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CoreLogic: Is Houston “Normal” Yet?

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’ Best University Gives Home Prices A Huge Boost in Houston

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 Office Tops State Production List

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

Hillwood Communities Expands to Houston

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.

Niche Names Houston Area’s Top Private High Schools

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

Houston-Based Tech Startup Simplifies Interactions with Buyers

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

Houston Suburb Named Among Nation’s Safest

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

Will Houston Incomes Rise to Meet New Home Prices?

The middle class is more and more discovering it can no longer afford new homes. But the residential market isn’t correcting itself to accommodate them, a new report from John Burns Real Estate consulting suggested. Instead, the future of

What Today’s Houston Luxury Buyers Want

In recent months, home sales in Houston have lagged, pulled down by the anchor of low oil prices. But in January, at least one sector saw growth: the luxury market. Brought on by labor shortages, rising building costs and increasingly

How Long Until Houston Homebuyers Break Even on Their Purchase?

Homebuyers in Houston break even on their homes sooner than expected It takes just a year and a half for homebuying to make more financial sense than renting in Houston’s housing market, according to a recent analysis from Zillow. The “Breakeven

Greater Houston’s Top Closings in Jan. 2016

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in January. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $7,000,000 15 Grand Regency Cir, The Woodlands Beth

Houston’s Housing Market Bounces Back in January

Has Houston’s housing market regrouped for 2016? After a weak December, Houston’s housing market regrouped somewhat in January, with home sales and prices remaining consistent with where they were a year ago. According to the latest report from the Houston

Houston Ranked as One of the Nation’s Best Cities for Families

According to a new study by ValuePenguin.com, Houston is one of the best cities for young families, coming in at the No. 2 on the list behind Austin. Some of the factors that went into the rankings were the quality

Houston Ranked a Top Metro Area for New Construction

According to a Dodge Data & Analytics report, Houston was ranked as one of the top metro areas for new commercial and multifamily construction in 2015, with a total dollar amount of $4 billion. Houston was ranked behind the Dallas-Ft. Worth

Houston Agents Gather to Learn Survival Skills in Life Threatening Situations

Keller Williams Memorial Realty hosted a presentation to help its agents understand how to stay out of situations that may risk their personal safety, and what to do if they feel threatened. After the 2014 murder of Arkansas Realtor Beverly

CoreLogic: Houston Buyers Aren’t Using Cash

Real estate markets across the country continued hemorrhaging cash last October, a new report from CoreLogic confirmed, with the share of total sales falling 2.6 percentage points year-over-year. However, as is typical of the season, the amount of cash

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