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.

Houston has been named one of 2013’s “Best Performing American Cities,” according to the Milken Institute’s “Best Performing Cities” Index. The city was named No. 8 out of America’s 200 largest metropolitan areas. The Milken Index is an “outcomes-based” ranking,

The news was glorious for Houston in CoreLogic’s latest Equity Report. Another quarter, another glistening report on the overwhelming health of Houston’s mortgage markets. According to the latest Equity Report from CoreLogic, Houston boasts the most healthy mortgage market

Just when you thought that housing inventory in Houston could not go any lower, November managed to prove all of us wrong. Houston home sales may have enjoyed their 30th straight month of increases in November, but all that

When looking at two of the more important measures of a housing market’s general health, how did Houston fair in November? Here at Houston Agent, we follow quite a few indices and analysis, and one of our undeniable favorites is

Houston-based Ravenna Homes closed on its first home and has six more new construction homes under contract in Firethorne, a 1,400-acre master-planned residential community in Katy/Fulshear, west of Houston.  Five of the six homes also will close this month. Ravenna

Houston foreclosure markets continued to improve in 2013, falling by nearly a quarter from last year in October. October was yet another solid month for Houston’s foreclosure markets, which saw further improvement from last year, according to the latest

Asking prices in Houston continued to increase by very encouraging amounts, according to the latest analysis from Trulia. Houston’s housing market continued its unseasonably strong performance in November, with asking prices in the area rising a very impressive 15.5

Market activity in Houston has quickened considerably, according to a new series of stats from Redfin. Houston’s housing market had the need – the need for speed – in October, with time on market in the area falling a

Houston made it two for two in major home price indices, as the market continues to show signs of recovery. Home prices in the Houston area rose 10.9 percent year-over-year in October, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic;

Residential construction has been on the rise throughout the country in 2013, but what of here in Houston? October was a very good month for residential construction in Houston. How good? Try these three facts: In October, the latest

September’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices were yet another reminder of Texas’ strong housing market. Home prices in Texas remained sturdy as ever in September, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Though S&P does not, incredibly,

Round and round we go on the housing inventory roller coaster! Where did it stop in October? Existing-home sales may have dipped a bit from September to October, but there was one undeniably positive sign in NAR’s latest report

Newmark Homes is embracing its inner geek with the introduction of its new “Geek is the New Chic!” campaign for Realtors and an account on Houzz, a popular online collection of ideas. Newmark Homes partnered with the Houston Association

Inventory shortages continued to cramp existing-home sales’ style, according to the latest analysis by NAR. Existing-home sales were down for the second month in a row in October, falling 3.2 percent from September, according to the National Association of

Houston posted another great month of sales activity in October, with a number of positive factors contributing to the outcome. Houston home sales were positive for the 29th straight month in October, posting a 13.5 percent year-over-year increase, according