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5 reasons Houston home shoppers should consider League City

  League City offers a diverse selection of homes that appeal to price-conscious buyers as well as those looking for luxury in a prime location near the water. “I like the small town feeling of League City,” said a

Appraisers cite lack of pay, glut of regulations as reasons for leaving

  A shortage in appraisers is accepted as fact by many in the real estate industry, with one appraisal management company executive describing the situation to CNBC as a “massive” shortage. Studies on the number of appraisers indeed show

10 Houston high schools earn A’s from the Texas Education Agency

  Earlier this year, the Texas Education Agency issued a preliminary school accountability system where each school in the district is rated on an A-to-F grading scale. The graded system will be based on test scores, academic progress, educational equality

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Agents and the AHCA

  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its highly anticipated analysis of the new legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare on Monday afternoon, including findings that the law will leave millions more people uninsured compared to the current health

10 reasons buyers will love living Downtown

A decade ago the concept of living in downtown Houston did not appeal to many people. Concerns were expressed about crime and parking as well as lack of green space and grocery shopping. But that has all changed. In the last ten

Houston breaks home price record in February

Houston broke yet another home price record last month, the Houston Association of Realtors revealed in its latest report: the highest median single-family home price ever for a February. Driven by strong sales in the upper end of the

More young unmarried couples buying homes together

Millennials value individuality and often defy tradition. But according to a recent analysis from Zillow, the full picture of the American dream has not been lost on Millennials – owning a home still remains one of the largest milestones in adulthood, though

Despite market uncertainty (or perhaps in spite of it) more people want to buy homes, study finds

Every year, Redfin polls recent and prospective homebuyers in an attempt to gauge how people’s views of the housing market have changed, or remained the same, from one year to the next. But this year is different. This year

These buyers want bigger homes, and these want smaller ones

Americans live much larger than they did 30 years ago, despite families being slightly smaller. But that doesn’t mean Americans want bigger homes. As a recent Trulia study showed, homeowners suffer from widespread “grass-is-always-greener” syndrome, in which small home

Lennar and Village Builders chosen as GHBA’s 2016 Builder of the Year

On February 23, the Greater Houston Builder’s Association (GHBA) announced the winner of their Builder of the Year award as a part of the association’s 2016 “Of the Year” Awards at their 2017 installation of officers. The award was presented to Lennar

4 Real Estate Tech Startups Agents Need to Watch

Within the family of sites like Zillow and Redfin, there have been a plethora of tech startups emerging from the woodwork over the past couple of years in endless pursuit of streamlining the home buying and selling process. Here are a

Every president’s starting median home price

The median home price nationwide when President Donald Trump took office was $234,900, according to the National Association of Realtors. Apart from Trump, there have been eight presidents to hold office since NAR started compiling comprehensive home sales data

Six reasons your buyer will love Sugar Land

One of the most popular areas for buying a home in the Greater Houston is Sugar Land, located 20 miles southwest of downtown. One resident described it as basically “a little town with its own town square and city

Greater Houston’s 10 hottest housing markets

Despite the energy downturn, local Realtors have sold a record 76,449 single-family homes in the Houston metropolitan area. According to the Houston Association of Realtors, that is a 3 percent increase from the previous year. Although, specific neighborhoods have

What’s the average mortgage debt in our state?

Texans on average have more mortgage debt than borrowers in half the country, an analysis from Business Insider confirmed this month. How much debt exactly? According to data Business Insider obtained from Experian, $159,195 in 2016, making it the

Houston’s new construction market makes strides in January

Houston’s new construction market ended 2016 on a low note. Fortunately, the tune was up an octave to start 2017 A new report from Dodge Data & Analytics shows that in January, residential construction spending in Houston was up

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