Earlier this week, we drew from our REAL DATA report to show the most active luxury market in Greater Houston. Now we’re covering the neighborhoods. In December, for yet another month, there were more $1 million-plus home sales in

In December, there were once again more $1 million-plus home sales in Houston proper than any other market in the greater metropolitan area, according to our latest REAL DATA report. With more than 69 sales and an average closing price

Tom Rhodes is the CEO of Austin-based lender Sente Mortgage, and a past president of the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association. In the first part of our conversation with the long-time lender, we discussed what housing will look like under a

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo, and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in December. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $5,995,000 59 Tiel Way, Houston Clayton Katz John

It makes more financial sense to rent than buy in Greater Houston, according to new research from ATTOM Data Solutions. In its analysis, which incorporated 2017 rent data from HUD, wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and public record sales deed data from

Riverstone was the top-selling master-planned community (MPC) in Greater Houston in 2016, and Aliana was a close second, according to RCLCO’s annual MPC report. Those were the only two Houston-area MPCs in the nation’s top 20. Altogether, Texas had

Houston’s housing stock is the No. 17 most valuable in the entire country, according to a year-end analysis from Zillow. Altogether in 2016, Houston’s residential properties tallied a worth of just over $373 billion, topping other Texas markets like

The Houston new construction market continues to sag, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In November, Houston saw more than $601 million in total residential construction spending, and year-to-date, spending tops out at $8.310 billion. Those numbers are among

Lots of interesting things happened last week in the world of real estate. Notable stories include professional cuddling and stagnant cash sales. And because we missed the week before, we’ll also be including those top stories as well. Catch up on

There is an affordability crisis slowing building in Houston, and many people are ignoring it. In a fourth quarter market report released this week, ATTOM Data Solutions provided stats on price and wage growth in Houston, and the numbers showed

The U.S. Census released it 2016 population estimates this week for state-by-state growth from 2015 to 2016, and nowhere were gains bigger than in Texas. The state’s population made a 432,957-person leap from 27.42 million to 27.86 million. That’s more

Built among acres of trees and greenspace, Kingwood is Houston’s “livable forest.” It rides Spring Creek and hugs Lake Houston. That alone would be enough for many residents, but there is so much more the neighborhood has to offer.

There are more than 44 million immigrants living in the U.S. They account for about 13.6 percent of the total population, and together represent billions in annual real estate transactions – and Houston is one of the eight best cities

When it comes to the housing market’s ever-worsening inventory situation, one factor receives an outsized share of the blame – the historically low levels of home construction. Although the explanations for construction’s low volume differ – NAR has consistently argued that builders

Earlier this year, Dallas-based developer Ross Perot Jr. announced the expansion of his company Hillwood Communities into the Houston market, and this week, it completed the first phase of Pomona, its first master-planned community in Houston. Located west of Highway

Starter homes in the Houston area remain relatively affordable, but they are slipping out of reach for many consumers. That was the finding of a very interesting new study from Trulia, which assessed the status of starter homes in