It’s no secret Houston has one of the most booming housing markets in the nation, and a lot of that is due to the oil and gas industry. Large companies such as Phillips 66 and Exxon Mobil Corp are

The Houston Association of Realtors recently named its board of directors for 2014, electing Chaille Ralph of Heritage Texas Properties as its chair. “It is a tremendous honor to serve as HAR chair in the upcoming year,” Ralph said.

June was a stellar month for Texas home prices, with the Lone Star State putting up some of the strongest home prices gains in the nation. Home prices in Texas remained among the strongest in the nation in June,

Residential construction put up some great numbers in July, but are those gains consistent with our local real estate market? July was a very strong month for residential new construction. Not only were building permits up 2.7 percent from

Not only were existing-home sales up by monthly and yearly measures in July, but housing inventory continued to stabilize as well. July was a rock solid month for existing-home sales, according to the latest data from the National Association

Housing affordability has slipped a bit so far in 2013, but does Houston’s housing stock remain affordable relative to other major cities? Housing affordability slipped a bit from the first quarter to the second quarter in 2013, according to

Signs in Houston’s real estate market point to a potential housing bubble in the future Houston was fortunate to skip the housing bubble in the 2000s – while home prices were skyrocketing and crashing across the nation, this city’s

CDC Houston, the developer behind Springwoods Village, a planned 1,800-acre mixed-use community about 30 miles north of Houston, recently released more details about the project according to an Aug. 7 report from Swamplot.com, a website that covers Houston real

According to Digital Journal, RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring real estate agency is pleased to announce that 12 of its agents have been named to the 2012 Houston Region Five Star Real Estate Agent list, published by Texas Monthly

Builder confidence continued its upward trend in August, rising to its highest mark since 2005. August has proven another sterling month for homebuilders, with the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, the leading measure of builder

On Tuesday, August 13, a woman was charged with burglary of habitation while posing as a Realtor. Rebecca Lynn Bench was arrested for burglarizing the northwest Houston home, and a second suspect, Laura Kristen Campas is currently at-large and

Houston’s housing market is breaking record after record, according to this article from the Houston Chronicle. Home supplies are up for the first time in over a year. Inventory has risen to 3.4 months. At the same time, demand continues

Housing inventory in Houston was down by double-digit amounts in July; how do those declines compare with the rest of the nation? Housing inventory in July may have been down 32.3 percent year-over-year in Houston and 16.2 percent nationally,

The second quarter proved a boisterously good period for the nation’s mortgage markets, but did all that good cheer extend to our local marketplace? Last week, we reported on the latest National Delinquency Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association,

Is Houston among the busiest housing markets in the U.S.? A new report from Redfin shows how the Bayou City stacks up to the competition. What are the busiest housing markets in the U.S.? That question was at the

June was yet another banner month for home prices in CoreLogic’s Home Price Index, but could home price gains be slowing down? Home prices continued their sterling performance in June, rising 11.9 percent year-over-year in the latest Home Price