Asking prices in Houston were up 10.2 percent in July, though that activity came amidst a slowing housing market. Asking prices in July were up 10.2 percent year-over-year in Houston in the latest Trulia Price Monitor, a leading measure

Residential construction spending continued to lead the pack in June, posting strong year-over-year gains in the latest Census Bureau report. Overall construction spending may have down in June, but it was another great month for residential construction spending, which

The housing market has grown in many interesting ways so far this year, and agents will have some interesting details to consider for 2013’s second half. The housing market has cut an encouraging path the last six months. What

Nobody wants three-bedroom apartments anymore, so developers aren’t building them. Ten years ago, developers were constructing apartment complexes with 30 to 40 percent one-bedroom units, and now in 2013, 80 percent of the units in a typical complex are

Homebuyers have a number of worries regarding the housing market, as the summer draws to a close; what lengths would they go, though, for that dream house? Earlier this week, we reported on the seven things that worry homebuyers

The nation’s foreclosure markets continued to improve in June, according to the latest report from CoreLogic. CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report for June brought further good news to the housing recovery, with foreclosure inventory and completed foreclosures both showing encouraging

Everyone says that Millennial homebuyers offer a huge opportunity for housing, but now, we can finally put a number behind it – and it’s a big one. It’s no mystery that Millennial homebuyers have been missing in action thus

In the last year, we’ve entered a new world order in real estate, and homebuyers are facing a number of concerns as a result. It’s a new world out there in the U.S. real estate market. Gone are the

Pending home sales were at their third-highest level since 2006 in June, but are rising mortgage rates beginning to have an impact? Pending home sales were at their third-highest mark in more than six years in June, though industry

The May Case-Shiller brought great news for the Texas housing market, with home prices in the state putting up some of the best numbers in the nation. May was a historic month for home prices in the Lone Star

It’s the big question on everybody’s mind – will the rising mortgage rates of the last couple months produce a noticeable fall in home sales? Mortgage rates have been on the rise the last couple months. Since the beginning

June was a rollicking good month for new residential home sales, which posted strong increases on both monthly and yearly measures. New single-family home sales were up 38.1 percent year-over-year in June, in addition to an 8.3 percent monthly

The news was good for housing inventory in Monday’s existing-home sales report from NAR, but has the situation improved at all here at home? Housing inventory nationwide increased just under 2 percent from May to June, rising to a

June’s existing-home sales may have fallen from May, but they retained strong yearly increases, while other fundamentals improved. Existing-home sales may have fallen by 1.2 percent from May to June, but June’s seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.08 million

Compromise is an inevitable component of the homebuying process…or is it? A new NAR survey has tracked what homebuyers do – and do not – compromise on. News flash: the homebuying process can be a darned frustrating experience. You

What were the most important features to homebuyers in 2013? What features of the home, and the greater area, were most valuable to them? There are many types of property available to today’s homebuyers, but as any savvy agents