Two Houston real estate firms engage in merger talks

Two Houston-area real estate firms are moving ahead with plans to combine their operations, a move the companies say will give them an advantage in the increasingly competitive world of single-family home sales.

The Woodlands-based Connect Realty.com is in merger talks with Houston’s Clayton Nash Real Estate, the two companies announced. Plans are for the two firms to finalize their negotiations within the next few weeks.

The combined firm will operate under the Connect Realty brand.

If the…