Houston actual property veteran Haley Garcia has taken her seven-person workforce 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 workforce to Keller Williams Luxurious The Woodlands.
Haley Garcia
“As a frontrunner in luxurious actual property, the partnerships Keller Williams provides with The Wall Road Journal, Mansion International, and lots of others improve publicity for my purchasers,” Garcia stated of the transfer in a ready assertion. “As a big actual property workforce, in addition they present construction and expertise constructed for big 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 bought the brokerage in 2011 and two years later created an actual property workforce below the identical identify that served luxurious patrons and sellers within the Houston metroplex.
Her seven-person workforce’s success caught the attention of Compass leaders who tapped Garcia to turn out to be one of many founding members of their Houston operations. Throughout her final two years at Compass, Garcia’s workforce accomplished 318 transactions price $205.5 million — a manufacturing scale that earned her workforce 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 stated the brokerage’s degree of help post-IPO started to say no and pushed her to look elsewhere.
“I’ve nice associates and nice respect for Compass and its mission, and I’m grateful for my time with them,” she advised Inman. “Nonetheless, as soon as the corporate went public, sources for big groups modified. At this stage of my profession, with a big shopper base and a workforce to take care of, the stable basis with long-time confirmed leads to the luxurious house that KW provides made them a terrific match.”
Garcia stated 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 stated. “Consumers are navigating larger charges; nevertheless, profitable a suggestion on a property with a primary location in The Woodlands is robust when a refinance might be had sooner or later.”
“Proper now, we’re centered on serving our purchasers based mostly on their objectives with out worry and talking the reality about how we navigate the shift in keeping with their objectives,” she added. “Many brokers new to the market previously two years shall be unable to maintain as a result of shift. Nonetheless, they will be part of a stable workforce with a powerful basis of 20-plus years of coaching and training to assist them develop their new profession.”
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