Negative equity remains a problem in the U.S. housing market, but as new research by CoreLogic shows, the situation is improving. Riding the wave of home-price increases, roughly 200,000 residential properties returned to a state of positive equity in

The news was uniformly positive in NAR’s latest existing-sales report, with sales and prices rising but what about housing inventory? Existing-home sales rose 10.2 percent in February year-over-year, while median price was up 11.6 percent according to the latest report

Houston’s real estate market showed no signs of slowing down in February, with home sales, home prices and inventory remaining competitive as ever. Homebuyers remained an active bunch in the Houston real estate market in February, pushing home sales

Home prices may be rising at a rapid rate, but they’ve done little to minimize the financial appeal of homeownership, according to a new study from Trulia. Trulia released its Winter 2013 Rents vs. Buy Report earlier today, and

Housing inventory has fallen at a precipitous rate, but could relief finally be approaching? New research from Zillow suggests it just might. There are currently two universally acknowledged truths about the U.S. housing market – one, that the market

RealtyTrac’s latest analysis of the U.S. foreclosure markets found many positive developments, though there still remains work to be done. The foreclosure markets continued their slow, steady improvement in the latest U.S. Foreclosure Market Report from RealtyTrac, though foreclosure

“Flash sales,” homes that sell in 24 hours or less, have taken serious hold in a select number of markets throughout the U.S. – Houston among them! According to new research from Redfin, a most unusual phenomenon is currently

Though today, many housing markets are considered “affordable,” how does our fine city compare to the nation’s most affordable housing markets? Housing affordability is a major selling point for any housing market. After all, if you’re going to succeed

Americans’ price expectations have increased to a record high, according to Fannie Mae’s February 2013 National Housing Survey results, while views on their personal financial situation, household income and the direction of the economy fell or remained

It’s become the eternal question in real estate – when oh when will lending standards ease up? Though the housing market has put up some of its strongest numbers since 2006, the mortgage markets, from the perspective of many

The CoreLogic Home Price Index put up its best numbers in nearly seven years in January, with national home prices rising 9.7 percent year-over-year. That’s the 11th consecutive month of of home price increases, and the largest yearly increase

Redfin has already launched in Dallas and Austin, and is finally coming to Houston in the next few weeks. CEO Glenn Kelman is excited to further expand Redfin’s reach across the

Asking prices in February rose 7.0 percent in the Trulia Price Monitor, as the increasing demand in the U.S. housing market continued to push asking prices higher. From January to February, asking prices rose 1.4 percent, and prices are

Residential construction spending was flat in January, though overall construction spending remained above where it was a year ago, according to the latest analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of

News regarding the housing market has been uniformly positive the last couple of weeks. New home sales in January hit their highest level since 2008. Negative equity is improving. Contract activity has been strong, and the mortgage markets continue

The Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of Realtors rose 9.5 percent year-over-year in January, rising to its highest reading since April 2010 and boasting its 21st straight month of yearly