“Houston Leads in Master-Planned Community Sales” was the title of a story Houston Agent magazine ran last week, reporting on a report from John Burns Real Estate Consulting that ranked the top 50 U.S. master-planned communities by net sales.

It’s tough to improve upon a record-breaking year – a fact Houston discovered in 2015. After a year of all-time best increases in prices and sales, Houston’s residential real estate market did not have many places to go in

Higher interest rates may not be that big of a threat to housing’s future, after all With interest rates seeing their first increase since 2008, there is concern that the hike will harm the housing market either through harming

More underemployed college graduates work in the office sector than service One of the common beliefs about the current job market is the underemployed college graduate being forced to work as a barista, or another form of unskilled labor for

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in December. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Property Agent Office $6,000,000 4000 Willowick Rd., Houston Laura Sweeney John

Why has homebuying among single female consumers declined in recent years? During the mid and late stages of the housing boom, one of the more commonly reported success stories was that of the single female homebuyer. As tracked by

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) has appointed Leo Pareja as their new president elect, as well as four new additions to the board, according to a statement released by NAHREP. “Leo Pareja is an outstanding example of

Every year John Burns Real Estate Consulting ranks the top 50 master-planned communities (MPCs) in the U.S. by net sales, and every year no state is better represented than Texas. It was no different in 2015, with the state

Two Texas law firms, Coats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee PC of Houston and Wright Ginsberg & Brusilow PC of Dallas, have merged, according to a statement released by the firms. The firms merged to form Coats Rose P.C.,

It was a not-so-stellar year for Texas and its biggest metro, Houston, in 2015 – a fact only made worst by the hallmark, record-breaking year that preceded it. But despite the woes brought on by labor shortages and the

The 2015 job market finished out the year on a high note The economy added 292,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5.0 percent, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Some Americans think 2016 will offer more of the same for housing Earlier this week, we reported on a new realtor.com study, which featured a largely positive list of trends that will change heading into 2016. Trulia published their own survey of

How did the local rent markets close out the year? The Houston rental market finished 2015 on active terrain, according to new analysis from Reis. For the 12-month period ending in December, Houston rents rose 4.5 percent, slightly slower than the 4.6 percent

Over the next two years, home price declines on a national scale are unlikely, according to the Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI) Winter 2016 Housing and Mortgage Market Review, which places the likelihood of widespread declines at 6

“Green” and energy-efficient features remain important to homebuyers, though some options are more sought-after than others. That finding came courtesy of NAR’s 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, and to parse through the results, we put together the

According to Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Jan. 1, 2016, mortgage applications decreased 27 percent from two weeks prior. Refinancing mortgage activity decreased to 55.4 percent of total applications, from 56.1 percent the previous