Houston earns high ranks for job market, happiness Houston was ranked the 17th best place to live in the nation in a new ranking by U.S. News. Houston ranked highly for its strong job market, as well as its low

Home values in the Houston area have reached an all-time high, according to a new analysis from Zillow. Through February, home prices in Houston were $170,800, according to the Zillow Real Estate Market Reports. That is up 6.6 percent from a year

In less than a month we will have passed the tax filing deadline; and if you’re a real estate agent unfamiliar with the credits and deductions you’re entitled to, you may be forfeiting more than you have to. Do

It’s getting harder for first-time homebuyers to find suitable starter homes The Houston housing market has become an increasingly precarious place for first-time homebuyers, according to a detailed new report from Trulia. In a deep analysis of the nation’s housing

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in February. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $11,250,000 527 Buckingham Dr., Houston Timothy Shanahan Martha

In the first quarter of 2016, nearly every county in Greater Houston – Harris, Montgomery, Brazoria, Galveston – boasted a residential housing market more affordable than “historically normal levels,” confirmed RealtyTrac’s latest Home Affordability Index. The sole outlier was

In 2015, cash sales made up 33.9 percent of all residential real estate transactions, according to a new report from CoreLogic. That’s the lowest level since 2008. About midway through 2007, when the crash was becoming too apparent to

NAREB seeks to address barriers on both the borrowing and lending side of homeownership The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) plans to launch a nationwide wealth building and  homeownership initiative focused on African Americans. The initiative has a goal

When the great recession started in 2007, many families merged their households with older generations in order to save money. According to John Burns Real Estate Consulting, the social stigma of “multigenerational living” has disappeared, and 44 percent of

In mid January, a small cadre of consultants from research group John Burns Real Estate Consulting attended the National Multifamily Housing Conference, looking for evidence of future trends in housing. They found one, and it involves the possible decline of

Real estate is a seasonal business – transactions rise and fall with the weather. And now it is officially spring. If agents want to capitalize on the sales bump, they’ll need to be prepared. Earlier this week, Redfin released an

New research reaffirms how important Hispanic consumers are for the future of housing in America The numbers speak for themselves: in 2015, the number of Hispanic-owner households saw a net increase of 245,000, accounting for 69 percent of the total

Intrix, Inc. released its 2015 Traffic Scorecard, which names Houston the No. 4 city in the U.S. with the worst traffic. Intrix’s Traffic Scorecard is a benchmark for governments and agencies in the U.S. and Europe to measure progress

Homebuyers are shoppers like any other, which means that certain words appeal to them more than others: “deal,” “affordable”… and “bargain.” But not every sale is a deal; not every home is affordable; and according to a report from

Homeowners in Texas pay higher property taxes than most other places in the U.S, according to a report from WalletHub. But they may be paying too much. Texans’ property taxes are 1.93 percent; the 47th highest in the country. There

A strong dollar and rising home prices leave foreign investors cold on buying in the U.S. The post-boom U.S. housing market has benefitted immensely from foreign consumer demand. According to the National Association of Realtors, foreign homebuyers accounted for 209,000