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Is Amazon getting into the real estate business?

Zillow has been called the Amazon of the real estate industry – disrupting and revolutionizing the way that homes are bought and sold across the country. However, Amazon may be looking to become the Amazon of the real estate

Housing market sets new low for home supply, Redfin reports

U.S. home prices rose in June to the highest national median sale price Redfin has recorded since it began tracking in 2010, hitting $298,000, according to Redfin’s June housing report. However, home sales continue to be constrained by low inventory,

Green Texas homes are worth $25,000 more than conventional homes

Looking to add more value to your home? Consider making it more environmentally friendly. According to a study from The University of Texas and the U.S. Green Building Council, new homes that are built to meet certain environmentally conscious

Almost half of all Americans are concerned about affordable housing, survey says

The availability of affordable housing is a concern for many consumers, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2017 National Housing Pulse Survey. The survey, which measures consumers’ attitudes about housing issues in the nation’s largest metropolitan statistical areas, found

Houston home sales see a one-month record in June

Houston saw the largest one-month sales volume in history in June, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. Home sales grew 8.3 percent from last year, growing from 7,771 in June 2016 to 8,414 in June 2017. On a

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Houston ranks fourth in the country for green buildings

Houston came in fourth in the 2017 National Green Building Adoption Index. The report looked at the growth of Energy Star and LEED–certified office spaces since 2005 in the 30 largest cities in the United States. In 2016, 53 percent

Apartment demand grows to near-record highs nationwide

According to the analytics firm RealPage, apartment demand increased to a near-record amount in the second quarter. Demand rose to 175,645 apartments nationally, up one-third from the demand level at this time last year. “Today’s strong demand for apartments reflects

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10 Houston area MPCs make national top seller list

Master planned communities are common to find throughout Texas and especially in Houston. RCLCO – a real estate advisory group – released its list of the 50 top-selling master-planned communities for 2017 so far and 10 Houston-area communities made

Homebuyers can search for homes by school district with new realtor.com feature

A major factor for many people when searching for a new home is the school district that they will be placed into. Now, narrowing down homes based on schools is easier. Realtor.com announced the launch of home search by school boundaries

Houston ranks in the top 10 on Schroders Global Cities Index

Houston was ranked by Schroders Global Cities Index for being a prime global location for real estate. Coming in at no. 7, Houston is one of 18 American cities listed in the top 30 by Schroders. The index utilized a number of factors

Home price index soars in May

Home prices continue to grow on both a year-over-year and month-over-month basis, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Report for May. Nationwide, home prices are up 6.6 percent in May 2017 compared to May 2016. May home prices increased by 1.2

U.S. homes are the least affordable since 2008, new report finds

The U.S. affordability index dropped to 100 in the second quarter of 2017, which is the least affordable level since the third quarter of 2008, according to a new report from ATTOM Data Solutions. The affordability index measures the

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Houston construction spending continues increasing, according to new report

Dodge Data & Analytics released new statistics on money spent on new Houston construction Thursday. The report considered all May 2017 constructions starts in the Houston area. There was a positive percent change for nonresidential construction starts between this year and

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More and more people are bidding on homes they haven’t seen

Those looking to buy homes in this market have little time to ponder if they want an available home. In fact, more and more people are bidding on a home without even seeing it in person, according to a recent

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Renters don’t believe it’s a good time to buy, report says

While 70 percent of Americans believe now is a good time to purchase a home, renters aren’t necessarily on the same page — only 52 percent of the country’s renters believe it’s a good time to buy. While the

The average millennial needs to save for 11 years to afford a home in Houston, study says

As millennials have aged into the largest homebuying population in the country, economists and real estate experts have spent considerable time figuring out why the group is slow to buy homes. Millennial spending habits have been blamed, as has

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