Houston’s housing stock is the No. 17 most valuable in the entire country, according to a year-end analysis from Zillow. Altogether in 2016, Houston’s residential properties tallied a worth of just over $373 billion, topping other Texas markets like

As we mentioned in the last entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series (which covered Generation X, and before that Millennials) the question of “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing in 2017, and for

For years, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but a new analysis of Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents, and at

The Houston new construction market continues to sag, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In November, Houston saw more than $601 million in total residential construction spending, and year-to-date, spending tops out at $8.310 billion. Those numbers are among

As we mentioned in the first entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series – which covered Millennials – the question “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing this year. It’s pressing because we start

At the turn of every new year, a question that always picks at any real estate professional’s mind is “What does this year’s buyer look like?” The question is particularly important in 2017 because we’re starting it off by

After 11 years as the National Association of Realtors’ chief executive, and more than 36 years of real estate service, Dale Stinton is retiring. And so the storied career of one of NAR’s most loyal employees is brought to

Lots of interesting things happened last week in the world of real estate. Notable stories include professional cuddling and stagnant cash sales. And because we missed the week before, we’ll also be including those top stories as well. Catch up on

There is an affordability crisis slowing building in Houston, and many people are ignoring it. In a fourth quarter market report released this week, ATTOM Data Solutions provided stats on price and wage growth in Houston, and the numbers showed

When the U.S. housing bubble peaked in 2004 and 2005, the market seemed to be in grand shape: the homeownership rate was 69 percent; the Case-Shiller National Home Price Index was 184.4, a 135.5 percent increase from 1994; and

The U.S. Census released it 2016 population estimates this week for state-by-state growth from 2015 to 2016, and nowhere were gains bigger than in Texas. The state’s population made a 432,957-person leap from 27.42 million to 27.86 million. That’s more

Built among acres of trees and greenspace, Kingwood is Houston’s “livable forest.” It rides Spring Creek and hugs Lake Houston. That alone would be enough for many residents, but there is so much more the neighborhood has to offer.

President Obama’s legacy will take shape over the coming years, but one thing is clear – he will be remembered as a champion of homeowners, a fact his record bears out. Here are a few of his most notable achievements, as they

There are more than 44 million immigrants living in the U.S. They account for about 13.6 percent of the total population, and together represent billions in annual real estate transactions – and Houston is one of the eight best cities

UpstreamRE, LLC – the real estate broker-owned and controlled data management company that governs Upstream, a collaborative broker initiative – has appointed Gurtej Sodhi to its board of managers. Upstream is a comprehensive data management project that aims to deliver

When it comes to the housing market’s ever-worsening inventory situation, one factor receives an outsized share of the blame – the historically low levels of home construction. Although the explanations for construction’s low volume differ – NAR has consistently argued that builders