Posts by Jason Porterfield

2024 market outlook: What needs to happen for a robust year

Three real estate CEOs — Victor Ciardelli, Erik Doersching and Thad Wong — explain what needs to happen in real estate for a robust...

How agents are working around the cyberattack that shut down MLS access in parts of 12 states

MLS freeze strikes agents in Florida, Massachusetts, Indiana, New York, California and...

Understanding HUD and what it means for residential real estate

Any agent who works with a client who has procured Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loans is effectively working for a HUD client. It’s essential, then, that agents know how to navigate the paperwork and bureaucracy of a HUD transaction,...

Houston Housing Scorecard: Housing starts and inventory up from last year

The latest Housing Scorecard for Houston shows improvements in housing starts, unemployment, and housing...

What to do about the affordability crisis?

Inventory shortages, supply chain disruptions and bidding wars that have pushed prices up to record levels are among the numerous factors that have exacerbated the affordable housing crisis that was already in full swing prior to the pandemic....

Lone Wolf adds Terradatum to extensive portfolio of proptech solutions

The proptech company Lone Wolf has added another tool to its offerings by acquiring the data analytics provider...

Share of international homebuyers fell last year

International buyers purchased 107,000 residential properties from April 2020 through March 2021, marking a 31% decline from the 154,000 residences bought the previous...

Home prices hit 15-year high nationwide

Prices in the Houston metro area were up 6.3% over February 2020. CoreLogic classified Houston’s market as...

Houston home price increase more than doubles national average

The median price of a home in the U.S. reached its highest point in 13 years last month as inventory continued to...

Millennials dominate homebuyer market as Gen Z enters

Eighty-eight percent of all homebuyers said they used an agent as a source of information during their search, and 91% of millennials age 22 to 30 said the...

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