Lots of interesting things happened this week in the world of real estate. Notable stories this week include Houston’s top 100 restaurants being named and the city’s apartment market continuing its downward trend Catch up on this week’s top

In the first part of our Greater Houston by Graduation Rates series, we looked at the top high schools in Harris County. For our second entry, we give you Fort Bend County’s best high schools, starting with George Ranch High School in Richmond. See

The “Profile of Real Estate Firms” is among the most interesting annual surveys from the National Association of Realtors. Conducted among its executive members, the profile offers an in-depth look at the higher echelons of the industry, as well

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo, and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in August.   Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $4,270,000 10923 Timberglen, Hunters Creek Zora Spevak

Houston Agent (HA): How has demand for multigenerational homes grown in recent years? And why? Michael Reamer (MR): According to the Pew Research Center, 57 million Americans, or 18.1 percent of the U.S. population, lived in multi-generational family households

The small Houston-collar city of Friendswood has long been recognized as one of Texas’, and the nation’s, best places to live. Here are few reasons why the residents love it, and so will your buyers: Safety – In 2015, Friendswood

For some time now, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but new Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents. Compiled by Time magazine,

The National Association of Home Builders wants to organize its membership to help pass 15 of what it describes as “critical” building code changes. In its release, the association wrote: “NAHB is urging its members to get involved locally

Both economic and personal concerns are stopping renters from buying homes, according to the latest Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) survey from NAR. Conducted on a quarterly basis, the HOME survey polled Americans about their confidence in the

In Jan. 2005, Alan Reynolds, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, said that it would be “financially foolhardy” to listen to “housing bubble worrywarts.” A few months later, Jude Wanniski, a former adviser to President Ronald Reagan, authored

Houston home sales fell in July, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. But in August, more single-family homes sold than any other single month in the city’s history. HAR recorded 7,914 closed single-family home transactions last month –

Houston Agent (HA): New construction has fallen off in Houston, but where is demand holding or even growing in the greater metropolitan area? Rhoda Davignon (RD): We have seen demand remain strong in the Clear Lake/League City area, Humble,

There are about 13,500 homes for sale in Houston right now, according to Redfin, and your client is likely looking for exactly one – the perfect one. Being able to find it is what separates successful agents from former

About one in five homes purchased last year was bought as an investment property, according to the National Association of Realtors. The average investor had a median household income of just over $95,000 and bought a single-family home within

In the second part of our Greater Houston by Graduation Rates series, we looked at the top high schools in Fort Bend County. For our third entry, we give you Montgomery County’s best high schools, starting with The Woodlands High School. See

The American public views the real estate industry more positively than at any time in the last decade, according to new research from Gallup. Based on its annual polling of public sentiment, Gallup found that 44 percent of Americans