Four Houston-area communities have fallen off a new list of the top-selling master-planned communities nationwide compiled by RCLCO, a national real estate consulting company. RCLCO stated that many Houston-area communities cited construction delays due to heavy rains as the reason

  A new development is underworks by NewCoast Properties. The group plans to develop 35 home sites for a luxury beachfront community southeast of Houston. The new community, called Seagrass Beach, will be built over 33.5 acres off State

A 500-acre ranch located in San Juan Valley recently hit the market for $5.6 million, and it has a lot to offer. Aside from featuring two farmhouse compounds, Lestralaur Ranch and October Farm, San Juan Valley Ranch offers access to

The Reserve at Clear Lake City, a 372-acre project that will have 740 homes, has opened in southeast Houston near the Johnson Space Center. Trendmaker is developing the project and will be constructing homes. Ryland Homes and Village Builders

Is strong market prediction too bold to make? Fannie Mae released their June National Housing Survey results with an overall conclusion that a strong market was shaping up for the summer. However, when looking at the specific year-over-year data, the results are more

Greater Houston Partnership cuts its jobs growth forecast in half In December 2014, after twelve months of prodigious growth, Houston found itself the envy of America, leading in several economic categories, chiefly housing. As a result, the Greater Houston

Mortgage applications decreased 4.7 percent last week, according to the data from the latest Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) survey. The Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, dipped 4.7 percent. Similarly, the Refinance Index decreased 5 percent

Known as “The Bootlegger’s House,” this 3,169 square foot home has more to offer than just six bedrooms and five baths. Located in Jacksonville, Fla., this property’s most striking feature is a series of underground tunnels, starting in the

The team of Calvin Easterday and Brandon Boyd took home the gold medal at the recent Hometown Hoedown Cornament benefitting the continuing efforts of the Texas Sentinels Foundation. Co-chaired by Realtor Carol Knott of RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring and Jeanne

Talk about making the most of what you’re given. Having spent nearly 40 years in the same 344-square-foot apartment, Gary Chang, an architect, has transformed his living space, creating 24 rooms in one. Using moveable walls and storage spaces,

“Pirates of the Caribbean” actor Johnny Depp recently listed his “private village” in Plan de la Tour, France for $25.76 million. Depp’s 37-acre estate offers 10,000 square feet of living space between the main house and guest cottages, a chapel,

The king of rock n roll’s Palm Springs mansion is on the market and filled with little reminders of Elvis Presley’s successful music history. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion was named “The Home of Tomorrow” by LOOK Magazine in 1962.

2015 shaping up to be a disappointing year for new construction in Houston Residential construction spending in the Houston area was down 22 percent year-over-year in May, and so far in 2015 is only 1 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those

As a tribute to his mentor Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect John Lautner built a contemporary treehouse in the Hollywood Hills. Built in 1962 using wood, stone and glass, The Wolff House, as it’s known, blends with the natural

Much speculation surrounds three pairs of handprints captured by Google’s Street View cameras on the front windows of a New York property. Despite the property’s low price of $105,000, buyers are hesitant to place a bid on the historic

How has Houston’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. Houston’s rental market has been one of the hottest in the nation, but new numbers from Reis on the second show show that trend may