NAR’s report — which surveyed nearly 5,000 Realtor members — also found that the typical agent took on 10 transactions in 2024, the same as a year prior.

As the spring homebuying season ended, U.S. home price growth softened significantly, opening the door to improved affordability.

Home-purchase activity remained elevated from 2024, but a cloudy economic outlook has deterred some would-be homebuyers. 

All but three communities on HAR’s list had prices lower than the area median average ($450,235).

Three of the most expensive new listings in Texas are located on the same street — West Friar Tuck Lane — in Houston.

After years of fast-paced home sales, tight inventory and relentless price growth, the U.S. housing market may finally be entering a new chapter.

The property is listed on Special Finds by India Mesa of Crye-Leike Elite for $750,000.

The law helps delinquent VA borrowers and allows them to pay buyer-agent commissions when house shopping. 

Geographically, the only region to post a monthly increase in pending sales was the Northeast, where they rose 2.1%, according to NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index.

Nationally, the pace of home-price appreciation declined to its slowest pace in almost two years, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index. 

A new report from U-Haul identified the most common states of origin for do-it-yourself movers who relocated to Houston.

Sunterra, a Katy master-planned community from Land Tejas and Starwood Land, was the top-selling MPC in the area — and in Texas — with 543 new-home sales from January through June.

The building features 209 apartments, 2,900 square feet of retail space and amenities including a fitness center, lounge, dog run and outdoor pool with cold plunge and hot tub.

The inventory of new homes for sale surged year over year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.    

Real estate economist Matthew Gardner joins Agent Publishing Co-Publisher Anne Hartnett to unpack the biggest housing trends from the second quarter, plus the potential impact of a new Fed chair and the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A U.S. District Court judge in Texas dismissed an antitrust case that alleged the National Association of REALTORS’® policy of mandatory involvement in local, state and national Realtor associations violates federal antitrust laws.