Understanding buyers is going to be especially important this year – interest rates and prices are rising, inventory shortages remain commonplace throughout the U.S., and our housing market is now operating under a president promising a broad spectrum of

Spring Branch Central is going to be Greater Houston’s hottest market in 2017 – or at least that’s how Redfin sees it. And it has a point. With a healthy median sale price ($297,500), a fair turnaround on listings (median

Crystal Lagoon U.S. Corp is partnering up with Houston-based Land Tejas to add new lagoons to their two master planned communities. One lagoon will cover 1.5 acres (seven times the size of an Olympic-size swimming pool) and serve as the

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation is once again the most trusted homebuilder in America, according to Lifestory Research’s 2017 Home Builder Study. Polling the opinions of more than 31,000 active home shoppers, Lifestory Research’s survey, now in its fifth year,

Ben Carson is close to becoming the next head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and industry associations are throwing their support behind him – while many housing experts are not. In a letter sent to

The White House is the most valuable home in the nation, according to a new report from Zillow. Currently valued at $397.9 million, the White House has appreciated 15 percent since the Obamas moved in eight years ago. Zillow first

The Texas Association of Realtors just released its annual Texas Relocation Report, which uses data from the  American Community Survey. The numbers confirm that Houston is still a magnetic market. Here is what we learned: 1. Houston’s population is

The Texas Education Agency announced this month that 26 Texas schools had been nominated for national 2017 Blue Ribbon Schools recognition. Five Greater Houston schools were named among the nominees: Austin Middle School, Eastwood Academy, Lyons Elementary School, KIPP

In mid-November of 2016, Ben Carson’s business manager, Armstrong Williams, told a Retuers reporter that Carson was turning down President-elect Trump’s offer to join his Cabinet, because his life had “not prepared him to be a Cabinet secretary.” Less

Our REAL DATA 2016 reports look at, among other things, the top-producing agents in Greater Houston based on total sales volume. Which Greater Houston agents saw the biggest year-over-year gains in their business in the second quarter 2016? We took a deeper

The Houston Association of Realtors released its December/year-end sales report this week, and although the association’s messaging was very positive, it may be ignoring prominent warning signs of where the market is heading. “We could not be happier with

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo, and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market for the whole of 2016. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $11,250,000 527 Buckingham Drive, Houston

Deals to sell homes failed at a much higher rate in 2016 than in 2015, and that was true here in Houston. That was the finding of a striking new report from Trulia, which computed the number of pending

Friendswood is the safest place in Greater Houston, and the city of Houston is the most dangerous. That’s according to Neighborhood Scout, which used FBI crime data to calculate and compare crimes per capita in U.S. cities. Nationwide, Friendswood

Earlier this week, we drew from our REAL DATA report to show the most active luxury market in Greater Houston. Now we’re covering the neighborhoods. In December, for yet another month, there were more $1 million-plus home sales in

In December, there were once again more $1 million-plus home sales in Houston proper than any other market in the greater metropolitan area, according to our latest REAL DATA report. With more than 69 sales and an average closing price