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

New stories from KUHF and the Houston Business Journal are reporting that Washington is dispatching a team of housing experts to Houston to whip the city’s Housing and Urban Development (HUD) office into shape. According to KUHF’s story, Mayor Annise Parker

The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) has released their list of recommended candidates for the Houston City Council Runoff Elections to take place on December

U.S. cities are reporting little change in prices in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the monthly report by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) that is the leading measure of U.S. home prices. The newest report, which surveys home prices for the third

The high-density ordinance, which was Houston’s attempt to stop tall buildings from being constructed near residential neighborhoods, is apparently back on the table, though it’s returning under a different name, according to the Houston Chronicle‘s Nancy

Housing in Houston just experienced its fifth straight month of positive sales, a development that has inspired the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) to give thanks (great timing!). According to HAR’s most recent monthly data, single-family home sales rose

The auction of more than 170 leftover Scattered Sites properties this week raised $8 million for the Houston Housing Authority. The organization plans to invest the funds in local multifamily affordable housing projects. The properties—171 homes and three home

Houston will have a property auction for bank-owned properties on December 10. Properties to be auctioned includes single-family homes, condominiums, commercial buildings and land

The Modern Outdoor Design Tour took place in Houston on November 12., which showcased a total of 13 homes that stand out from the rest for their architecture and design. For $30, attendees were able to view all 13

Houston recently gained its first solar powered home, and now, the city can boast that 100 percent of energy it produces is renewable. The owner of the solar powered home, Barbara Byrd, attended the annual Sustainable Living Festival in

Members of the Texas Association of Realtors are getting a new perk – free virtual

Foreclosures in October for the Houston area fell by 11 percent from September and more than 25 percent from October 2010, according to new data from RealtyTrac cited in a Biz Journals piece. In total, banks and lenders filed 3,044 foreclosures