Humble City Council is the latest Houston-area city to approve changes to floodplain development regulations in response to Hurricane Harvey. According to the Houston Chronicle, the council unanimously approved a new code that requires homes and business within the

A Dodd-Frank rewrite is headed to the U.S. Senate floor for a vote, according to Bloomberg. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act would roll back or eliminate parts of the Dodd-Frank Act, including relieving smaller lenders

Gehan Homes and K. Hovanian Homes were added to the list of homebuilders in The Woodland Hills in Conroe, the Houston Chronicle reports. Located 13 miles north of The Woodlands, the 2,000-acre community from the Howard Hughes Corp. broke

More than one-third of people — 35 percent — who bought homes last year submitted a bid without ever seeing the homes in person. According to a recent Redfin, this is an increase from 33 percent in May 2017 and significantly

One of Houston’s longest-standing real estate firm, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene, announced plans for a new office in League City during the second quarter of 2018. The new office will be located at the Marketplace

When Amazon opened for business in 1995, Jeff Bezos hoped to create the biggest bookstore in the world. Over the course of the next two decades, Amazon not only accomplished that feat, but also expanded its reach to become

The Pending Home Sales Index dropped 4.7 percent in January after three months of increased activity. Based on contract signings, the forward-looking index fell from a downwardly revised 109.8 in December 2017 to 104.6 in January 2018. The Pending

As the demand for entry-level homes continues to rise across the country, a new report shows owners of entry-level and starter homes are gaining equity faster than owners of higher-end homes. Owners of starter homes have seen their equity

Realtor Emily Braud is joining Jacci & Company team at RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring as a licensed assistant to Realtor Jacci Kilgore. Braud is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and achieved her bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State

After eight years of the post-recession housing boom and the record-breaking price increases of recent years, the luxury residential market stabilized in 2017, according the luxury market report by The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, a partner in the

The Federal Housing Administration revealed its plans on Feb. 22 to broaden foreclosure relief for the victims of 2017’s natural disasters. The move would affect all FHA-insured homeowners in areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as

A new free digital platform that aim to make your homebuying and selling process much more comfortable. Launched in 2017 by tech entrepreneurs Kyle Stoner and Carson Junginger, Abode‘s serves consumers and real estate agents alike. “People often describe

National home values are rising at their slowest pace since November 2016, according to the most recent Zillow Real Estate Market Report. Home values increased 6.7 percent last year to a median home value of $207,600, marking the slowest pace

Houston City Council will make a ruling on new post-Harvey rules for home constructions next month after a request for more public comments. The vote for the ordinance, known as Chapter 19, is scheduled for March 21. The ordinance sets

Texas led the homebuilding pack as Dallas and Houston had the most building permits issued in 2017, according to a new Trulia report. Trulia analyzed U.S. Census building permit data to measure total homebuilding activity in major metros across

Existing-home sales fell 3.2 percent in January for the second consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors. Last month’s total existing-home sales, including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, saw the largest annual decline in more than