The new year kicked off with strong home sales as the Houston market saw year-over-year increases in sales, median pricing and total dollar volume, according to the latest report from the Houston Association of Realtors. Total property sales rose

Source: Texas Central Partners Mayor Sylvester Turner and Texas Central Partners selected the Northwest Mall as its preferred location for the Houston station of the new bullet train service coming to Texas. The area was picked because the station

The unincorporated Harris County area could possibly see its population surpass Houston’s by 2020, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Harris County Appraisal District. According to the Houston Chronicle, this surge in population growth has Texan

Houston is among the top 10 U.S. cities with the highest growth in millennial population from 2010 to 2015, according to a new report conducted by the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. The Millennial Generation: A Demographic Bridge to America’s

Home prices continue to significantly rise both year over year and month over month, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index (HPI). U.S. home prices in December 2017 were a substantial 6.6 percent more than December 2016 and 0.5 percent more

1) Harry Kuper, real estate professional of Kuper Realty Holding Company, closed the sale of Houston’s highest-priced house of 2017: the extravagant Emerald Lake Estate located on 37307 Diamond Oaks Drive in Magnolia, Texas for $17,500,000. Located 40 miles

Five months after Hurricane Harvey decimated the Houston area, there are still over 33,000 Texans living in temporary housing, including an estimated 4,300 people living in hotels. According to the PBSNewsHour, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Houston’s housing market had a strong 2017, with the majority of its neighborhoods experiencing an increase in home prices. Of all of Houston’s core neighborhoods, Memorial Park had the largest growth in median housing prices from 2016 to 2017,

Amy Rino was named the new Houston division president at Taylor Morrison. A Houston native, Rino was the Houston division president for Darling Homes since 2013. Now she will oversee the three Taylor Morrison Home Corporation brands in Houston:

Community development project Meridiana recently underwent its second phase, with 300 homes planned for building. The first phase of the project, by Rise Communities south of Pearland, consisted of 420 sites. The prices for these homes range from $200,000

After Texas was named one of the top growth states by U-Haul, another moving company acknowledged Houston for its growth. The Bayou City is No. 4 on Penske Truck Rental’s list of top moving destinations.  To come up with the

Gov. Greg Abbott announced his plan to cap annual increases in local property taxes last week as a focal point of his re-election campaign. According to the Houston Chronicle, the proposal would limit how much revenue local taxing entities

Amazon announced the 20 cities that will be considered for its second headquarters, and Houston did not make the cut. Many of the city’s top developers and members of the Greater Houston Partnership have expressed their disappointment at this

Amazon announced on Thursday that it has narrowed its list potential sites for its second headquarters to 20 cities. Houston did not move on to the second round, but two other Texas cities — Austin and Dallas — made

Despite a larger year-over-year increase in departures compared to 2016, Texas remained the America’s No. 1 growth state during 2017, according to U-Haul data analysis of last year’s migration trends. Reservations for one-way U-Haul truck rentals rose 1 percent on

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s former home is on the market for nearly $3 million. The 142-acre ranch home is near Johnson City, about 70 miles west of Austin and 10 miles east of the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park