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New listings saw their most significant drop of the year in week 30, marking the fourth week of declines, according to a Houston Association of REALTORS® report.

Airbnb analyzed booking data for long-term guests & their hosts & found that Houston is among the most popular U.S. cities for remote workers.

Houston-based Maple Development Group will break ground on the Pecan Ranch community later this year, with 1,200 homes planned upon completion.

Texas single-family home sales declined 5.6% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the same time in 2021, according to Texas REALTORS®.

Andrea Fowler has been promoted to vice president at Trustmark, the firm she joined earlier this year as a community lending specialist.

Following two months of positive gains, new Houston listings edged slightly downward in July, while active listings surged nearly 40%.

Houston is home to two of the Lone Star State’s 10 most-expensive single-family listings in July.

New listings struggled to maintain momentum last week as the volume of newly listed homes fell across Greater Houston.

“Housing data for May 2022 continued strong, as price gains decelerated slightly from very high levels,” Craig J. Lazzara, managing director at S&P DJI, said.

While Greater Houston’s luxury market saw its first decline in two years in June, there is no shortage of $1 million-plus homes in the metro. According to LendingTree, 2.4% of Houston homes are worth $1 million or more.

Three Greater Houston ZIP codes are among the hottest for real estate in the country, according to a recent analysis by Opendoor.

Johnson Development has been named Developer of the Year for a second time in three years by the Texas Association of Builders during its annual Star Awards.

Robert Charles Lesser & Co. ranked Sunterra the eighth-best-selling master-planned community in the U.S., while Marvida secured No. 20.

Real Estate Consulting ranked the 50 top-selling master-planned communities during the first half of the year, and 13 Houston-area developments made the list.

Phoenix-based Inspire Communities recently announced plans to expand its Houston presence with two new development projects, including the re-development of an existing manufactured home community on the shores of Trinity Bay.

Nationwide, sales hit their highest level of the year, rising 4.7% from June but falling 17.6% on a year-over-year basis, RE/MAX said.