There are four major fears keeping Millennials from buying a home, according to a recent survey from NerdWallet: the fear of committing to a partner; the fear of inevitable home repairs; the fear of not having money for

Cordillera Ranch, an 8,700-acre residential community located north of San Antonio, recently announced the release of more golf course frontage lots and home sites, according to a written statement from DH Investments, the developer of Cordillera Ranch. The new

There are a handful of luxury markets in Greater Houston seeing positive price growth. There are even more that are not. Through this year’s second quarter, luxury sales were booming in Sienna Plantation, according to a report from Redfin.

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo, and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in July. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $5,500,000 2 Rivercrest Dr., Houston Diane Kingshill Martha

Lots of interesting things happened this week in the world of real estate. Notable stories this week included increasing home prices and Mayor Turner voicing disapproval of a mixed-income housing project in Galleria. Catch up on this week’s top

Realtor.com and Yelp have partnered to give consumers easier access to neighborhood trend data – and agents could benefit. “Deciding on a potential neighborhood is often the first step in the home buying process,” says Ryan O’Hara, chief executive officer

J.D. Power today named its annual home buyer/seller satisfaction award recipients, and in all four real estate consumer categories – first-time buyers, first-time sellers, repeat buyers, repeat sellers – Century 21 was the top pick; though, the brokerage tied once with

By 2100, 46,800 Texas homes could be underwater, according to a new study. The paper, authored by professors Robert Deconto, of the University of Massachusetts, and David Pollard, a senior scientist with Pennsylvania State University’s Earth and Environmental Systems

Fannie Mae introduced its HomeReady mortgage last year as an inexpensive lending option that allows borrowers to come in with as little as 3 percent down. Now it’s making “enhancements” to that option, and that could mean more affordable financing

President Obama recently signed into law the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016, a bipartisan bill loaded with fixes to existing HUD programs. In February, the bill, which amended the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (among other HUD-modifying

On June 23, 2016, citizens of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. In the wake of the decision, the British pound fell to a 31-year low against the U.S. dollar, the euro dropped one percent, and U.S.

Americans are deeply pessimistic about economic mobility. By an overwhelming margin, they believe it is harder today to secure a middle-class lifestyle than it was for past generations. And a large majority continue to see the housing market in

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today proposed new updates to TRID intended to formalize guidance in the rule, and provide clarity and certainty. The point is to help facilitate compliance within the mortgage industry. “The Bureau’s rules are designed

One of the minds that brought us Uber is trying to change the face of real estate through a mobile app. The app, called Haus, is for buyers, sellers, and agents, and focuses on the offer process rather than home search.

Home sellers in the Houston housing market have seen some of the best returns in the nation, according to the Q2 2016 U.S. Home Sales Report from RealtyTrac. Basing its analysis on publicly recorded sales deeds from more than 900 counties nationwide, RealtyTrac found

In June 2015, Houston’s median home sales price peaked at $219,558. One year and a 2 percent decrease later, and the city’s median sales price has fallen by more than $4,000, according to a report from RealtyTrac. Houston’s housing