RealtyTrac foreclosure report showed  increased activity In a market still reeling from an onslaught of foreclosures dating back early a half-decade, any news of foreclosures that approaches negative is likely to put the industry on edge, which is why RealtyTrac’s

Houston’s top-selling suburbs for April 2015. The floundering oil market and resulting layoffs pose unique problems for big energy economies, like Houston, but in recent months, and in fact years, the Bayou City has emerged as one of the

Houston home prices and inventory were up in April, but the city still faces significant hurdles from oil price drops The Houston Association of Realtors released its newest home sales report today, May 13, outlining the city’s continued growth

Despite an influx of investors to the market, cash sales continue to dwindle throughout the nation. It is a new market for traditional buyers, despite a recent report of surging investor activity, as once again cash sales fell in

A new report from CoreLogic shows foreclosures are falling across the nation, mostly The nation’s foreclosure inventory is in decline, falling 25.7 percent year-over-year in March, which represents a continued effort to regain the market normalcy enjoyed in pre-crisis

Agent Publishing, the country’s dominant hyper-local B2B real estate media company, has announced John Thomas, 50, has joined the firm as editor-in-chief and vice president of content strategy. Most recently, Thomas was director of editorial content for Chicago-based Groupon

March represents another month of home price appreciation, according to CoreLogic. CoreLogic released its March Home Price Index (HPI) today, and the findings reflected a continued strengthening of prices nationwide. Including distressed sales, national home prices rose 5.9 percent in

Houston is a hot market, but it’s struggling with persistently low inventory and the damaging effects of oil price drops. So why are builders so confident? There is a schism happening in Houston real estate, and oil is the

This year is shaping up to be another strong one for new construction in Houston. After several years of prominence, it seems that Houston’s new construction marketplace is poised for another strong year in 2015. According to the latest analysis from Dodge

Arch MI finds Houston in danger of its home prices falling over the next two years, but that may just be what the city needs. The price of crude is rallying, with West Texas Intermediate climbing 3 percent Wednesday

How are home prices looking, as the spring market gears up for action? Home prices in the Lone Star State area proved the adage that “slow and steady wins the race” in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard &

In an announcement that hopes to ensure the longevity of the company, on April 23, Houston-based Kirskey Architecture, the city’s fourth largest architecture company, said it would splinter ownership of the firm between current owner and founder, John Kirksey, and

RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring broker associate, Vanissa Micklethwait, was awarded the prestigious RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award and a RE/MAX Platinum Club Award at the recent RE/MAX of Texas State Convention held in San Antonio. “I feel very honored to have

Relatively speaking, our market is not nearly as fast as one might believe. Houston may have garnered a well-deserved reputation for a lively, fast-moving real estate market, but there are signs that the market could be slowing down. According to a new

We may think we have a firm grasp of our market’s value, but new research suggests that’s not the case. Houston homeowners undervalue their listings by 3.58 percent, at least compared to what certified appraisers judge as the value of the

It takes a very short amount of time to break even on a house nationwide, but such privileges come with significant conditions. It takes just 1.5 years to break-even on a mortgage in Houston, meaning the point at which the total