Autumn has traditionally been a slow selling season, but Redfin analysis suggests that may not be the case in 2014. #dv520008 / gettyimages.com It’s a seasonal trend as tried and true as any in American business – the strong

Residential construction was basically flat in July, though it remains ahead of 2013’s pace. #175431498 / gettyimages.com Residential construction spending through July was at a seasonally adjust annual rate of $358.1 billion, a 0.7 percent increase from June, according

Negative equity persists in today’s housing market, but its impacts are not equally felt in every price point. #471456425 / gettyimages.com Earlier this week, we reported on new findings by Zillow that a whopping 42.6 percent of Generation X

Construction spending has been soaring in Houston, but it cooled off a tad in July. #175937445 / gettyimages.com Residential construction spending in the Houston region totaled $758 million in July 2014, a 14 percent decline from last year, according to the latest stats from

Pending home sales rose for the fourth time in five months, according to the National Association of Realtors. #143058853 / gettyimages.com Pending home sales rebounded in July, rising 3.3 percent from June according to the latest data from the

$1 million sure goes much farther in our local housing market! #200433899-001 / gettyimages.com In our housing market, as well as scores of others across the U.S., $1 million is a hefty sum of money, one that awards potential

The U.S. housing market has been in recovery mode the last two years, and despite gains, some areas remain in dire straights. #sb10064219d-001 / gettyimages.com If the real estate industry can be thought of as its own world, then

New CoreLogic report finds that even though foreclosures are still around, their presence is much less pronounced. #200146144-001 / gettyimages.com In 2013, foreclosures were at the epicenter of the housing conversation. However, after a year of tirelessly closing short

Our marketplace has traversed quite the terrain since 2008, and new data shows that it has left the past behind. #79395361 / gettyimages.com We report quite regularly on building permits at the national level, but how have permits been

Though the U.S. has cleared through millions of underwater mortgages, a shocking number of Gen X mortgage holders are still underwater. #115181433 / gettyimages.com Seventeen percent of the nation’s homeowners – aka 8.7 million – are still underwater on

Housing affordability has been one of the key marketing tools in an agent’s arsenal, but that could be changing soon. #200336957-001 / gettyimages.com During housing’s down years, agents had a couple of marvelous talking points to use with potential homebuyers

Social media is quickly becoming the preferred marketing method for many, and with good reason. Here are 3 steps to help you boost its effectiveness. #150415588 / gettyimages.com In the past several years, the influence of the Internet has grown

Home prices in Texas showed signs of slowing down in the latest Case-Shiller. #182145590 / gettyimages.com Home prices in the Texas showed some signs of slowdown in June, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s.

Homeownership rates in young adults have been dwindling, and Fannie Mae takes a stab at explaining why. #151910629 / gettyimages.com Homeownership is on the decline. And though it is a trickling decline and might, at some point in the future,

New home sales were down monthly and up yearly, but the story is so much deeper than that. #160457704 / gettyimages.com By now you’ve surely seen the headlines – though new home sales in July were up 12.3 percent

July’s existing-home sales data looked pretty positive, but scratching beneath the surface reveals a different perspective. #76038116 / gettyimages.com It all seems so nice – in July, existing-home sales rose 2.4 percent from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate