Houston is well known for its affordability, but what neighborhoods are in the upper echelon of pricing? Time and again, we’ve reported on the relative affordability of housing in Houston, and how much that affordability differs from similarly large,

Home prices offered few surprises in the latest Case-Shiller report. Home prices in the Lone Star State reached new highs in February, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Although (astoundingly) S&P does not track home prices

We keep hearing about how time on market continues to fall, but what do the averages tell us about how fast our market really is? Earlier this week, we reported that nationwide, time on market has fallen seven days

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene has announced that realtor Samantha Richards has joined the firm’s Lake Houston team, and realtor Brenda Chavez has joined the Inner Loop office. Richards brings over 15 years of experience to Better Homes and

As recent college graduates set their sites on jobs across the country and former grads weigh the pros and cons of staying put versus moving to a new location for better pay and cheaper rent – these young professionals

Founded in Houston, Texas in 1976, David Weekley Homes has announced it’s expansion midwest to Chicago. This will mark the first time that the home builder will be building homes in this state and anticipated sales of Weekley’s in

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