The latest numbers from McGraw Hill Construction gave us insights to the nation’s new construction markets. New residential construction activity in Houston slipped a bit in January, falling 34 percent year-over-year, according to the latest economic data from McGraw

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 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,

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

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).

Has price per square foot continued its 2013 ascent in the New Year? Many things occurred in the housing market in 2013, but perhaps the most notable was the marked ascent in home prices and the price per square

With inventory low and showing no signs of improving, what can agents do to distinguish their clients? Houston started out 2014 with another double-digit decline in housing inventory, and such low supply in a recovering housing market can only

Housing affordability has fallen nationwide in the last year; what of here in Houston? Housing affordability in the Houston housing market fell 10.2 percent in 2013, according to newly released data by the National Association of Realtors. From 2012 to 2013,

Houston’s housing inventory blues have not improved much with the New Year. Houston’s housing market has distinguished itself from other national markets in several ways the past few months; unfortunately, the area’s rapidly declining housing inventory has been one

Houston’s housing market continued to grow in confidence in January. Asking prices in the Houston-area housing market increased 13.5 percent year-over-year in January, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website Trulia. That continued Houston’s track record of strong

Houston’s housing market showed some definite positivity in 2013, according to CoreLogic. Home prices in the Houston marketplace rose 10.7 percent in 2013, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index. That was the sixth strongest yearly increase of all the

Last year proved a very positive one for residential new construction, according to the final Census Bureau numbers. Residential construction spending finished out 2013 at a very fine $352.6 billion, according to the final number crunching by the U.S.

Has Houston’s housing market picked up any steam in the last year, or is it moving sideways? We’ve been reporting with marked regularity on how the nation’s housing market has slowed down, but is that trend consistent here in

Houston put up some of the strongest residential construction numbers in the U.S. in December, though the market did take a step back from 2012. Residential construction in the Houston area totaled $543 million in December, according to the