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title: "Houston Business Journal: Austin residential company to expand to Houston, hire hundreds"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c83183a9-5870-41a5-9c4d-304b03c0b219
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/houston-business-journal-austin-residential-company-to-expand-to-houston-hire-hundreds-2706631
category: "Real estate"
industry: "Business Services"
segment: "Real estate"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2018-08-15T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:23.068Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7587e1f862d88a4172dcf9b74a1d8ae43413.jpg
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# Houston Business Journal: Austin residential company to expand to Houston, hire hundreds

**TL;DR:** Watters International Realty is expanding into the Houston real estate market with 28 team owners and hiring 700 agents and 336 support staff. The company expects to complete 28,000 transactions for an estimated $7 billion in total sales.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-15. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/houston-business-journal-austin-residential-company-to-expand-to-houston-hire-hundreds-2706631).*

## Story

Recently, the Houston Business Journal spoke with Watters International Realty CEO Chris Watters to learn about the real estate brand's planned expansion into the Houston real estate market. In the article, Watters detailed the brand's 2017 success and his lofty goals for Houston in the coming years. He expects 28 team owners will cover Houston's submarkets. Those team owners are expected to hire 700 agents with a support staff of 336 that will complete 28,000 transactions for an estimated $7 billion in total sales.

Watters went on to talk about the brand's differentiators stating "At Watters International, real estate agents work with clients one-on-one while a back office team that includes an inside sales department, marketing team and transaction coordinators works behind the scenes to generate leads and handle additional tasks." He outlined the company's "flexible commission menu" and noted that under the Watters International model an average listing agent will sell anywhere between 30 and 40 times more homes annually than an average realtor.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- location expansion (topic)
- Business Services (sector)
- business growth (topic)
- houston (location)
- real estate market (topic)
- hiring staff (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/houston-business-journal-austin-residential-company-to-expand-to-houston-hire-hundreds-2706631). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c83183a9-5870-41a5-9c4d-304b03c0b219).