Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo, and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in December. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $5,995,000 59 Tiel Way, Houston Clayton Katz John

It makes more financial sense to rent than buy in Greater Houston, according to new research from ATTOM Data Solutions. In its analysis, which incorporated 2017 rent data from HUD, wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and public record sales deed data from

Smart home technologies are one of the most pervasive trends in real estate today, and a recent survey from Coldwell Banker and Vivint Smart Home found that among the currently available varieties, voice automation is the most popular. Understanding

Riverstone was the top-selling master-planned community (MPC) in Greater Houston in 2016, and Aliana was a close second, according to RCLCO’s annual MPC report. Those were the only two Houston-area MPCs in the nation’s top 20. Altogether, Texas had

Houston’s housing stock is the No. 17 most valuable in the entire country, according to a year-end analysis from Zillow. Altogether in 2016, Houston’s residential properties tallied a worth of just over $373 billion, topping other Texas markets like

As we mentioned in the last entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series (which covered Generation X, and before that Millennials) the question of “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing in 2017, and for

For years, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but a new analysis of Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents, and at

The Houston new construction market continues to sag, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In November, Houston saw more than $601 million in total residential construction spending, and year-to-date, spending tops out at $8.310 billion. Those numbers are among

As we mentioned in the first entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series – which covered Millennials – the question “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing this year. It’s pressing because we start

At the turn of every new year, a question that always picks at any real estate professional’s mind is “What does this year’s buyer look like?” The question is particularly important in 2017 because we’re starting it off by

There is an affordability crisis slowing building in Houston, and many people are ignoring it. In a fourth quarter market report released this week, ATTOM Data Solutions provided stats on price and wage growth in Houston, and the numbers showed

When the U.S. housing bubble peaked in 2004 and 2005, the market seemed to be in grand shape: the homeownership rate was 69 percent; the Case-Shiller National Home Price Index was 184.4, a 135.5 percent increase from 1994; and

The U.S. Census released it 2016 population estimates this week for state-by-state growth from 2015 to 2016, and nowhere were gains bigger than in Texas. The state’s population made a 432,957-person leap from 27.42 million to 27.86 million. That’s more

Built among acres of trees and greenspace, Kingwood is Houston’s “livable forest.” It rides Spring Creek and hugs Lake Houston. That alone would be enough for many residents, but there is so much more the neighborhood has to offer.

President Obama’s legacy will take shape over the coming years, but one thing is clear – he will be remembered as a champion of homeowners, a fact his record bears out. Here are a few of his most notable achievements, as they

There are more than 44 million immigrants living in the U.S. They account for about 13.6 percent of the total population, and together represent billions in annual real estate transactions – and Houston is one of the eight best cities