Construction spending continued to improve in January, with private construction showing particularly good progress. Construction spending may have been flat month-to-month, but its yearly progress was strong as ever, according to the latest report from the Census Bureau. At

Do you know what an interest-rate lock-in is? No? It could have a defining effect on housing in the coming years. Pop quiz hotshot: what is the market phenomenon known as the interest-rate lock-in, and how does it apply

Pending home sales continued their sluggish performance in January, though worst may still be to come. Pending home sales were flat in January, according to the latest analysis by the National Association of Realtors. Per NAR’s Pending Home Sales

A new study predicts good things for Houston’s housing market in the coming years. Home prices in the Houston residential real estate market are expected to rise by 15 percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the latest report

We all know that rising mortgage rates and price increases have taken a bite out of affordability, but how does renting compare with owning in 2014? The homeownership/renting debate is an everlasting one, but in the post-boom housing market,

The market for newly built single-family homes saw sales increases in January; what does that mean for the housing market? Amidst a period of less-than-enthralling news for housing, the Census Bureau’s latest report on sales of newly built single-family

The Houston housing market has made considerable strides in the last year, according to CoreLogic’s latest MarketPulse. Home foreclosures in the Houston housing market are down 49.1 percent from their peak, according to the latest MarketPulse report from CoreLogic,

Though much of the media coverage is focusing on the weak nature of NAR’s latest existing-home sales report, there were definite glimmers of optimism. We’ll start with what most of the media are reporting on – existing-home sales in

Home purchases have skidded a bit in recent weeks, and student debt raises some troubling questions on where housing demand is heading. The numbers are in, and they’re not encouraging – housing demand is beginning to wane. According to

Home prices in Texas continued to show improvement in December, according to the latest Case-Shiller indices. Texas home prices remained stable in December, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Though S&P does not track prices

What issues in the homebuilding process keep builders up at night? Last week, we reported that builder confidence dropped to its lowest point in 12 months in February, with lousy weather and market concerns the main reasons for the

Houston’s inventory woes continue to boost prices, but they are starting to impact home sales in the Bayou City. With record-low inventory in Houston pushing down home sales in January, homebuyers ended up paying more for the homes that

The Census Bureau’s latest new construction report is not pretty, but as with all housing matters nowadays, there’s more than meets the eye. Here’s the information that you’ve likely seen, regarding the Census Bureau’s latest report on new construction

We keep hearing that housing inventory has no where to go but up…but what factors will actually cause it to increase? “Housing inventory has bottomed.” “Housing inventory will recover.” “New homes will begin entering the marketplace.” Yeah, we remember

Everybody and their uncle knows that Millennials will be integral to the housing recovery, but what do they actually want in a house? The Millennial generation, which encompasses Americans born between the early ’80s and early 2000s, is the

Builder confidence had been on a tear through 2013, but it seems to have hit a road block in 2014. Builder confidence fell precipitously in February, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).