A 50-agent independent Houston team that specializes in foreign investment joined eXp Realty.
Alumbra International Properties, founded by broker and CEO Miriam Valencia, joined the Bellingham, Washington-based brokerage, according to an eXp press release. Last month, eXp World Holdings, the parent company of eXp Realty, revealed plans to move to Texas.
Valencia founded Alumbra in September 2023, according to local reporting. Since then, Alumbra International Properties has handled over a thousand deals, with $250 million in total sales volume, according to its website.
Alumbra specializes in international transactions, especially with buyers from Mexico and the Dominican Republic, its website states. To cater to such buyers, It offers legal, tax and visa coordination, title companies and attorneys acquainted with international deals, and “access to trusted U.S. lenders,” as well as conventional representation. The two most expensive residential listings on Alumbra’s website are in Los Cabos, Mexico, both priced at about $3.4 million.
Alumbra handles both commercial and residential real estate.
Valencia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Foreign buyers accounted for about a tenth of all real estate purchases in Mexico in 2024, with Americans making up 65 percent of them, according to Mexico Business News.
Mexicans also invest heavily in American real estate, with Mexican buyers trailing only China and Canada in American property purchases between April 2024 and March 2025, according to the National Association of Realtors. Mexican capital is largely concentrated in Texas.
eXp Realty has grown to rank third nationally for sales volume, with $152.7 billion in dollar volume in 2025, according to RealTrends. Last May, eXp poached the Neal and Neal Team, a top Keller Williams firm based in San Antonio, according to an eXp press release.
Realtor.com, ComeHome.com and Homes.com recently agreed to display pre-market listings by eXp Realty agents, following similar deals between Compass and Redfin and between Zillow and several companies.
Unlike Compass and the companies that aligned with Zillow, which include the brokerage Side and franchisors Keller Williams and REMAX, eXp Realty offered its “Coming Soon” listings to other portals as well. eXp’s pre-market listings will appear on these portals starting April 15, according to a company press release.
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