Research from Zillow finds millennial values toward homeownership may be more traditional than older generations. It’s no secret that as more millennials reach homebuying age they’re opting to remain renters in lieu of entering the market. However, despite what many

Americans everywhere are tightening their belts, but still our houses are getting bigger. Why? Considering the realities of today’s housing market – that the empty nester population is growing and environmental sustainability is more and more dictating the direction

Our city’s rental markets have performed quite well in recent years, and 2014 seems to be no exception. The average rent in Houston in 2014’s third quarter was $849, a 1.5 percent increase from the second quarter and a 4.6 percent

How does the down payment in Houston compare with other metro areas? According to analysis from LendingTree, the average down payment in Houston is 16.98 percent of the mortgage, which comes out to $43,775. How does this compare with

Construction is the residential sphere is keeping pace in Houston in 2014 According to the latest numbers from the Census Bureau, residential construction spending in August was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $351.7 billion, down 0.1 percent

The term “bubble” gets thrown around often nowadays, but does data support such statements? The great housing bubble of 2001 to 2008 was a mammoth economic event, one that pulled the housing market through a verifiable roller coast ride and

Though things are tough right now for Millennials, agents should definitely keep them on their immediate housing radar. It’s not easy being a Millennial. As we’re reported recently, the Millennial generation is still the home-bound generation, with many a

First it was Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia, and now News Corp has thrown its hat in the ring in acquiring Move, Inc. In a fairly volcanic move into the real estate syndication business, News Corp – the massive media

Beverly Carter had been missing since Thursday evening. After an extensive search, Arkansas police discovered the body of Beverly Carter, a Crye-Leike Realtor, in a shallow roadside grave earlier today. Aaron Lewis, who was apprehended by authorities on Monday,

Home prices remained positive in the latest Case-Shiller, though they exhibited definite signs of easing. Home prices in the Dallas region were up 0.8 percent monthly and 7.4 percent year-over-year in Standard & Poor’s latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, with

The decline was not substantial, but pending contracts definitely slowed down in August. Pending home sales fell 1.0 percent in from July to August, and are down 2.2 percent from where they were in 2013. Those were the main

Beverly Carter has been missing since Thursday evening, though police have now apprehended a suspect. The police have taken into custody a suspect in the disappearance of Beverly Carter, a Crye-Leike Realtor in the town of Scott, Arkansas who has

There has been undeniable progress in the mortgage markets, but the effects of the recession still linger. Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve released a bevy of mortgage data from 2013, and it came with a screaming good headline

The recovery in housing is still heavily concentrated in higher price points, according to new NAR research. On the surface, it seems like just another report on housing – earlier this week, the National Association of Realtors reported that existing-home

New home sales rocketed to the moon in August, but such data should be taken with a grain of salt. Here’s some glorious news to brighten up your day – according to new Census Bureau numbers, the sales of

Some analysts have argued that the impact of student loans is overblown, but new research comes to a different conclusion. In the last 11 years, student debt in the U.S. has skyrocketed from $241 billion to $1.1 trillion, making