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.,

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

The number of all cash transactions peaked in Jan. 2011, accounting for over 46 percent of total home sales. In September of this year, cash sales represented a much smaller portion of total sales with a 32.5 percent share,

Inclusion and acceptance for the LGBT community is on the rise, according to the Human Rights Campaign, which recently released its 2015 Municipal Equality Index. Rated on a 100-point scale, the LGBT rights group’s annual index assigns numerical grades

Speculation on the future of Houston’s construction market spans the spectrum, from unbridled optimism to doomsday nihilism. The reality will likely fall somewhere in the middle of that range, according to a 2016 construction market outlook from Atlanta-based CMD Group,

New projections from the country’s Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast big job gains for the construction sector over the next decade and emphasize the growing importance of environmentally conscious building. Over the 10-year period beginning in 2014 and ending

Year-over-year gains in national equity were in the double digits at the end of this year’s third quarter, as a healing economy helped keep home price appreciation positive and consistent, according to a new report from CoreLogic. On Sept.

On Monday, Dec. 7, the Greater Houston Partnership forecasted that the Houston metro area will create 21,900 net new jobs in 2016, even though low oil prices will be a drag on the regional economy. “If you want one

States that rely heavily on oil and gas production are losing billions in tax revenues as the low price of oil continues to prompt companies to cut budgets, shrink workforces and, in some cases, file bankruptcy. Because of its