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S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller: Home-price gains “truly extraordinary”

The 10-city composite index rose 1.9% on a monthly basis and 14.4% on a yearly basis, while the 20-city composite rose 2.1% monthly and 14.9% annually.    

Landowning behemoth Walton Global steps into build-to-rent segment with huge land bank

The real estate investment and land asset-management company has identified 17 near-term development opportunities and is in advanced negotiations to develop build-to-rent communities with about 2,500 units across the country.

New gated community breaks ground near Highland Heights

Located at 351 East Parker Rd., Green Park connects to Northline Park and is the first new residential development in the Northside/Northline/East Parker community.

Houston’s pending listings slide for the fourth week

New listings also lost their momentum during the week, lowering hopes that the limited supply of homes on the market would be replenished soon.

Existing-home sales slide again in May

The median existing-home price for all housing types rose to $350,300 in May, marking another new record.

Richmond: 630 acres added to Harvest Green community

The annexed acreage will add about 1,400 homes to the master-planned community, as well as new amenities. Sales are expected to start in the fall of 2022.

Houston home inventory levels rebounded in May

Inventory levels rebounded last month, finally showing signs of recovery following a year of historical declines.

Houston home sales transactions up 49.5% from a year ago

The typical increase in home sales as summer approaches failed to materialize nationwide last month, with average sales dropping 0.2% from April to May, but month-over-month sales in Houston bucked the trend, climbing 1.3%, according to the RE/MAX May National Housing Report.

Land Tejas to develop 646-acre community in Cypress

The new development is expected to begin home sales next year and will have about 2,300 homesites.

Houston’s tight inventory shows signs of relief

HAR’s weekly activity snapshot shows that for the second consecutive week, new listings continued to rise, helping alleviate some of the pressure on dwindling inventory.

CoreLogic: Texas homes average $19K annual equity gain

The share of homes underwater in the metro Houston area was at 1.6% at the end of the first quarter of 2021, below the national rate of 2.6%, according to CoreLogic.

Houston ranks 2nd on top 50 new markets list based on 2020 closings

Experts at Builder Magazine recently came out with their Local Leaders list for 2020, which ranks the country’s 50 largest new-home markets based on closings by the end of the year.

Houston climbs The Economist’s most livable cities in the world list

Some cities fared better than others with the global pandemic and Houston is one of them, according to The Economist’s 2021 Livability Index’s ranking of the most livable cities in the world.

Legacy Homes announces partnership with eco-friendly development in Tulum

“We are providing our clients in Texas the chance to own international property that is walking distance from the beach, in a budding city with potential of significant return on investment.” – Derek Boles, broker/owner of Legacy Homes and Properties.

Out-of-town movers reshuffling to larger, more affordable homes

Rising property values had homeowners cashing out of their existing residences to buy bigger homes in less-expensive areas last year.

HAR: Houston in ‘most energized market in history’

Houston’s inventory hits record lows and single-family home prices reach record highs as the city experiences its twelfth consecutive month of positive sales in May.

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