It was a not-so-stellar year for Texas and its biggest metro, Houston, in 2015 – a fact only made worst by the hallmark, record-breaking year that preceded it. But despite the woes brought on by labor shortages and the

The 2015 job market finished out the year on a high note The economy added 292,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5.0 percent, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Some Americans think 2016 will offer more of the same for housing Earlier this week, we reported on a new realtor.com study, which featured a largely positive list of trends that will change heading into 2016. Trulia published their own survey of

How did the local rent markets close out the year? The Houston rental market finished 2015 on active terrain, according to new analysis from Reis. For the 12-month period ending in December, Houston rents rose 4.5 percent, slightly slower than the 4.6 percent

Over the next two years, home price declines on a national scale are unlikely, according to the Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI) Winter 2016 Housing and Mortgage Market Review, which places the likelihood of widespread declines at 6

“Green” and energy-efficient features remain important to homebuyers, though some options are more sought-after than others. That finding came courtesy of NAR’s 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, and to parse through the results, we put together the

According to Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Jan. 1, 2016, mortgage applications decreased 27 percent from two weeks prior. Refinancing mortgage activity decreased to 55.4 percent of total applications, from 56.1 percent the previous

How will the 2016 housing market take shape? When all the statistics are tallied, 2015 will likely have been the best year for new home sales since 2007, which has raised expectations for 2016. Realtor.com has highlighted five housing trends

Since 2014, home prices have been in what CoreLogic Chief Economist Frank Nothaft recently described as a “sweet spot,” consecutively rising between 5 and 6 percent for 15 months. According to the research group’s newest report, home prices rose

Pending home sales in November declined for the third time in four months as buyers continue to battle both rising home prices and limited homes available for sale, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales

The latest analysis from Dodge Data provided an encouraging assessment of new construction in Houston According to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics, residential construction spending in the Houston housing market totaled $647 million in November. That total is 14

Existing-home sales fell more than 10 percent in November, marking the slowest sales pace in 19 months and possibly serving as quantifiable proof of the effect TRID is having on the industry, according to National Association of Realtors Chief

Home prices in Texas continued strengthening in October, as Dallas prices jumped 9.3 percent year-over-year, and 0.4 percent from September, according to the new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Although the Case-Shiller does not track Houston

2014 was a marquee year for Houston’s residential real estate market, with record-setting home sales and home prices. It has been a tough act to follow in 2015, a year that saw falling oil prices, growing obstacles for affordability

Stagnant wages and high rents combine to push homeownership out of reach for thousands of Houston residents More than 625,000 renters in the Houston housing market struggle with the cost of housing, according to a new report from the Joint Center of Housing

New home sales are shaping up for their best year since 2007 Sales of new single-family homes in November rose 4.3 percent from October and 9.1 percent from Nov. 2014 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 490,000, according