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

Homebuyers are shoppers like any other, which means that certain words appeal to them more than others: “deal,” “affordable”… and “bargain.” But not every sale is a deal; not every home is affordable; and according to a report from

Homeowners in Texas pay higher property taxes than most other places in the U.S, according to a report from WalletHub. But they may be paying too much. Texans’ property taxes are 1.93 percent; the 47th highest in the country. There

Homeowner equity made big year-over-year gains in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to a new analysis from CoreLogic, which found borrower equity increased by $682 billion, or 11.5 percent – to put it into perspective, that’s more than

A recent WalletHub study about the hardest working cities in America found that Houston is one of the hardest working cities in Texas.  Houston ranked above other Texas cities such as Dallas and Austin, but fell behind Plano for

Houston’s real estate market continued show signs of improving demand in February, as overall sales took a 2 percent hop over Feb. 2015 numbers, according to a new report from the Houston Association of Realtors. “So far in 2016,

The residential construction community in Houston kicked off 2016 in a lackluster fashion, with overall spending falling from a year ago, according to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. Per Dodge Data’s analysis, residential construction spending in Houston totaled $690.94 million

The pace of home price appreciation in Houston rose substantially (i.e. more than 0.25 percent) month-over-month in January for the first time since 2014, according to a report from CoreLogic, which begs the question: has the city overcome the

When is the best time to list your client’s home? The answer may surprise you The best time to list a home in Houston’s housing market is between June 1 and June 15, according to a new analysis from Zillow. Listing homes

From Jan. 2013 to Oct. 2015, year-over-year decreases in the share of total home sales occurring in all cash have averaged 2.7 percentage points. However, in Nov. 2015 (the latest available data) the pace of decline slowed to 0.7

Texas is home to a number of celebrated colleges and universities, but among the state schools, none is better than Houston’s very own Rice University, according to a new ranking from Forbes; and property values seem to have benefitted

RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring was honored as the “Top Office” in several categories at the 2016 RE/MAX of Texas Statewide Convention held Jan. 26 and 27. The office, in addition to achieving the top ranking in the state

Dallas-based developer and founder of Hillwood Communities, Ross Perot Jr., is planning to expand Hillwood Communities’s master-planned community offerings in Houston. Hillwood Communities recently opened its master-planned community Pomona, located on about 1,000 acres in Manvel, south of Houston.

In January, Niche, a website that ranks and reviews schools at every level of education, gave us the top high schools with the best teachers. This month, it’s the best private high schools. In its 2016 Best Private High Schools

Skyler360, a new tech startup founded by Houston-based Realtor Ron Sasson, aims to simplify the way agents interact with their clients by stepping in for an agent if they cannot answer the phone, according to a report by the

Though crime can be found in all major cities, the severity and frequency of it vary greatly from metro to metro, as two new reports from real estate analytics provider NeighborhoodScout recently pointed out. Annually pulling data from upwards of 18,000