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This Week in Houston Real Estate: How much home a dollar buys, a new luxury apartment complex and more

A new study by Zillow shows $1 would buy Houston homeowners 1.40 square inches — a decrease of 1.95 square inches from 2008. Compared to other markets, Houston ranks as one of the more affordable cities in the nation. In

Houston ranks as one of most valuable cities in the country

Real estate wealth is dispersed unequally throughout the United States with revenue concentrated heavily in metropolitan areas, valued at $26.2 trillion.  Lending Tree ranked the top 50 most valuable cities in America from its collection of real estate data covering more than 155 million U.S. properties.  

William Lyon Homes enters Houston housing market

William Lyon Homes is expanding into the Houston market with Jennifer Keller serving as their new Houston Division President.  “We believe that the Houston market with its strong economy and relative affordability, support strong long-term fundamentals that are consistent with our

This Week in Houston Real Estate: Houston tops for affordable homes, voters approve flood bond and more

It may be impossible to have it all, but Houston is one of the cities where it may be the closest to being real – at least in terms of good jobs and affordable homes. Realtor.com recently ranked the

Houston housing market ranks as one of the best for stable growth

When looking at the housing market across the country, many are worried a potential bubble is about to burst. But home values in many large metro areas have been growing at a relatively stable rate. SmartAsset looked at home

This Week in Houston Real Estate: Millionaire households in Texas, MPCs nearing completion and more

Texas has the second highest number of millionaires living in its state. How Much, a cost information website, analyzed data from Kiplinger to see the number of millionaire households in each state. California topped the list with 885,000, but

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How much you have to earn to live in these top Houston neighborhoods

Houston is consistently recognized for its relatively low cost of living, but how much does it actually cost to live in the city? Local real estate agent Paige Martin crunched the numbers and figured out the median home price

This Week in Houston Real Estate: The Woodlands incorporation, new affordable home developments and more

The Woodlands Township continues to make steps toward incorporation as it considers whether it could include zoning for the area if The Woodlands became a city. According to Community Impact Newspaper, incorporated cities use local ordinances to create zoning

Houston new construction continues to grow to keep up with demand

Houston continues to be a boomtown as construction starts in the second quarter of 2018 grew compared to last year. According to the latest Metrostudy report, Houston saw 28,942 new home starts over the last 12 months, a 6.8

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See how the Houston area demographics have changed

The nation experienced a certain shift age distributions over the last decade. With Baby Boomers moving on to retirement, Millennials and Gen Xers began to make up the working population. To determine where the different demographics are more present,

Houston ranked as one of the most booming towns in the country

Boomtowns arguably made this country what it is today, so Magnify Money developed a list of America’s most booming towns. Coming in spot No. 11 on the list is Houston, the Space City. Each city was analyzed independently from

Two Houston zip codes ranked as most gentrified areas

Various communities and cities around America experienced gentrification in the last 18 years. To find out which cities were affected the most by gentrification, RENTCafé compiled a report ranking the top 20 most gentrified zip codes from 2000-2016, which

This Week in Houston Real Estate: Mansion auctions, apartment acquisitions and more

Primary Luxury Auctions is putting another mansion in the Woodlands up for auction. According to the company, the $6.75 million mansion will be sold without a reserve on Saturday, August 18. The mansion, located on 1.5 acres of land

Houston housing market continues on its hot streak

Home sales last month continued to outpace 2017’s record volume as the Houston market grows in popularity and demand. Though sales steadily grew with inventory at 4.2 months supply, July’s pace was still not enough to surpass June’s record-setting volume

Texas townhome sales up over last year

Townhome sales in Texas grew more than 6 percent between over the past year, according to the Texas Condominium Sales Report from the Texas Association of Realtors. According to the report, townhome sales spiked 6.3 percent from June 2017

How Harvey has impacted the real estate investment world: A Q&A with Brian Spitz from Big State Home Buyers

Brian Spitz opened up Big State Home Buyers 14 years ago after accidentally stumbling into the real estate investment world before planning to start law school. Through Big State Home Buyers, Spitz works with homeowners who need to sell

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