Good agents understand today’s market. Great agents understand tomorrow’s. In March, Houstonia released its special Best Neighborhoods 2020 issue, dissecting the city’s residential real estate market to determine what the hottest neighborhoods of the year would be, as well

Baseball may not enjoy the same status it had in its glory days as the country’s greatest pastime, but in many places it remains as a significant influence on real estate. Well, its stadiums do. A new report from real

Houston had the biggest population growth of all the largest metropolitan areas in the nation, according to 2015 Census population estimates. From 2014 to 2015, the Houston area’s population grew from 6.497 million to 6.656 million, which was a 2.4-percent increase. The city’s

Home prices around the country are feeling the Spring season bump. According to a new report from CoreLogic, prices rose 6.8 percent year-over-year in February. At a state level, the gains were universal. “Home prices continue to rise across

This year is shaping up to be a lackluster one for residential construction in Houston, according to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In February, residential construction spending in Houston totaled $751 million. Though still among the highest

Houston is one of the most expensive cities to drive in, according to a study from Deutsche Bank. It costs 84 cents on average to drive a car a mile in Houston, whereas the national average is 90 cents

Urban buyers today would have hated the 1950s. In the Urban Land Institute’s “America in 2015” report, a survey of U.S. residents found that approximately half considered “walkability” a top or high priority when determining where to live. But

Construction employment was up across the nation in the early months of 2016, according to the Associated General Contractors of America – a good sign for the industry , which currently suffers from labor and inventory shortages. So, if you

Houston earns high ranks for job market, happiness Houston was ranked the 17th best place to live in the nation in a new ranking by U.S. News. Houston ranked highly for its strong job market, as well as its low

Home values in the Houston area have reached an all-time high, according to a new analysis from Zillow. Through February, home prices in Houston were $170,800, according to the Zillow Real Estate Market Reports. That is up 6.6 percent from a year

It’s getting harder for first-time homebuyers to find suitable starter homes The Houston housing market has become an increasingly precarious place for first-time homebuyers, according to a detailed new report from Trulia. In a deep analysis of the nation’s housing

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in February. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $11,250,000 527 Buckingham Dr., Houston Timothy Shanahan Martha

In the first quarter of 2016, nearly every county in Greater Houston – Harris, Montgomery, Brazoria, Galveston – boasted a residential housing market more affordable than “historically normal levels,” confirmed RealtyTrac’s latest Home Affordability Index. The sole outlier was

In 2015, cash sales made up 33.9 percent of all residential real estate transactions, according to a new report from CoreLogic. That’s the lowest level since 2008. About midway through 2007, when the crash was becoming too apparent to

Real estate is a seasonal business – transactions rise and fall with the weather. And now it is officially spring. If agents want to capitalize on the sales bump, they’ll need to be prepared. Earlier this week, Redfin released an

Intrix, Inc. released its 2015 Traffic Scorecard, which names Houston the No. 4 city in the U.S. with the worst traffic. Intrix’s Traffic Scorecard is a benchmark for governments and agencies in the U.S. and Europe to measure progress