Prudential Gray Greene Realtor partners, Marilyn Eiland and Mark Woodroof, are excited to announce that industry leader Dianne McCoy has joined the company in the newly created position of director of professional

Rosemary Derstler and Cynthia Berry at the Katy Home Connections Team of the Prudential Gary Green, Realtors Kathy office,  each received their Master Certified Negotiation Expert designation, an accomplishment that only one percent of real estates agents nationwide  has

Houston-based, privately owned real estate firm, Rockspring Capital has announced the purchase of 117 residential lots in New Braunfels, Texas, by one of its affiliates. Rockspring is a land investment company that plans to buy more land, like the

A local investment group has obtained a $10-million loan to buy the 145-unit Greenbriar Chateau in the near southwest submarket, according to a report by swamplot.com. Residents of the Greenbriar Chateau apartment complex, just minutes from Rice University, Hermann

Three urban planning projects received the top honors at the Houston District Council of the Urban Land Institute’s 2012 Development of Distinction Awards last week for their design, construction and general improvement to the community. According to a Houston

The construction of South Acres Ranch II,  located in the Sunnyside community of Houston, is set to start next month. Residents of the Sunnyside area and South Acres Ranch I are happy about the new condominium that is being

A new survey from John Burns Real Estate Consulting has ranked some of the top-selling Master Planned Communities (MPC) in the U.S., and Houston was extremely well-represented in the survey’s findings. In total, 11 communities in and around Houston

Mobil Steel International Inc. and its employees have been taking part in charitable events and making contributions to local charities, according to an article by UltimateSpring.com. The company has given six donations to Sagemont Church’s Helping Hands ministry, an organization

The Builder trade journal has stumbled upon an interesting anomaly in the Houston real estate market – rather than downsizing, an increasingly popular trend that has been increasingly covered by numerous outlets since the housing downturn commenced, builders in the Bayou

Prudential Gary Greene Realtors at the Champions office received the No. 1 ranking in both units and volume during the third quarter for the central United States region of Prudential Real Estate & Relocation Services – a feat that

The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) announced that The Woodlands have assumed a leadership role in The Bridgeland development project, a planned community in the Houston-area. Grant Herlitz, president of the HHC, said the new role of the HHC is

2012 seems poised to be a year of rambunctious construction activity for builders, according to a new study by Houston-based Metrostudy. Mike Inselmann, the president of the firm, said that builders will start at least 20,000 new single-family home projects this

As nearly every one in Houston knows by now, high-rises are not particularly popular with the Bayou City’s residents, and a new wave of developments inside the 610 Loop seem to have bared that in mind. As reported by Clifford Pugh

Standard & Poor’s released the latest resultsof its influential Case-Shiller Home Price Indices just moments ago for the month of October, and like the previous collection of data, it shows both monthly and year-over-year declines for housing values in

Houston Agent will be taking a brief break next week, but we’ll be back the first week of January to continue bringing you the most timely, invaluable real estate news around. Happy

After a period of considerable debate, the Houston City Council has adopted new regulations to govern the construction of high-rise buildings near residential, single-family