Homebuilding is in a state of flux across the nation. With growing barriers in lending and land availability forcing traditionally entry-level homebuilders into the upper ends of the market, it is unclear what the future of the industry and

CoreLogic’s May distressed sales report shows lowest levels since 2007 CoreLogic recently released a new report detailing the state of the distressed sales market in the U.S. for May, and for another month, both real-estate owned (REO) and short

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Houston metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a new

Technology has drastically improved the efficacy of searching for the right home. Prior to enlisting the services of an agent, buyers, who in all likelihood have a pre-established criterion for their ideal neighborhood and home, are scoping out concerns

Twelve months ago, residential construction in Houston was booming. Since 2009, the city has been widely recognized as the nation’s busiest metro market for home construction. However, after a 50 percent dip in oil prices, the city has slipped from

More green is coming to Katy, as the Willowfork Drainage District moves forward with Phase II of it parks master plan. Situated west of Grand Parkway and north of Cinco Ranch High School, the drainage district, in coordination with

Building in the Bayou City Stepping Back Residential construction spending in the Houston area was down 10 percent year-over-year in June, and so far in 2015 is only 1 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those encouraging stats came courtesy

Houston was ranked on No. 84 out of 100 on Apartment List’s Renter Satisfaction Survey, released early this month. The survey, which polled over 18,000 renters, asked renters to rate their city based on a series of factors. Houston,

Institutional investors leaving real estate, but Americans still confident housing is a good investment In the immediate wake of the economic downturn, the housing market took a plunge that was devastating for homeowners but ideal for the opportunistic. In the years

Contract signings declined for the first time in 2015, according to new research Pending home sales declined 1.8 percent from May to June, according to new analysis from the National Association of Realtors. Although the Pending Home Sales Index,

Summer demand is starting in Houston’s suburbs Last week, we used data from Redfin to identify Houston’s top selling suburbs, and Katy and Spring topped the list. In a follow-up, and with additional Redfin data, we examined inventory and

Home prices were positive for the Texas housing market in May’s Case-Shiller Home prices in the Dallas housing market rose 0.9 percent from April to May, and 8.4 percent from May 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard &

The news for new home sales was much better than the Census Bureau’s report led on Sales of new homes in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 482,000, a 21.2 percent year-to-date increase from 2014 that

Houston’s suburbs posted strong sales in June June proved a remarkable month for sales in Houston’s suburbs, building on what has already been a strong year for the city and its outlying communities, data from Redfin confirmed. The volley for

Lawmakers threaten to end like-kind exchange tax provisions, but some say the cost would be too great There’s a contingent of lawmakers and government officials lobbying to alter the face of like-kind exchanges, with some hoping to outright repeal the

CoreLogic released its April cash sales report today, and as has been the trend all year, cash sales declined year-over-year, bringing national levels closer to the pre-crisis baseline of around a 25 percent market share. In April, cash sales