CoreLogic released its April cash sales report today, and as has been the trend all year, cash sales declined year-over-year, bringing national levels closer to the pre-crisis baseline of around a 25 percent market share. In April, cash sales

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals and REAL Trends recently ranked Ivan Arjona, Realtor and international specialist at RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring, as one of the top realtors in the country. Arjona ranked No. 67 on

CoreLogic May foreclosure report documents continued improvement in inventory and seriously delinquent mortgage rates Today, CoreLogic released its May 2015 National Foreclosure Report, which highlighted steep declines in completed foreclosures and foreclosure inventory, as well as the falling serious

CoreLogic has released its May Home Price Index, revealing another month of positive gains. Marking 39 months of consecutive year-over-year gains, national home prices, both including and excluding distressed sales, increased 6.3 percent in May compared to the same

Trendmaker Development has announced the grand opening of The Reserve at Clear Lake City, a new home community located in the Clear Lake City area of Houston in Harris County. As the developer and builder of The Reserve at

Four Houston-area communities have fallen off a new list of the top-selling master-planned communities nationwide compiled by RCLCO, a national real estate consulting company. RCLCO stated that many Houston-area communities cited construction delays due to heavy rains as the reason

  A new development is underworks by NewCoast Properties. The group plans to develop 35 home sites for a luxury beachfront community southeast of Houston. The new community, called Seagrass Beach, will be built over 33.5 acres off State

The Reserve at Clear Lake City, a 372-acre project that will have 740 homes, has opened in southeast Houston near the Johnson Space Center. Trendmaker is developing the project and will be constructing homes. Ryland Homes and Village Builders

Greater Houston Partnership cuts its jobs growth forecast in half In December 2014, after twelve months of prodigious growth, Houston found itself the envy of America, leading in several economic categories, chiefly housing. As a result, the Greater Houston

The team of Calvin Easterday and Brandon Boyd took home the gold medal at the recent Hometown Hoedown Cornament benefitting the continuing efforts of the Texas Sentinels Foundation. Co-chaired by Realtor Carol Knott of RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring and Jeanne

2015 shaping up to be a disappointing year for new construction in Houston Residential construction spending in the Houston area was down 22 percent year-over-year in May, and so far in 2015 is only 1 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those

How has Houston’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. Houston’s rental market has been one of the hottest in the nation, but new numbers from Reis on the second show show that trend may

Over the last year, distressed home sales have become far less prominent in Texas’ housing market Distressed sales throughout Texas comprised just 4.4 percent of all home sales in May, a marked drop from the 7.2 percent market share of a year ago,

Thanks to no state tax on average income and low work incidents per 100 workers, Texas was ranked the number one state in America for making a living in 2015, according to a new study from personal finance site

Following up last week’s examination of Houston’s top selling suburbs in May, in which Spring claimed the top spot, we further delved into our Redfin-provided data to determine which suburban markets were most competitive. Friendswood and Seabrook, which came

Home prices positive in latest Case-Shiller, but are there signs of a slow down? Home prices in the Texas continued to post strong gains in Standard & Poor’s latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, with prices in Dallas rising 1.1 percent from March