Home might really be where the heart is. According to a new Zillow survey, 42% of recent homebuyers reported finding love after buying their new home.

The most popular area was Fulshear/South Brookshire/Simonton, which saw a 103.6% increase in home sales year over year.

River Oaks ranked as the most expensive Houston neighborhood at $481 per square foot — but it wasn’t the only Houston neighborhood in the 610 Loop to make the list.

Declining interest rates spurred the increase. 

Notably, renovators are less likely than they were a year ago to undergo kitchen modifications for the purpose of improving the home’s resale value.

Nearly all millennials — 93% — say a volatile market is to blame for wrecking homebuying plans, with another 76% saying they expect the market to get worse before they’re able to make a purchase themselves.

Homeowners in Sugar Land are among the most “house rich” in the United States, according to a new report from All Star Home.

Cypress (77433) came in first overall — the Houston-area ZIP jumped up seven spots from 2022’s list, making it the hottest area in the U.S.

Warren Wetzel, studio director of the KB Home Design Studio, sat down with Houston Agent to discuss the homebuilder’s new-home design predictions for the upcoming year.

How will our homes evolve in the new year?

Detached single-family homes remained the most popular type of housing, making up 79% of all home purchases during the past year.

Only 35% of Houston-area households could afford a median-priced home during the third quarter of the year. That’s the lowest housing affordability has been in Houston since 2012.

In Houston, 47% of millennials moved out of their parental home in the past five years, with 19% still stuck at home.

Home sales are heating up in several key Houston neighborhoods, according to HAR’s report of the Hottest Communities in the Houston Area.

Houston still has a ways to go in recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from the University of Toronto.

Brutalist style and sensory gardens may seem at odds — but they are both hot home design trends that will rule 2024. At least, according to new predictions from Zillow.