The Antinozzi Group Moves Back to Compass

Joe Antinozzi’s Houston-based real estate team flipped from Remax to Compass and back, but now, the team is sticking with Compass for good.

The Antinozzi Group, which also includes Kristin Weaver, closed $30 million in residential sales in 2025, according to a release from Compass. The average price point for the group’s sales is about $700,000, Antinozzi said.

The team focuses on properties in Spring, Montgomery and The Woodlands, but it’s expanding to Austin and Dallas, too.

Antinozzi’s decision was motivated primarily by technology at Robert Reffkin’s Compass, he told The Real Deal.

“When I went back to Remax, I felt so unorganized,” he said. He compared moving back to Compass’ platform to “going from Android to iPhone.”

It’s the second time the team is moving to Compass from Remax. The Antinozzi Group spent five months at Compass before returning to Remax in May 2025. Remax called the team’s first stint at Compass “an endeavor of curiosity that proved to be short-lived” in a release that has now been removed from its website.

Despite the multiple brokerage moves, Antinozzi said this one is his last: “We’re staying put.”

The move comes as the nation’s biggest brokerages jockey for the best technology. Compass spent nearly $1 billion on its proprietary technology. The Real Brokerage, which bought Remax in April 2026, also leads with its AI-powered tech platform ReZen.

In the Lone Star State, Real and Compass have a new tech challenger in Serhant, celebrity broker Ryan Serhant’s brokerage. Serhant announced its expansion to Texas last month with offices in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. Serhant’s 13-person founding team includes agents poached from Compass, eXp and Monument Realty. Like Compass and Real, the brokerage also leads with its tech offerings for agents, specifically its proprietary AI platform S.MPLE.