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

Realtor Lorna Vest has joined the office of Houston-based Weichert Realtors-Wayne Murray Properties. A member of the Houston Association of Realtors, Texas Association of Realtors and National Association of Realtors, Vest is a graduate of Champions School of Real Estate

Home sales continued to hum along in Houston, posting their sixth straight month of positive sales in November with another year-over-year increase, according to a new report from the Houston Association of

The long-debated high rise ordinance, which would set guidelines for new high rise developments in residential neighborhoods, is facing a new round of scrutiny, this time by the Houston City Council in today’s session, according to The Houston Chronicle‘s Zain

The Houston City Council voted last Wednesday to adopt recent Construction Industry Council recommendations to raise the city’s energy standards to 5 percent more than the Texas state minimum. In addition to the 2012 standards, the council also established

Houston Realtor Traye Wise had no idea the photos taken for one of his listings, 5304 Michaux St., would cause such a stir. But with interior photos like the one pictured here (brought to our attention via Swamplot), how

“Squatters,” a term for people occupying an abandoned home they do not own, rent or have permission to use, are sweeping across Texas in droves to exploit an incredible loophole in Texas state law that allows them to claim