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Free Tuition Program Makes Central Houston More Attractive to Families

Texas is known for having a robust public school system. And in Houston, particularly, it’s a strong selling point for the thousands of new residents the city’s energy and healthcare sectors attract annually. Thanks to a new program to

Houston’s NRG Stadiums Has Big Affect on Surrounding Home Prices

Not every major city has an NFL stadium, but for those that do, the effects on the surrounding home and rental markets vary wildly, from boosting prices to over 40 percent in Philadelphia to bringing them down nearly 20

The Top 20 Most Unsafe Passwords for Your Real Estate Business

SplashData, a security solutions provider, released their annual list of the most commonly used passwords on the Internet. Using any of the passwords can leave people at risk from hackers getting to their information. Since 2013, the two most

Houston’s Top MPCs (By Net Sales) of 2015

“Houston Leads in Master-Planned Community Sales” was the title of a story Houston Agent magazine ran last week, reporting on a report from John Burns Real Estate Consulting that ranked the top 50 U.S. master-planned communities by net sales.

HAR: Tough Year of Sales Still One of Houston’s Best

It’s tough to improve upon a record-breaking year – a fact Houston discovered in 2015. After a year of all-time best increases in prices and sales, Houston’s residential real estate market did not have many places to go in

Greater Houston’s Top Closings in December 2015

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in December. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Property Agent Office $6,000,000 4000 Willowick Rd., Houston Laura Sweeney John

Houston Leads in Master-Planned Community Sales

Every year John Burns Real Estate Consulting ranks the top 50 master-planned communities (MPCs) in the U.S. by net sales, and every year no state is better represented than Texas. It was no different in 2015, with the state

Houston and Dallas Law Firms Merge to Form Coats Rose P.C.

Two Texas law firms, Coats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee PC of Houston and Wright Ginsberg & Brusilow PC of Dallas, have merged, according to a statement released by the firms. The firms merged to form Coats Rose P.C.,

Houston Still Attracting New Residents Despite Market Slowdown

It was a not-so-stellar year for Texas and its biggest metro, Houston, in 2015 – a fact only made worst by the hallmark, record-breaking year that preceded it. But despite the woes brought on by labor shortages and the

Houston’s Rental Market Shows No Signs of Slowing in 2016

How did the local rent markets close out the year? The Houston rental market finished 2015 on active terrain, according to new analysis from Reis. For the 12-month period ending in December, Houston rents rose 4.5 percent, slightly slower than the 4.6 percent

Houston Gets Another Warning About Future Home Price Declines

Over the next two years, home price declines on a national scale are unlikely, according to the Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI) Winter 2016 Housing and Mortgage Market Review, which places the likelihood of widespread declines at 6

CoreLogic: Houston Home Price Slowdown a Good Thing

Since 2014, home prices have been in what CoreLogic Chief Economist Frank Nothaft recently described as a “sweet spot,” consecutively rising between 5 and 6 percent for 15 months. According to the research group’s newest report, home prices rose

Houston New Construction on Pace for Lukewarm Year

The latest analysis from Dodge Data provided an encouraging assessment of new construction in Houston According to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics, residential construction spending in the Houston housing market totaled $647 million in November. That total is 14

Home Prices Stand Out In Texas

Home prices in Texas continued strengthening in October, as Dallas prices jumped 9.3 percent year-over-year, and 0.4 percent from September, according to the new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Although the Case-Shiller does not track Houston

Houston Housing Economist Expects Rocky 2016

2014 was a marquee year for Houston’s residential real estate market, with record-setting home sales and home prices. It has been a tough act to follow in 2015, a year that saw falling oil prices, growing obstacles for affordability

Homeownership Out of Reach for Many Houston Renters

Stagnant wages and high rents combine to push homeownership out of reach for thousands of Houston residents More than 625,000 renters in the Houston housing market struggle with the cost of housing, according to a new report from the Joint Center of Housing

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