House Buyers Texas: Review & Ratings (November 2026)

Lifetime ratings. Lifetime feedback was strongly positive: 517 rated reviews averaged 4.9/5, with 502 five-star ratings and 15 one-star ratings. Reviews dated back to 2022. Our methodology adjusts small rating samples toward the typical company rating, then maps the adjusted rating to a score and applies a small review-depth deduction that decreases as the record grows. Volume credit grows with every rating, with an additional small adjustment that grows fastest over the first few hundred ratings and then slows. It strengthens the distance from the neutral, sample-adjusted 4.5-star signal; this record received a 1.53% adjustment to that signal. This added 0.36 score points before the depth deduction and confidence limit.

Recent ratings. Recent feedback was uniformly positive. All 294 ratings over 12 months, 45 ratings over 6 months and 26 ratings over 3 months were five-star, through October 24, 2026.

Rating trends. Ratings improved. The 3-month average rose from 4.88 lifetime to 5.00 — up 0.12 stars, or 2.4%. The five-star share rose from 97.1% to 100.0%, up 2.9 percentage points. The 26-rating sample provided meaningful support for the recent improvement.

Common themes. A smooth process led the feedback, appearing in 278 of 391 detailed customer reviews (71%), followed by fast closings in 206 (53%) and fair pricing in 143 (37%). Other common themes included honesty and transparency in 122 (31%). Reviews could mention multiple themes.

Review relevance. We classified 481 of 517 reviews (93%) as relevant to the home-selling experience. Another 27 concerned other products or services, another business, property buyers and initial contacts without reported outcomes. We excluded 4 duplicate entries and 5 reviews with too little text from sentiment analysis. All 517 star ratings remained in the lifetime rating record.

Recent review volume. The company received more reviews than similar companies across all 3 periods. We counted 294 reviews over 12 months, 45 over 6 months and 26 over 3 months. Similar companies had median counts of 4, 1.5, and 0, respectively.

Recent review pace. Its 6-month review pace is stable, at 0.8× its lifetime average pace. Its latest 3-month pace was 0.9×, compared with 2.6× over 12 months. Recent rates averaged 7.5 reviews per month over 6 months, 8.7 over 3 months and 24.5 over 12 months, versus a lifetime average of 9.6. The record contains 517 reviews dating back to 2022. This gives the recent comparisons a substantial historical basis.

Review freshness. Its latest review on file was October 21, 2026 — less than 1 week old as of our last data refresh. 9% of all reviews appeared within the last 6 months, and the average review age was about 1.5 years.

Other business activity. We have no claimed directory profile, completed enhanced screening, business interview, or reviewed purchase figure on file.

Verification. We identified Google and BBB profiles. Earlier directory records list BBB accreditation and an A+ rating; a corresponding BBB credential snapshot was unavailable. Its Google Business Profile was verified. House Buyers Texas has not claimed its directory profile or completed enhanced screening with our team.

Website assessment. The website was accessible when checked on September 29, 2026. The website scored 100/100 for depth and transparency. It includes company background, team information, buying and service information, the process and terms, and customer testimonials or work examples.

Business details. We identified Steven Hoeke as owner and Beverly Hoeke as managing member. We could not confirm its business structure. Its website identifies it as a direct buyer. No related businesses or DBAs were identified.

Track record. House Buyers Texas reports operating since 2015 on its website. BBB history records list August 24, 2021 as the business-start date. The reported start dates differ across sources. We did not treat that discrepancy as a red flag. Reviews on file date back to May 17, 2022. Reviews appear in 37 of the 54 months covered by our records. The longest period without a recorded review was 8 months.

Complaints and red flags. The information we reviewed includes 2 complaint accounts that need more context. One seller alleges missed mortgage payments and foreclosure after a subject-to transfer; another describes disputed price reductions involving Smartvest. The company denies the account and alleges review extortion; the claimed chat records were unavailable. The reviewer names Smartvest; responsibility for the alleged referral and transaction could not be established. Contracts, loan and foreclosure records were unavailable; the allegations remain unverified. Some reviews explicitly name other businesses, including Monica Foster Team and NASA House Buyers; those accounts were excluded from this company’s concerns.