Does new foreclosure slang fit in with the latest real estate trends? We’ve heard of “short sales,” “shadow sales” and “cure rate.” Now, two other phrases have been used to describe some of today’s real estate trends: “zombie foreclosures”

Construction spending in April rose 4.3 percent from the year before, though residential construction was a bit more tepid by comparison. April was another solid month for construction spending in the U.S. economy, with overall construction spending for the

Housing inventory has fallen precipitously the last couple years, but has it finally bottom now in 2013? It’s the question on everyone’s mind nowadays – when will housing inventory finally stop falling? Indeed, low housing inventory levels have wreaked

With demand high and supply low, homes are pending at an alarmingly quick rate nationwide; but what’s the scenario like in Houston? It’s a classic case of supply and demand: demand for homes, on account of record low interest

Buying a home has become more manageable and expected to stay this way for 30 more years The latest studies are showing that buying makes more sense financially than renting, according to the KCM Blog. The latest Existing-Home Sales

The Pending Home Sales Index was up more than 10 percent in April, rising to its highest mark since the expiration of the first-time homebuyer tax credit. April was a solid month for pending home sales, with the Pending

The “wage gap” is among the more prominent topics in gender equality, and new Census Bureau numbers suggest real estate has an issue with the topic. The “wage gap,” which addresses the difference in pay that men and women

Home prices in Texas remained among the most consistent in the nation, with prices up both monthly and yearly in March’s Case-Shiller. Home prices here in the Lone Star State were consistent as ever in March’s Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

Memorial Day weekend officially starts today, and many people will be out vacationing; what vacationing communities, though, are the most popular? Memorial Day weekend is finally here, and numerous families will be taking advantage of the holiday to travel

Immigration reform has been a hot topic the last month or so, though the politics of the issue obscures one main fact: that immigration is good for housing! U.S. immigration policy has always been among the more prominent issues

Some overzealous folks have begun throwing around the “bubble” word in their coverage of the current housing market, but such statements are way off. Home prices on the national scale have been doing quite well in recent months; in

Though existing-home sales posted yearly and monthly increases in April, they were held back by low housing inventory and tight lending standards…or so we’re told! Existing-home sales in April may have increased 0.6 percent from March and 9.7 percent

Generation Y, the 80 million or so Americans born between 1979 and 1995, are expected to reverse the last 60 years or so of housing policy in the U.S. One of the more persistent questions among housing analysts is

The housing market cannot truly recover without a healthy mortgage market, but new research from LPS shines an optimistic light on the topic. Homes sales are up, inventory has stabilized, and by many accounts, new construction it putting up

The Census Bureau’s latest new construction numbers were a topsy turvy bunch, with housing starts plunging but building permits soaring. If the Census Bureau’s latest numbers are any indicator, April was a wild month for new housing construction in

What income is necessary to afford the typical house in Houston? And how do those requirements compare with other major metro areas? “Housing affordability” is a term that gets thrown around quite a bit nowadays, and for good reason;