Cheryl Martin Broker Associate

05/03/2026

6 bedrooms in Cinco Ranch, Katy, TX offered at $795k. Neighborhood amenities, lake view, excellent schools.

04/03/2026

New listing in Bellaire, 4 bedroom 2.2 bath, $1.350M.

02/20/2026

Mortgage rates fell this week to their lowest level since September 2022, dropping to 6.01% for a 30-year fixed loan, down from 6.09% last week. Last year at this time, rates averaged 6.85%.

Freddie Mac’s chief economist, Sam Khater, says lower rates make buying a home more affordable and help homeowners save money through refinancing, with applications more than doubling over the past year.

01/12/2026

New Listing! $250k. This beautiful ranch style home home is tucked in the charming community of Copperfield, and zoned to Cy-Fair ISD. The neighborhood has beautiful mature trees, large lots, curbs and gutters, very peaceful atmosphere. Upton entering, you are welcomed by the beautiful tile floors and fresh neutral paint throughout the home. The fluid floor plan makes entertaining family and friends easily. Hight ceilings, living/dining open concept, and a kitchen with a breakfast bar. The primary bedroom is the perfect place to relax and unwind. Enjoy two additional secondary bedrooms along with modern and recently remodeled bathrooms and kitchen. Sizeable backyard is fully fenced. This backyard is perfect for family gatherings, social events, or simply unwinding in the fresh air. Don't forget about the beautiful neighborhood pool. With close proximity to Highway 6 and Highway 290, commuting will be a breeze.

01/09/2026

11/18/2025

The U.S. housing market will finally turn the corner in 2026, with a double-digit increase in home sales supporting a 4% increase in home prices, according to new predictions from the National Association of Realtors®.

“Next year is really the year that we will see a measurable increase in sales,” Yun said on Friday at a NAR conference in Houston. “Home prices nationwide are in no danger of declining.”

11/13/2025

Compass Texas!! Thank you for an incredible day at TX REignite connecting with more than 300 inspiring real estate professionals in Dallas this week. I had the incredible pleasure of meeting the founder and listening to him speak a couple of times. I feel so fortunate to be a part of the largest, most successful brokerage in the nation. #1 in sales volume in the country. This is what he had to say about our third quarter 2025.

Robert Reffkin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Compass. “a record 851 principal agents joined Compass organically in Q3, marking an all-time high. This, combined with our 97.3% quarterly principal agent retention rate, demonstrates that Compass’ value proposition remains strong. In the third quarter, we also continued to outperform the industry as we grew organic transactions by 7% and total transactions by 22%, while market transactions increased by 2% year-over-year. This means organic and total transactions outgrew the market by five and twenty percentage points, respectively. For 18 consecutive quarters, spanning our entire history as a public company, Compass has outperformed the market on an organic basis. Organic quarterly market share grew 32 basis points year-over-year and total quarterly market share grew 83 basis points year-over-year to 5.63%.”

11/08/2025

Dear SBISD Parents, Staff and Community Members,

At last night's Board of Trustees' Workshop meeting, district administration presented recommendations for several elementary school boundary changes to be effective for the 2026-27 school year. The proposed changes, if approved by Trustees, would enable the district to address some longstanding anomalies in several boundaries on the east side of the district that were put in place decades ago. The changes also would help us to level enrollment at some of our elementary campuses.

Additionally, one of the proposed boundary shifts between the current Shadow Oaks Elementary and Westwood Elementary attendance areas would enable the district to move the 3-5th grade SPIRAL gifted and talented program to a new home at Westwood Elementary.

You may view last night's presentation or listen to the presentation video through the links listed below.

Trustees will vote on the proposed boundary adjustments at their November 17, 2025, Regular Meeting.

Should these boundary shifts be approved, we will provide follow up communication districtwide. We will also communicate directly with families whose addresses are impacted.

Families with students currently attending a campus for which their address would indicate a campus change will have the choice to attend the new campus or be grandfathered for their family to remain at their current campus. (District transportation would be provided to the newly zoned campus only.) Open-house opportunities for families to visit their newly zoned school will also be made available.

SBISD parents and community members are reminded of our "Find my zoned school" webpage where you can input your address to view your current zoned campuses. The site would be updated with the new boundaries, if and when the new boundaries are approved.

🔗 Board meetings: https://sbisd.co/4qJb5WO
🔗 Find my school: https://sbisd.co/4qEipmJ

Thank you,
Jennifer Blaine, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools

11/07/2025

Did you know? Texas homeowners are in for big savings, the homestead exemption jumped from $100,000 to $140,000, starting now in 2025. Seniors and disabled homeowners get even more relief!

10/30/2025

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The Federal Reserve just cut interest rates again. Here are three borrowing products that could soon become cheaper.