March was a very good month for price per square foot in our housing market, according to Movoto. Those signs of a housing recovery just became a bit brighter. According to the latest State of the Real Estate Market

We’ve been hearing for some time that rents are increasing, but new numbers from Zillow present the issue in a new light. Rising rents, like falling home prices, have been one of the prevailing narratives of the post-bubble housing

David Weekley Homes have announce the construction of homes in the company’s newest central living community of Bracher Estates. Located in the Spring Valley area and close to the major employers both in downtown and Energy Corridor, the gated

Community Firethrone captures the spirit of the West with it’s introduction of 2014 Realtor Rewards Round Up program. The program offers Realtors cash rewards up to $2,000 and is to continue till April 30 of this year. Realtors who

Deductions are a big part of homeownership; how common are they here in our local marketplace? If you know homeownership, you know the mortgage interest tax deduction, the great grandmaster of tax deductions in the U.S. Indeed, homeownership and

Two of Houston’s most respected and successful commercial real estate brokers were recognized during the 2013 NAIOP Broker of the Year Awards on February 19 at River Oaks Country Club. Sanford Criner of CBRE received the Office Broker of the Year Award, and

Magnolia, Texas-based Gracepoint Homes will begin construction on a large residential project near interstate 45 in Conroe to fill a high demand for single-family homes near the Exxon Mobile campus, reports the Houston Business Journal. Development of Phase 1

It’s been a verifiable roller coaster ride the last couple years when it comes to housing inventory, but are we finally out of the woods? Housing inventory in the Houston housing market continued its downward slope in March, falling

In the age of new urbanism, where does our metro area rank in terms of density and sprawl? “Density” and “sprawl” have become big buzzwords in housing the last couple of years, and for good reason. With gas prices,

The housing market has made considerable strides in the last 18 months, but all-cash sales are still in abundance. We’ll cut to the big stat – in Jan. 2014, the latest month for which data exists, 34.2 percent of

Listings on the Houston Association of Realtors website will not only include Houston, but also statewide, the Houston Business Journal reported. HAR.com is ranked second among all real estate websites in Texas. HAR becoming part of the ListHub expansion

Sure, our area has some wonderful luxury housing markets, but in the grander scope of the market, how common are those million-dollar listings? We may hear about luxury real estate on a consistent basis, but luxury listings in the

Houston surged above the entire state of California in new-home starts last year, according to a CultureMap Houston report. More new home construction, with the addition of new commercial real estate, is fueling Houston’s building boom, which should continue

March was another solid month of price increase in the for-sale and rental markets, both locally and nationally. Houston’s asking-price fortunes continued in March, according to the latest Price Monitor from Trulia, with asking prices in the area’s housing

Affordability is often crunched into a single number, but how does it differ across the spectrum of salaries? Houston’s housing market may be relatively affordable, but it only goes so far for someone earning a median salary. That was

Inventory may be lower and prices may be higher, but Houston’s housing market was still positive in March March continued Houston’s streak of positive home sales, making it the 34th consecutive month, despite the record low 2.6-month supply of