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Greater Houston’s best school districts: the latest rankings

Katy Independent School District is the best school district Greater Houston, according to educational rankings and review site Niche. Real estate agents should take note. Evaluating on criteria including academics, teacher performance, available resources and the quality of the schools’

HAR.com extends listings, offers members more exposure

On April 12, the Houston Association of Realtors announced that it will now include Austin property listings on HAR.com. How does that benefit members? By adding Austin to its already expansive reach, HAR has further fortified its position as the strongest

HAR: Prices hit record high in March amid falling sales

Houston home sales continued to drop in March, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. However, despite the decline, the month managed record home prices. Across all property types, home sales dropped 1 percent year-over-year in March, the association

Mixed-use project planned for Museum District

Excelsior Land Co. Inc, a Houston-based company associated with eye surgeon Paul Michael Mann, submitted a plat record to the city of Houston for a soon-to-be-announced project for a mixed-use building with a high-rise component, according to public records.

Protect your clients – avoid 3 common TRID mistakes

In a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray written by the Association of Mortgage Investors, the group’s executive director, Chris Katopis, calls out TRID as being “well intentioned” but described an atmosphere of “legal uncertainty”

Greater Houston’s top closings in March 2016

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and multifamily closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in March. Single Family Condo Multifamily Single Family Sales Price Address Agent Brokerage $4,800,000 710 Buckingham Dr., Houston Richard Wall Richard

These home improvements boost home values the most in Houston

Often, a resale needs work. To sell homes that may need some TLC, agents and their clients must understand what home improvement projects are going to yield the biggest returns. And according to the Texas Association of Realtors’ (Texas Realtors)

Luxury hotel-condominium tower to replace Macy’s at the Galleria Mall

Simon Property Group Inc. plans to build a luxury hotel and condominium tower to replace Macy’s at the Galleria Mall. The upcoming project will feature 220 high-end hotel rooms and between 75 and 100 luxury condominium units. The tower

The Houston universities offering the “best value”

One major advantage to buying and selling real estate in Houston is that it has many excellent post-secondary options. As we’ve reported in the past, education is a top (if not the top) priority for homebuyers. They want neighborhoods with educational

7 neighborhoods that will define the Houston of tomorrow

Good agents understand today’s market. Great agents understand tomorrow’s. In March, Houstonia released its special Best Neighborhoods 2020 issue, dissecting the city’s residential real estate market to determine what the hottest neighborhoods of the year would be, as well

4 ways homebuyers’ buying power has improved

Bankrate’s latest Financial Security Index offers up good news There are many studies that look into how Americans spend money, but agents should take note of a new Bankrate Financial Security Index, which measures American consumers’ confidence in the market, their net

How Houston’s Minute Maid Park influences surrounding home values

Baseball may not enjoy the same status it had in its glory days as the country’s greatest pastime, but in many places it remains as a significant influence on real estate. Well, its stadiums do. A new report from real

Why Houston leads the nation in population growth

Houston had the biggest population growth of all the largest metropolitan areas in the nation, according to 2015 Census population estimates. From 2014 to 2015, the Houston area’s population grew from 6.497 million to 6.656 million, which was a 2.4-percent increase. The city’s

Good news for Houston’s spring sellers in new CoreLogic report

Home prices around the country are feeling the Spring season bump. According to a new report from CoreLogic, prices rose 6.8 percent year-over-year in February. At a state level, the gains were universal. “Home prices continue to rise across

Why two-thirds of real estate investors will spend more in 2016

In a new report on its 2016 Real Estate Outlook survey, KPMG found that many real estate investors are still confident in the market’s ability to produce returns, though some have found reason to temper that optimism with caution. On

5 reasons why 2016 is the “Best year for housing in a decade”

Forget what you thought you knew about the housing market – according to Freddie Mac, 2016’s housing market will see a return to pre-crisis levels. In the year following the recovery surge of 2014, the market slowed – a result

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