Buying a home is one of the biggest purchases of your client’s life, and they want to be cautious that they don’t make any mistakes that they’ll regret later on. Here are the top four most common mistakes made when buying

By: Chelsea Lameira They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and apparently that even goes for gated communities. According to the Houston Business Journal, the demand for high-end homes in gated communities in Houston, Texas has prompted the development of

Stewart Title Guaranty Company announced a new charitable giving program as part of its Community of Sharing initiative. Stewart has partnered with HelpingaHero.org to help wounded veterans attain sustainable home

Global real estate company Brookfield Residential Property Services has recently acquired Prudential Real Estate & Relocation Services. The acquisition has combined two powerful companies and has created what may become a global real estate

It has been two years since the people of Houston expressed concern for a proposal which would have expanded the city’s urban area to Beltway 8, but the issue has resurfaced in the city

A proposal regarding the proximity of high-rise structures to single-family residential areas was presented to the city council development and regulatory affairs committee, which offers three buffer options. The proposal will be presented to the Super Neighborhoods Alliance

Housing affordability displayed slight improvements in the third quarter of 2011, with interest rates at their lowest levels and  affordability near the highest levels it has been in over twenty years, according to the National Association of Home Builders

After weeks of deliberation and endless hours of lobbying from the National Association of Realtors and other interest groups, Congress has finally agreed upon a resolution for raising the limits of federal conforming home loans, according to a new

Avison Young’s Houston office principal and managing director recently announced the addition of two new principals to the Avison Young Houston Team: Harry Holmes and Rob

Mary Kiesewetter, a real estate agent with Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors, was given the Accredited Luxury Home Specialist (ALHS) Designation by the Luxury Home

Over a hundred developers, planners, architects and engineers recently met up at CityCentre in West Houston. The discussion centered around the newest trend in green transformations: designing entire green

What good are low mortgage rates if nobody can take advantage of them? That’s the main question of a recent piece by Derek Kravitz, an Associated Press economics writer. Though rates are at historical lows, underwater homeowners – a quarter

A multifamily project led by The Dinerstein Cos. and Coventry Real Estate Advisors will be moving forward now that the partners have closed on the acquisition. The project has been named Millennium High Street and will be located inside

The Houston Housing Authority announced that 171 homes and three development lots across the Houston metropolitan area will be sold to the highest bidders on an Absolute basis at a one-day auction event on Saturday, November 12, 2011. The

Contrary to popular belief, a home buyer can have two VA loans. They may want two VA loans if they are moving and not selling their current home, or would like to buy a new home without selling their

J Forrest Group, one of the nation’s leading new home sales training companies, has recently added Jeanne Conger to their team of sales coaches. Conger is now the National Sales Coach, focused on new home and design center sales