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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

Potential homebuyers could crowdfund their future homes

Fundrise, a Washington D.C. managing company, created a way for prospective homebuyers to crowdfund their future homes. Public investors buy shares in an “eFund,” a limited liability company that develops housing in the city. Investors must make a minimum

Home price index hit five-month record high

Home prices rose across the country, according to a report released Tuesday. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the positive results of the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices which measures U.S. home prices. The U.S. National Home Price NSA (non-seasonally-adjusted) index showed

Homeowners believe it is a good time to sell. Why won’t they?

Market factors indicate that it’s a seller’s market, yet the number of homes for sale is at a record low. Now, an overwhelming percentage of homeowners believe it is a good time to sell, leading some to conclude that

You can rent out most homes in Houston for a profit, study says

If you’re considering becoming a landlord in a city like Houston, you’re in luck. Potential landlords can rent out most homes in a majority of America’s largest markets for a profit, according to a recent Zillow report. In 25 of

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Trump tax plan targets loophole that spurs property investment, critics say

The Trump administration’s tax reform plan could have a negative effect on homeowners, but another key piece of the policy may especially hurt property investors. Though some experts have thrown cold water on the idea of a major tax overhaul

National housing inventory drops at fastest rate in four years, study says

Low housing inventory has troubled buyers since the end of the recession, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any easier to beat out the competition for a purchase. In fact, the number of homes for sale has now dropped more quickly

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Tear-down starts increase to meet demand for smaller, more affordable homes

Tear-down starts are increasing to meet the rising demand for new single-family units, according to a new report from The National Association of Home Builders. The NAHB and Wells Fargo used their February 2017 Housing Market Index to track the

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