Posts by Patrick Regan

Federal judge dismisses counterclaim against REX in ongoing legal dispute with NAR and Zillow

A federal judge dismissed the countersuit brought by the National Association of REALTORS® against Real Estate Exchange...

Texas ranked No. 6 state for retirement, according to RetirementLiving analysis

The report uses 13 data sources and reader feedback to measure states on cost of living, quality of life, health care and other...

Houston-area home prices climb 16.4% in 12 months, but growth expected to flatten out

CoreLogic predicts price increases to slow significantly by next spring in most metro areas, especially in...

Top Houston agent Michael Afshari joins Compass

In 2021, Afshari was the No. 1 Houston agent at Side Inc. and the No. 10 overall agent in Houston, based on sales volume data from...

Houston leads the nation in single-family building permits over last 10 years

The Houston area had more than 392,000 single-family home building permits from January 2012 to December 2021, the report...

Rental scams ensnare more Houstonians, HAR reports

The Houston Association of Realtors® is partnering with Crime Stoppers of Houston and Clear Channel Outdoor to curb rental...

Empire Communities building 800-home development in Magnolia

Emory Glen will feature homes in the $200,000s and “cater to those who are looking for a simpler lifestyle outside of the city’s...

Houston ranked the No. 29 least-affordable housing market in the U.S.

A Houston household earning the median annual salary of $57,800 would need to spend 37% of that salary to afford the median-priced home of...

Houston housing activity remains steady through mid-February

New listings, closings and showings all hovered in roughly the same territory where they’ve been during the first month-and-a-half of...

Agents nationwide expect resale home prices to rise 7% in 2022

Forty-eight percent of agents surveyed in Texas described the market as “better than normal,” the highest percentage of any area in the...

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