The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) has honored Christi Borden of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene with the association’s 2013 Realtor of the Year award. HAR 2013 Chair Danny Frank presented the award to Borden during a Dec. 12

Foreign homebuyers have been one of the more interesting developments in U.S. real estate in recent years, especially here at home. Houston was the seventh most popular real estate market for international homebuyers in Nov. 2013, according to analysis by Realtor.com.

How affordable is our city’s housing market, when we view the topic from a salary-centric perspective? With nationwide interest rates on the rise and home prices jumping aggressively in certain marketplaces, housing affordability has once again become a hot-button

2013 was a banner year for real estate in Houston, and we’ve collected five of the most impressive reasons why. Here’s some shocking news for you – Houston’s real estate market was quite strong in December! According to the

Houston continues to make progress with its foreclosure markets, according to new analysis by RealtyTrac. In December, foreclosure filings in Houston were up 12 percent from November but down 32 percent year-over-year, according to the latest numbers from RealtyTrac.

Ken Brand, sales manager of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene’s locations in The Woodlands area, has named real estate broker Linsey Ehle, GRI as the career development coach for The Woodlands and Magnolia Marketing Centers. Ehle,

Housing inventory in Houston continued it’s descent, according to the latest analysis. Though housing inventory remains low by historical standards, 2013 was the turning point, the year that inventory bottomed and housing marched forward into positive territory. At least,

We all know that home prices are on the rise, but what about property values and price per square foot? Earlier this week, we reported rather optimistically on home prices, and for good reason – according to the latest

All-cash sales have become increasingly prevalent in the post-boom marketplace, but how common are they here in our metro area? All-cash financing has become one of the most notable developments of the post-boom housing markets, with homes being purchased

The nation’s foreclosure marketplace continued to improve, according to the latest analysis from CoreLogic. We recently reported that Houston has the healthiest mortgage market in the nation, and CoreLogic’s latest National Foreclosure Report did little to contradict that statement. Foreclosure inventory

Houston capped off a sterling year of real estate in 2013 with Trulia’s latest Price and Rent Monitors. Asking prices in Houston ended 2013 on a high note, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website Trulia, with the

The rental markets have been surging in recent years, but did that stellar performance continue into 2013’s fourth quarter? Reis Senior Economist Ryan Severino put it best in comments accompanying the firm’s Q4 2013 Trends report for the nation’s

November was a very encouraging month for Houston real estate, according to the latest analysis from CoreLogic. Home prices in the Houston area posted typically strong numbers in November, according to the latest Home Price Index from research firm CoreLogic. For

What were the busiest residential construction markets in November? We analyze the latest data to find out. Residential construction in Houston maintained its towering stature in November, with construction in the Bayou City topping $591 million, according to the

Existing-home sales have been a bit weak the last couple of months; what are the reasons behind the decline? November was a rough month for existing-home sales. Not only were sales down 4.3 percent from October to November, but

Though home prices slowed a bit in Texas in October, they maintained strong yearly gains. Home prices in the Lone Star State were steady as ever in October, according to the October Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s.