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

The Lake Olympia residential development is now under the ownership of George E. Johnson, CEO of George E. Johnson Development Inc., and Thomasine Johnson, principal of En’terior Designs, and they are looking for designers to help revitalize the new

With the opening of two loan production offices, Texas Exchange Bank has officially made its way into Houston. According to the bank, the new offices were opened in response to a demand for increased commercial

Wildfires throughout the state of Texas have been a major problem since December 2010. Fortunately, the Texas Realtors Relief Fund is extending a helping hand towards wildfire

Today’s guest contributor is professional writer, blogger and digital entrepreneur, Men With Pens‘ James Chartrand. The following article was originally published on

The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) has partnered with PropertyInfo Corporation and SureClose to create a new transaction management system that will reduce the need for paper in transaction

The Harris County Housing Authority is pleased to announce that Cypresswood Estates, a first-of-its-kind affordable senior housing residence, is scheduled to officially receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification for “green” additions made to the property.

Whether you are just starting to blog or have been doing it for some time, we all need topics to blog about. Maybe you don’t know where to start or have hit blogger’s “writer’s block”. No matter what the

On the first of this month, changes to the process for obtaining a homestead exemption in the state of Texas became effective. A simple application is no longer

Most Realtors believe that Home Staging works but are hesitant to suggest staging to their clients. Sometimes it is because they are afraid of suggesting the seller spend more money preparing the house for sale, some do not want

In the market we are in, every good Realtor is looking for an opportunity to sell their listings quickly. Your listing qualifying for 0% down payment will help do this for