Downtown Redevelopment Authority has announced a new public park opening Downtown in 2020. The park, set to begin construction in 2019 with an opening date set for the following summer, will take over lots on San Jacinto, Fannin, Bell

The premium regional homebuilder, Trendmaker Homes, has named Joe Mandola as president of the homebuilding brand. Mandola has a decades-long reputation in the building industry in Texas and has gained deep relationships with trade partners, community leaders and other

Houston City Council plan to change the city’s floodplain ordinance has been postponed after several members insisted on a delay on the final vote to consider amendments and let more members of the public weigh in. The changes will

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene, a Texas based real estate firm, has been named the top-producing independent brokerage of 2017 for both closed units and sales volume across the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate network,

RE/MAX Fine Properties agent Steven Kinne was awarded the distinguished RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award. This award was introduced in 1992 and entails prerequisites of agent’s who have earned more than $3 million in commissions, have previously achieved the Hall

Texas is home to the two largest-growing metropolitan populations in the United States, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land was listed as the metropolitan area with the second-biggest gains in the country. The population

Keller Williams Realty The Woodlands & Magnolia recently announced that its Woodlands Parkway, Sterling Ridge and Magnolia locations will merge into one new office in The Woodlands. The Woodlands & Magnolia company began in 1992 by Mac McCoin and

The New York Times continued its coverage of the impact of Hurricane Harvey in the area with a piece about damage at the 721-home Canyon Gate community, where the majority of homes flooded. The story details the development of the

Two long-time northeast Houston Realtors, Joan Imperato and Kim Fazzion, are merging their groups together to form the Imperato Fazzino Real Estate Group, in an effort to better serve Kingwood’s needs.  “Joan and I share similar work ethics and

Texas was recently ranked one of the worst states in the country for property taxes.  The study was conducted by WalletHub and calculated each state’s effective real-estate tax rate by dividing the annual taxes of a median priced home

New home structure standards for floodplains set by Mayor Sylvester Turner are to be voted on soon, which include placing the homes two feet above the 500-year flood level. If this had been implemented earlier, it could have spared

Houston is seeing a growing number of homeowners receiving notices describing the required elevation needed to be made to their homes after Hurricane Harvey, but the cost is substantially high. According to a story from Houston Public Media, elevation

RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring office was honored for its recording-breaking sales success at RE/MAX of Texas’ annual statewide conference for the 11th straight year. Despite housing obstacles in the region last year, Houston sales remained steady with home

February home sales marked a second positive month for Houston this year with single-family home sales, total property sales, average and median pricing and total dollar volume all up compared to a year ago, according to the latest Houston Association

First-time homebuyers, who make up 42 percent of all buyers, might just have luck on their side without much competition in Houston, according to a Zillow’s 2018 Best Markets for First-Time Buyers Analysis. The analysis ranked the 35 largest

The Woodlands ranked No. 2 on Niche’s 2018 list of Best Cities to Raise a Family in America, especially recognized for its public schools and jobs as an ideal place for parents to raise children. Niche, a ranking and