship opportunities are available.
If you’d like to sponsor any of our upcom- ing events, please contact Mel Audain, the SMC liaison at:
maudain@ghba.org or 281-664-1428 for more details.
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