New CoreLogic report reveals another month of dwindling cash sales, but some states are maintaining high cash sales volumes. #3464-000089 / gettyimages.com Cash sales in the U.S. were down in May, according to a new report from CoreLogic. Falling

Simply put, without government guarantees, the percentage of first-time homebuyers would be even smaller than it already is. #181215771 / gettyimages.com In June of this year, only 28 percent of existing-home sales went to first-time homebuyers, a historically low

Slight increases in July help push Houston towards a better supply-demand balance. #452533919 / gettyimages.com Houston’s market continued to grow in July, pushing through another month of positive sales, according to a new Houston Association of Realtors report. Growth

Better Homes and Gardens Gary Greene is pleased that nine of its agents and one team were recognized on REAL Trends/The Wall Street Journal’s list of “The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals” last month. The list includes four categories

Foreclosure timelines in some states can take more than three years; is our fine state among such illustrious company? #167335661 / gettyimages.com We’ll cut straight to the chase – according to the latest Mortgage Monitor from Black Knight Financial

We all know that higher interest rates lead to larger mortgage payments, but the impacts differ substantially across the nation’s metro areas. #467982755 / gettyimages.com It’s one of the essential truisms in real estate – higher mortgage rates equal

Asking prices grew all over the nation in July, and they remained strong in our metro area. #470620827 / gettyimages.com Asking prices in the Houston metropolitan area rose 10.4 percent year-over-year in July, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website

CoreLogic released home price increases for June, and most market appear to be well on their way to a full recovery. But not all. Home prices are continuing to rise in one of Texas’ hottest real estate markets, Houston,

Residential construction is gaining ground in many metropolitan areas in the U.S. Unfortunately, not everyone did so well in June. McGraw-Hill released its June construction report this week, and the news confirmed more of what’s been taking place in Houston all year: construction

Almost seven years after the collapsing of the housing bubble, and CoreLogic says the nation is recovery swiftly – maybe too swiftly, in fact. On Thursday, CoreLogic released its June National Foreclosure report, which showed minimal but steady year-over-year

The good news continued for Texas home prices, according to the latest Case-Shiller. Home prices in the Lone Star State continued their ascent through May, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Amazingly, S&P does not

All-cash sales still remain quite prevalent in the U.S. housing market, especially here at home. #463245891 / gettyimages.com A hefty 34 percent of home sales in the Houston area were all-cash transactions in April, according to exclusive analysis from CoreLogic, the

Suburban sprawl over the last 50 years has led to an expanse of drivable city space, but a recent study suggests walkable urbanization may be the direction of the future. For the past half-century, suburban sprawl has helped define

The unaffordable simply becomes more unaffordable in today’s whacky rental landscape. At the start of July, we reported on the latest rental data from Reis, which found that the nation’s rental market continued to grow more expensive and exclusive through

Better Homes and Gardens Gary Greene recently welcomed four new agents to its Inner Loop office. Realtors Martina Shirey, Gerald A. Thiel, Charles A. Wheeler and Hermione White are now a part of the Gary Greene team. The firm

Cost burdens have become commonplace in housing, and they’re especially pronounced in the nation’s largest metro areas. #145868156 / gettyimages.com The housing market has bounced back in a major way the last couple years, but it’s introduced us to