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Both of the Mustang Island Realty and Port Aransas Realty teams enjoyed an eventful night out at Tortuga’s in Port Aransas for our Brokers holiday party last week. Our agents came out to the saltwater grill and mingled, ate some tasty food, sipped some drinks and enjoyed each other’s company. Several members of our team received an award, and we all celebrated a successful year of real estate.

These four rock star real estate agents were recognized for their hard work and dedication:

Melissa Hladyniuk, Mustang Island Realty – awarded “Rising Star 2019”

Stacy Clardy, Port Aransas Realty - awarded “Rising Star 2019”

Julie Reupke, Mustang Island Realty – awarded “Top Producing Agent 2019”

Michele Lorette, Port Aransas Realty – awarded “Top…

Huge Congratulations to our Mustang Island Realty Agent, Julie Reupke, for being recognized as a 2019 Top Producing Agent! We are thrilled to have such a hardworking and dedicated agent on our team. Here’s a little bit more about Julie…

1. How long have you been a REALTOR? - Almost 7 years, March 2013

2. How long you've been living on the island? I moved to the Island in September of 2002

3. What your dream job was as a child? I always loved to rearrange my room and change my environment so I wanted to be an Interior Designer.

4. How did you get into real estate? I was studying Interior Design at Missouri State University when a horrible snow storm hit and I had to dig my SUV out of the dorm parking lot.  It was that moment when I decided…

The December 2019 Padre Island Housing Report is in and it reflects some great numbers. Closed sales were up 2.9% with 39 closings that took place in December. The largest price distribution of homes in the Padre Island market was $200K- 299K, which was 42.9% of all sales. Active listings were up 10.6% compared to last year. Days on market sat at a short 75 days, which was 24 days less than December 2018. Contact any of our island experts at 361.749.4001 for more information. 

Awhile back, we searched high and low to find the best real estate websites available for our industry.  Real Estate Webmasters (REW) was the obvious choice and we’ve been seeing amazing results since both sites launched in late 2016.

As we begin 2020 we have completed site upgrades to the newest technology available from REW.  The sites are fast and very user-friendly whether you are on a computer, phone or tablet.  It should be noted that two-thirds of our web traffic is now on a mobile device and that trend is quickly increasing. For current and future clients this means that our sites will be easily found by prospective buyers searching for island homes and condos.  We invest a great deal of time and money to ensure that we maximize web traffic by…