Texas is a football state. And as Houston is its biggest metro, it’s no surprise the city is home to an abnormally large number of high-end high school football stadiums – some of which cost as much as $80 million.

Though crime can be found in all major cities, the severity and frequency of it vary greatly from metro to metro, as two new reports from real estate analytics provider NeighborhoodScout recently pointed out. In part one of this two-part series

This year is shaping up to be a very positive one for residential construction in Houston, according to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In March, residential construction spending in Houston totaled $736 million, a 20 percent decline from March

The Houston area is one of the top first-time homebuyer markets in the country, according to a new study from Zillow. The analysis, which looked for housing markets where mortgage payments were more affordable than rental payments (along with the relative competitiveness

Nowhere in the nation are there more MPCs than in Houston; it’s been that way for years. But what it means to live in one is changing. In the days of yesteryear, golf courses, like the one that drew

In 1963, the median price for a new construction home in the U.S. was $18,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau; in 1980 it was $64,000; in 2000 it was $169,000; and in 2015, after nearly 52 years of consecutive year-over-year

Going only by headlines, it would be tough to discern the true state of Houston’s economy. On Monday it might seem like the city is tanking, but on Tuesday the tone might very well be “Houston’s resilient real estate

If you’re looking to grow your real estate agent brand and, with it, your business, then understanding how to optimize your Web presence for search engines isn’t an option. It’s a requirement. SEO techniques and best practices change often, because

Houston has long been categorized by its affordability, which remained even as the city saw record price increases in 2014 and 2015 (and even still this year). But despite its attractiveness to budget-conscious buyers of eastern Texas, there are still

Home prices in Texas continue to increase in 2016. Though the Case-Shiller index does not cover Houston, the numbers reported for Dallas home prices are consistent with price growth we’ve reported on in recent Houston coverage. Dallas home prices

The average homeowner in Fort Bend County pays more than $5,137 in yearly property taxes, which is the highest in the Greater Houston area, according to a new analysis from the NAHB. Additionally, Fort Bend County homeowners pay an average tax that is 22.6 percent

It’s easy to say that top producers in real estate are a “different breed” of agents. But that assumes that top producer status is somehow predetermined. It’s not. People aren’t born to top producer status – they earn it.

Katy Independent School District is the best school district Greater Houston, according to educational rankings and review site Niche. Real estate agents should take note. Evaluating on criteria including academics, teacher performance, available resources and the quality of the schools’

Houston home sales continued to drop in March, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. However, despite the decline, the month managed record home prices. Across all property types, home sales dropped 1 percent year-over-year in March, the association

It’s strange how little we hear about Generation X, because as consumers they are a pretty important group for agents to understand. Why? For starters, Gen Xers – which represents persons currently aged 36 to 50 – accounted for

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in March. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $4,800,000 710 Buckingham Dr., Houston Richard Wall Richard