JUSTICE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING A Sacramento Realtor has been charged with eight counts of bank fraud for allegedly submitting fraudulent loan applications for clients nearly a decade ago for eight homes. Gabriela Carter, 43, is being prosecuted

Arch MI finds Houston in danger of its home prices falling over the next two years, but that may just be what the city needs. The price of crude is rallying, with West Texas Intermediate climbing 3 percent Wednesday

Housing may have taken a beating during the downturn, but its reputation has recovered marvelously in the public’s eye. Americans consider real estate as their best long-term investment, according to a new survey by Gallup. That’s the second year

A new CoreLogic report shows that falling REO numbers are helping bolster home sales and reduce distressed sales. Distressed sales, including real estate-owned and short sales, continued tumbling in February, falling 0.8 percentage points from January and 3 percentage points

NAR’s report showed improvement in pending home sales, but also an increase in the share of traditional buyers compared to investors. Spring is in full bloom, bringing with it a wave of antsy buyers who are ready to make

All the evidence suggests that renters are not rushing to the homebuying sphere. It would seem to be a perfect environment for homebuying. Not only are rents rising by considerable amounts, but relative to the costs of homebuying, it currently

How are home prices looking, as the spring market gears up for action? Home prices in the Lone Star State area proved the adage that “slow and steady wins the race” in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard &

A new study from NAR shows more than 50 percent of brokerages are failing their agents in terms of providing proactive safety procedures. On Sept. 31, 2014, after an exhaustive search, Little Rock, Ark. police found the body of

A profile of the ultra rich from around the world reveal some interesting facts about luxury real estate buyers. Luxury is a butterfly concept, fluttering about the industry with a thousand hands trying to grab hold. But the idea of luxury

In an announcement that hopes to ensure the longevity of the company, on April 23, Houston-based Kirskey Architecture, the city’s fourth largest architecture company, said it would splinter ownership of the firm between current owner and founder, John Kirksey, and

Student loan debt may be an even bigger problem than we initially thought. Here’s an eye-opening statistic – 31.5 percent of Americans who are paying down their student debt are at least a month behind on their payments. That

Some news outlets are hyperventilating about the latest new home sales report, but the reality is more encouraging. The Census Bureau released its latest report on new home sales this morning, and on the surface, it’s a doozy. Finishing

RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring broker associate, Vanissa Micklethwait, was awarded the prestigious RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award and a RE/MAX Platinum Club Award at the recent RE/MAX of Texas State Convention held in San Antonio. “I feel very honored to have

Relatively speaking, our market is not nearly as fast as one might believe. Houston may have garnered a well-deserved reputation for a lively, fast-moving real estate market, but there are signs that the market could be slowing down. According to a new

NAR home sales report brings optimism. The National Association of Realtors released its existing-home sales report for March, and the early verdict is good, with sales, prices and inventory showing strong signs of improvement. Across all property types, existing-home sales

While banks took over the majority of flipping in the downturn, with high prices and low inventory, investors are again reentering the game. In the wake of the financial crisis, when home prices were low and demand nonexistent, the