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Millennials find housing opportunities in Houston

The Houston housing market is among the most open to Millennial homebuyers – especially those with student debt. That finding came from a new study by Apartment List, which looked at the number of years it takes Millennial consumers to

Houston’s top brokerages in Q1 2016

In our latest Real Data report, we’ve detailed the top brokerages by number of top 100 agents in the Greater Houston area. Refer to the table below to see which brokerages came out on top in the first quarter of 2016. Rank Brokerage Number

Who do housing experts want for president?

By this time next year, the United States will have a new president – either Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump (though, at this point, one of the latter two seems most likely). It will be from the

TRID haters quieted as April loans close quicker than previous year

Loans closed faster in April than in any time over the last 12 months (excluding last month), Ellie Mae’s new Origination Insights Report confirmed. Questions about the true impact of TRID are likely to follow. In the wake of TRID’s

Salaries start higher in Houston

Nowhere in the United States are starting salaries (adjusted for cost of living) higher than in Houston, a new report from WalletHub confirmed. Be sure to let your relo buyers know – because there are a lot of them.

This Week in Houston Real Estate: Luxury condos, Houston makes move for Chicago’s ranking, and more

A lot happened in Houston real estate news this week. But if you weren’t able to keep up, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s what happened: Luxury condo instead of Italian townhome – Within six months, Stolz Partners

Highlights from NAR’s new member profile

Sixteen percent of agents have at least one personal assistant. The median age of new Realtors is 43 years old. And 83 percent are very certain they will remain active as real estate professionals for another two years. Those

4 ways to ditch waste-of-time meetings

The average meeting is expensive, long and a waste of time. Those are not the inherent traits of meetings; they are the reality of what contemporary business culture has relegated them to.. But you and your agents deserve better.

Houston is a top 25 city for startups. Here’s why

Houston is one of the best cities in the country for startup companies, according to a joint analysis from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 1776 and Free Enterprise. And it has room to improve further. “We are at

Single-family construction is having a great year

Single-family homebuilding is showing encouraging strength in 2016, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. Through April, single-family authorizations were at a rate of 736,000, which is 3.3 percent above the revised March rate of 725,000. Monthly new

Builder confidence points to strong construction in 2016

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged in May at a level of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Ed Brady, the NAHB’s chairman, explained in the association’s report

Houston’s top offices in Q1 2016

In our latest Real Data report, we’ve detailed the top offices by total sales volume in the Greater Houston area. Click on the tabs below to see which offices came out on top in the first quarter of 2016 in Katy,

This week in Houston real estate: Construction job losses, falling new home starts and more

It was a busy week in Houston real estate, as is so often the case. But if you weren’t able to keep up with everything, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s what happened: Construction job losses – A

Millennials dream of homeownership…from their moms’ basements

Millennials may be America’s largest, most vivacious generation yet, but new research suggests that their homebuying prospects have only worsened with time. According to a new analysis from Zillow, more Millennials now live with their parents than at anytime

Houston mortgage activity falls double digits in 2016

Overall mortgage activity is down in the Houston housing market this year, according to RealtyTrac’s Q1 2016 U.S. Residential Property Loan Origination Report. Through the first quarter, RealtyTrac found, Houston lenders oversaw 25,081 originations, a 13 percent decline from 2015’s fourth quarter and a

HAR: Houston home prices hit record high in April

Despite the pressures of a faltering economy and the still-below-$50-per-barrel price of oil, Houston’s residential real estate market continues to break records, according to the Houston Association of Realtor’s April market report. “There is little to complain about in

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