Houston’s foreclosure inventory continues to improve, according to the latest research by CoreLogic. Houston’s foreclosure marketplace continued to improve at the end of 2013, according to CoreLogic’s latest National Foreclosure Report. In Dec. 2013, just 1.0 percent of the Bayou City’s

We may complain about high housing costs in the U.S., but internationally speaking, we don’t have a leg to stand on. It’s a common complaint among consumers that their rent/mortgage payments are too high, but if they only knew

We’ve looked at how newly built homes are priced and how those prices have changed in recent years; now, we look at costs. The last couple weeks, we’ve looked at both how a single-family home is priced and how

Foreign homebuyers have been one of the more interesting developments in U.S. real estate in recent years, especially here at home. Houston was the seventh most popular real estate market for international homebuyers in Nov. 2013, according to analysis by Realtor.com.

How affordable is our city’s housing market, when we view the topic from a salary-centric perspective? With nationwide interest rates on the rise and home prices jumping aggressively in certain marketplaces, housing affordability has once again become a hot-button

2013 was a banner year for real estate in Houston, and we’ve collected five of the most impressive reasons why. Here’s some shocking news for you – Houston’s real estate market was quite strong in December! According to the

Houston continues to make progress with its foreclosure markets, according to new analysis by RealtyTrac. In December, foreclosure filings in Houston were up 12 percent from November but down 32 percent year-over-year, according to the latest numbers from RealtyTrac.

Homebuilder confidence declined a smidgen in January, though it remained in positive territory. Builder confidence for the newly built, single-family home market declined a single point from 57 to 56 in January, according to the latest Housing Market Index

The costs and prices of newly built single-family homes are hardly static, the data shows. Last week, we reported that a newly built single-family home in 2013 cost $399,532 to homebuyers, and we looked at the seven components of

Housing inventory in Houston continued it’s descent, according to the latest analysis. Though housing inventory remains low by historical standards, 2013 was the turning point, the year that inventory bottomed and housing marched forward into positive territory. At least,

Real estate agents may sell housing for a living, but how many of them are actually homeowners in their own right? Real estate agents argue on a daily basis for the merits of homeownership, but how many of those

We all know that home prices are on the rise, but what about property values and price per square foot? Earlier this week, we reported rather optimistically on home prices, and for good reason – according to the latest

All-cash sales have become increasingly prevalent in the post-boom marketplace, but how common are they here in our metro area? All-cash financing has become one of the most notable developments of the post-boom housing markets, with homes being purchased

The nation’s foreclosure marketplace continued to improve, according to the latest analysis from CoreLogic. We recently reported that Houston has the healthiest mortgage market in the nation, and CoreLogic’s latest National Foreclosure Report did little to contradict that statement. Foreclosure inventory

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Houston capped off a sterling year of real estate in 2013 with Trulia’s latest Price and Rent Monitors. Asking prices in Houston ended 2013 on a high note, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website Trulia, with the