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After some strong summer months, Texas home prices remained strong as ever in the fall, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. From August to September, Dallas prices were up 0.3 percent, while year-over-year, prices were up 8.0 percent, both of which blew
Uber Technologies Inc., the San Francisco-based transportation company, has reached an agreement with the City of Houston to keep the service in the city, for now. A source close to the agreement revealed Uber will continue to fingerprint check all drivers before
The Houston new construction market showed welcome signs of life last month, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In October, Houston saw more than $895 million in total residential construction spending, a most welcome 20 percent increase from Oct. 2015. However, year-to-date construction spending
We had a strong roster of Agents’ Choice nominees this year, and received thousands of votes from Houston-area real estate professionals. Below are the top two finalists from each category, selected by the number of votes received, and listed
Katie Lance, known for her work as a social media and content development consultant, is one of the most recognizable names in real estate. She’s owner of her own company, Katie Lance Consulting; is a regular contributor to Inman
It’s been heard in probably every city in America: “We can’t build low-income housing here, because it will hurt our property values.” It’s an argument from middle- and upper-class homeowners alike, and though they usually buffer the comments with
Houston economist, Patrick Jankowski, believes that Houston’s economy has hit rock bottom, he said at the TrendLines event last week, according to RealtyNewReport. “The worst is over for Houston’s energy economy,” said Jankowski. “We are seeing a gradual improvement in
Earlier this week, we started digging into a market analysis from local top producer Paige Martin that attempted to quantify the effects low oil prices have had on Greater Houston’s real estate market. In our first story, we looked
The cliche goes that the devil is in the details, and in no sector of the economy is that adage more appropriate than housing, where many slow moving, nearly imperceptible trends gather momentum outside the mainstream’s gaze – and then 20
LGI Homes is planning a residential development in Waller Country, west of Houston, according to Houston Business Journal. Located near the intersection of FM 529 and FM 2855, LGI Homes acquired 281 acres on Oct. 31, with an all-cash
The difference in lot price between Greater Houston’s most and least expensive areas is more than $100 per square foot, according to a report from local top-producing broker Paige Martin. Drawing from data collected by the Greater Houston Partnership,
Lots of interesting things happened this week in the world of real estate. Notable stories this week include two Houston universities being named among the country’s best business schools, confirmation of missing U of H student Carl Conyers’ safety.
It’s no secret that good teachers make a good school, and in Greater Houston, nowhere are there better teachers than in the Friendswood Independent School District, according to rankings website Niche. In its analysis, Niche, as it has in other
In a positive sign for the area’s housing market, Sugar Land City Council this week decided that it will go forward with its annexation of municipal utility districts New Territory and Greatwood. The addition of the two MUDs will
More Millennials are moving to Houston than are moving to New York, Chicago, L.A. or pretty much any city in the country, according to a new analysis from Apartment List. Looking over Census data, Andrew Woo, head of data
According to the 2016 Profile of Buyers and Sellers from the National Association of Realtors, 61 percent of all homebuyers used their savings to cover their down payment, while among first-time buyers, the share was even higher at 76