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Houston was the top living destination in U-Haul’s Top 50 U.S Destination Cities for 2015. Houston was named No. 1 according to the amount of one-way U-Haul moving trucks rented for that year; it is the seventh year in a row
In our latest Real Data report, we’ve detailed the top brokerages by number of top 100 agents in the Greater Houston area. Refer to the table below to see which brokerages came out on top in the first quarter of 2016. Rank Brokerage Number
By this time next year, the United States will have a new president – either Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump (though, at this point, one of the latter two seems most likely). It will be from the
Loans closed faster in April than in any time over the last 12 months (excluding last month), Ellie Mae’s new Origination Insights Report confirmed. Questions about the true impact of TRID are likely to follow. In the wake of TRID’s
Nowhere in the United States are starting salaries (adjusted for cost of living) higher than in Houston, a new report from WalletHub confirmed. Be sure to let your relo buyers know – because there are a lot of them.
A lot happened in Houston real estate news this week. But if you weren’t able to keep up, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s what happened: Luxury condo instead of Italian townhome – Within six months, Stolz Partners
Sixteen percent of agents have at least one personal assistant. The median age of new Realtors is 43 years old. And 83 percent are very certain they will remain active as real estate professionals for another two years. Those
Houston is one of the best cities in the country for startup companies, according to a joint analysis from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 1776 and Free Enterprise. And it has room to improve further. “We are at
Single-family homebuilding is showing encouraging strength in 2016, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. Through April, single-family authorizations were at a rate of 736,000, which is 3.3 percent above the revised March rate of 725,000. Monthly new
Today, the National Association of Realtors board of directors approved revisions to its Handbook on Multiple Listing Policy that will henceforth require all members have the rights to any listing content entered into the MLS. In response to a
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged in May at a level of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Ed Brady, the NAHB’s chairman, explained in the association’s report
In our latest Real Data report, we’ve detailed the top offices by total sales volume in the Greater Houston area. Click on the tabs below to see which offices came out on top in the first quarter of 2016 in Katy,
It was a busy week in Houston real estate, as is so often the case. But if you weren’t able to keep up with everything, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s what happened: Construction job losses – A
Millennials may be America’s largest, most vivacious generation yet, but new research suggests that their homebuying prospects have only worsened with time. According to a new analysis from Zillow, more Millennials now live with their parents than at anytime
Overall mortgage activity is down in the Houston housing market this year, according to RealtyTrac’s Q1 2016 U.S. Residential Property Loan Origination Report. Through the first quarter, RealtyTrac found, Houston lenders oversaw 25,081 originations, a 13 percent decline from 2015’s fourth quarter and a
Despite the pressures of a faltering economy and the still-below-$50-per-barrel price of oil, Houston’s residential real estate market continues to break records, according to the Houston Association of Realtor’s April market report. “There is little to complain about in