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Houston Association of Realtors: Inventory Hits 2 Year High

HAR’s May home sales report showed less sales and more price increases, as well as a milestone for inventory recovery The Houston Association of Realtors released its May home sales report today, and, surprisingly, the most revealing aspect of

RealtyTrac: Nation Faces Zombie Outbreak

RealtyTrac’s Q2 Zombie Foreclosure Report shows macro progress and micro struggles Zombies are plaguing the nation, but no amount of shotgun shells and machetes are likely to help. Less likely to shuffle after a person’s brainy bits than they

RealTek Holdings, LLC Integrates Brokerages and Real Estate Software Companies

RealTek Holdings, LLC was recently formed to serve as a technology-driven real estate holding company. The new company’s main focus is acquiring and integrating other brokerages and real estate software companies under one house with multiple brands. RealTek Holdings’

Houston’s Hottest Sector Takes a Hit

Multifamily construction has boomed in Houston, but was it too much, too quickly? Houston’s multifamily construction hot streak may be coming to an end, as a new report from the CMD Group, an Atlanta-based construction research firm, showed multifamily

CoreLogic: Foreclosures? What Foreclosures?

CoreLogic’s April Foreclosure Report revealed another month of positive stats…for most markets Since late 2008, when the walls of the world’s economy started to tumble, approximately 5.7 million foreclosures have been completed in the U.S., and even more if

Houston’s Luxury Housing Market Remains Ahead of the Curve

Houston’s strong luxury housing market is showing now signs of slowing down Sales prices for Houston’s luxury housing market are leading the charge this year, according to a new Redfin analysis of the nation’s luxury markets. Redfin’s study analyzed the top 5 percent of

New Development Promises Hundreds of Multifamily Units

New development promises multifamily units amid multifamily construction slump In a recent report from the Atlanta-based CMD Group, researchers revealed a startling drop in multifamily construction starts in Houston throughout 2015’s first quarter. From a year prior, new apartment

In Houston Floods, Agent Sees Opportunity

Floods are threatening Houston’s market, but one agent says now is time to buy Houston can take solace in the fact that many areas were left unaffected by the torrential rain and subsequent flooding that’s plagued the city in

CoreLogic: Prices Surge in Texas’ Biggest Metro

New study from CoreLogic reveals how prices are changing around the country Marking more than three years of consecutive year-over-year growth, home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, pushed forward another 6.8 percent in April, according to a new report

Patrick Dennis joins The Dinerstein Cos. for Luxury Tower Project

The Dinerstein Cos. has hired Patrick Dennis to become the new president of construction for the company as they make headway with their first luxury tower. Dennis, a Texas A&M University graduate, was the director of West Coast construction

Houston-Area New Construction Falls 24%

This year proving to be surprisingly nuanced for Houston new construction Residential construction spending in the Houston area totaled $791 million in April, a stark 24 percent decrease over the $1.038 billion of April 2014, according to the latest report from Dodge Data &

Nations Reliable Lending Throws a Fiesta For New Office Building

To celebrate the opening of their new Houston office building and raise money for Lemonade Day Houston, the Houston Nations Reliable Lending Mortgage team threw a Cinco de Mayo Miami themed party. Lemons were incorporated into every aspect of

Houston’s Most Competitive Suburbs

Considering median days on market and inventory, Houston Agent counts down the city’s most competitive suburban markets Recently, Houston Agent counted down Houston’s hottest selling suburbs (Katy being No. 1), and while those stats reflect sales volume, for full context,

Houston Area has Some of Nation’s Best Job Opportunities

Houston is known for having one of the strongest economies in the nation. Which areas offer the most job opportunities to home buyers? Houston and two surrounding suburbs offer some of the best job opportunities in the United States,

Texas Home Prices Among Strongest in U.S.

Home prices in Texas were strong as ever in the latest Case-Shiller report Home prices in the Lone Star State remained strong in March, with prices in the Dallas area rising 1.8 percent from February to March and 9.3 percent from March 2014,

Home Prices: Strong or Overvalued?

States have tried to keep price appreciation in check, but some markets have stepped into overvalued territory Since 2007, when the economic downturn that sent the nation’s housing market into a smoking tailspin began, lawmakers and industry influencers have

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