{"id":353505,"date":"2026-06-28T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/353505\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:36:11","slug":"austins-top-residential-agent-accused-of-withholding-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/353505\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin\u2019s Top Residential Agent Accused of Withholding Offers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin\u2019s top residential agent is in a bit of hot water for mixing business and pleasure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the course of house-hunting for an Austin mansion in the $10 million range, Kuper Sotheby\u2019s Kumara Wilcoxon<\/a>, the highest-producing residential real estate agent in Austin, allegedly withheld offers from the seller of 3400 Foothill Terrace (whom she represented) after expressing interest in buying the house herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Amy Deane, the Moreland Properties agent who represented the jilted buyers, claims in a complaint with the Texas Real Estate Commission. Deane alleges Wilcoxon withheld two full-price offers from the seller, Mary Stanley.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The home in question, a Mediterranean villa listed for $9.5 million, eventually sold for $8.4 million, according to the complaint. The discount pushed the Stanleys to consider legal action against Kuper Sotheby\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TREC cited \u201cinsufficient evidence\u201d in its decision not to pursue disciplinary action, but said the agency was \u201cconcerned about Ms. Kumara Wilcoxon\u2019s conduct.\u201d The Real Deal obtained the agency\u2019s letter in a public information request.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wilcoxon and Deane were likely already pitted against each other before this issue unfolded. Both sold 36 Austin homes in 2025, RealTrends shows. Wilcoxon ranks first in the city with a deal volume of $327.5 million, and Deane ranks fourth, with a deal volume of $173.5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deane may have lost the commission for the Foothill Terrace house, but she got a check when Wilcoxon finally pulled the trigger on a similar Austin manse. Deane represented the seller on the 6,600-square-foot Pemberton Heights house listed for $9 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Morgan Stanley joins Uptown\u2019s Y\u2019all Street party<\/p>\n

Morgan Stanley is following in the footsteps of Bank of America and Goldman Sachs with plans for a built-to-suit office<\/a> in Uptown. The bank is going halfsies on its new digs at 2401 McKinney Avenue with Trammell Crow. Morgan Stanley is earmarking $700 million for the project, and developer Trammell Crow is expected to contribute $650 million. Meanwhile, the city of Dallas has approved an $18.5 million incentive package<\/a> for the move.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bank plans to spend some time downtown before its new office opens in 2031. It signed a lease for 255,000 square feet at Fountain Place, giving a temporary boost to an area still reeling from news of the high-profile departures of AT&T, the Mavericks and the Stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Camp Mystic files for bankruptcy<\/p>\n

The site of last summer\u2019s July 4 flash flood tragedy in Texas\u2019 Hill Country, where 25 children and two camp counselors were killed, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy<\/a>. The filing comes amid ongoing investigation into the Kerr County-based girls camp\u2019s lack of adequate emergency preparations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the face of ongoing wrongful death lawsuits, the camp applied to reopen in April but withdrew the application in response to protests from families whose children died in the tragedy. Bankruptcy filings indicate that the camp\u2019s assets are valued between $100,000 and $500,000, with its liabilities pegged between $10 million and $50 million.<\/p>\n

Serhant comes to Texas<\/p>\n

The nationwide expansion of Ryan Serhant\u2019s eponymous brokerage<\/a> has finally reached Texas. The \u201cOwning Manhattan\u201d star\u2019s firm is opening four offices across the Texas Triangle \u2014 in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio \u2014 two months after planting a flag in California<\/a>. Serhant\u2019s 13-person founding team includes agents poached from Compass, eXp and Monument Realty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s founding agents have sold nearly $1.5 billion in real estate in the last 12 months, the company said in a press release Tuesday. Susana Sarvis will be the operation\u2019s managing director. Based in Houston, she was most recently in a leadership position at Real Brokerage.<\/p>\n

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