Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land is the market with the largest homes in the West South Central region, with a median new home size of 3,026 sq. ft., according to data from the National Association of Home Builders combined with home closing

Fannie Mae opts to use database for those without credit score Fannie Mae will no longer require physical pay stubs and tax data to verify a borrowers’ ability to handle a loan, according to The Wall Street Journal. Instead, Fannie

As 2015 draws to a close, how has residential construction activity in Houston compared with the previous year? Residential construction spending in Houston totaled $757 million in September, according to new Dodge Data & Analytics numbers. Although that is still among the

Houston was the seventh most-searched U.S. city for international buyers, according to realtor.com International. The countries that most frequently searched for Houston were the United Kingdom, Mexico, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa. The United

The Federal Housing Finance Agency and Freddie Mac are ready to uphold their pledge from last year to extend lending to borrowers who do not qualify for traditional loans. Freddie even hinted that more low down-payment loan programs could possibly

For nearly a decade, the nation’s homeownership rate has been in decline. Since 2004, when homeownership peaked at 69 percent, the rate has fallen nearly 6 percentage points down to 63.7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, according

Housing continues to slow in 2015 Pending home sales were down 2.3 percent from August to September, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors. Closing out the month at 106.8, the Pending Home Sales Index

Single-family home starts are far below the long-term median – why? Builder confidence has posted repeated year-over-year gains in recent months, but the amount of single-family housing starts is not rising to match their confidence, according to a report by The Wall

The FHA’s reduction in insurance premiums may have led to a surge in demand The Federal Housing Administration’s effort to provide relief for homeowners through lower insurance premiums may have backfired, according to a MarketWatch report. The change, which went into effect

According to the BiggerPockets Real Estate Investment Market Index, Houston is fourth on the list of best cities to invest in real estate. For the index, BiggerPockets ranked the most profitable areas in the country for investors, analyzing such metrics as

Do these economic trends pose problems for housing’s future? America’s housing market is at a crossroads. In addition to the usual real estate entities that impact its progress – Realtor associations, homebuilders, lending institutions – housing is also privy to the wider

The country’s most expensive home sits in Beverly Hills on nearly 25 acres of land. A Mediterranean-style Palazzo di Amore, the property features 12 bedrooms, an in home movie theater, a pool, sauna, tennis facilities and room for 150

After years of battling against the popularity of single-family homes, the demand for condos is gaining around many of the nation’s hottest metros, a new report from Zillow showed. Year-over-year, the nation’s condo prices have risen at a rate of

New home sales were down last month, but what about 2015 overall? Autumn has been a lackluster season thus far for new home sales, which rose 2.0 percent month-to-month but fell 11.5 percent year-over-year in September, ending the month at a seasonally adjusted

Cash sales dropped ever closer to the pre-crisis norm of 25 percent in July, falling from 34.2 percent 12 months earlier to 30.8 percent, according to a new report from CoreLogic. With traditional financing becoming a more realistic option

Home prices in Texas continue to rise in 2015 Home prices in the Lone Star state continue to rise in 2015, with prices in the Dallas metro area rising 0.8 percent monthly and 8.9 percent year-over-year in August, according to the