Earlier this week, we drew from our REAL DATA report to show the most active luxury market in Greater Houston. Now we’re covering the neighborhoods. In November, there were more $1 million-plus home sales in River Oaks than any other

The news sounds bad: mortgage rates have risen aggressively since the presidential election, and are now at their highest level since July 2015; for the first week in December, rates posted the largest weekly jump since 2013; and the Federal

In November, there were once again more $1 million-plus home sales in Houston proper than any other market in the greater metropolitan area, according to our latest REAL DATA report. With more than 50 sales with an average closing

Houston’s real estate market is becoming a hotspot for Chinese buyers, a new analysis of Web searches from Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates confirms. Between Oct. 2015 and Oct. 2016, Chinese Internet users took special interest in Houston, searching for

We are only a few weeks away from the New Year, and a little over a month away from a new president, but the future of the economy, and housing specifically, has never been more uncertain. At least those

For the second year in a row, Houston is the most charitable city in the country. That’s what a recent study from Charity Navigator found, citing the city’s top-performing nonprofit networks; high levels of donor contributions ($4.3 million); and

The New Year is nearly upon us, and a number of housing analysts and firms are prepping their end-of-the-year reports. Trulia’s report has, historically, been among the more interesting of that batch, and the website’s 2017 Housing Outlook, which

The Texas Association of Realtors released its annual housing report this month, and the findings detail a dynamic real estate market where, despite economic turmoil, strong condo/luxury sales and foreign homebuying demand are bringing persistent gains. Below are the

Over the last 15 years, 91 percent of population growth in the country’s 50 largest and most urban cities took place in the suburbs, according to a joint report from the Urban Land Institute and RCLCO. That’s a stat

Median home price in the U.S. is averaged at $300,000, which gets you, again on average, 1,700 square feet. But when you boil it down, those numbers don’t really mean anything, because they represent too wide an area. That’s

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo, and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in November. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $3,700,000 2339 Drexel Circle, Houston Tracey Smith Heritage

The overwhelming majority (92 percent) of U.S. consumers recognize buying a home as a better financial decision than renting, a national survey from Sente Mortgage confirmed. The problem is that most (70 percent) do not know how or where

Greater Houston’s El Lago community is one of the best places in Texas to buy a house, according to a new report from Niche. The rating website made its decision after weighing more than a dozen data points, which included

In analyzing the country’s biggest residential real estate markets, weighing cap and rental rates, as well as median single-family home price, the online investment and management firm HomeUnion found that purchasing in Houston is a savvy move. Since last year,

After some strong summer months, Texas home prices remained strong as ever in the fall, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. From August to September, Dallas prices were up 0.3 percent, while year-over-year, prices were up 8.0 percent, both of which blew

The Houston new construction market showed welcome signs of life last month, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In October, Houston saw more than $895 million in total residential construction spending, a most welcome 20 percent increase from Oct. 2015. However, year-to-date construction spending