Many want to own a house, but the finances are only feasible for an increasingly select few It is a truth universally acknowledged that the vast majority of renters in America aspire to homeownership. Indeed, according to a recent

After some very positive months, builder confidence took a step back in November Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes slipped three points to 62 from October to November in the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo

In WalletHub’s 2015 list of the best and worst school systems in America, Texas ranked among the bottom half of states, coming in at No. 27 overall – and No. 31 when only “quality” was considered. However, despite the

U.S. companies now hold 487 million barrels of oil, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s monthly report. The figure is significant because it represents the highest stock for early November in at least 80 years, and has major

NAR and RPR push forward with Upstream initiative The National Association of Realtors and Realtors Property Resource have made an agreement with UpstreamRE LLC to develop a cross-industry platform for real estate data entry, collection and distribution for real

What does the typical homebuyer look like in 2015? Earlier this week, we reported on first-time homebuyers, and how they are now at their lowest market share since 1987. That information came courtesy of the 2015 Profile of Home Buyers

The investor-market dynamic has shifted since the boom and bust years. Returns are no longer astronomical and scooping up discounted foreclosures isn’t as easy as it once was, but the promise of profit has far from dried up, as

Houston’s exurbs, with their relatively low cost of living, are becoming hubs for new residents, according to a new report by Joel Kotkin in Forbes. Kotkin notes that last year, almost 80 percent of the Houston metro area’s new homebuyers

Last fall, the price of oil plummeted by 50 percent and Houston industry insiders claimed all was well. When energy companies started laying off thousands, many claimed Houston’s economy was strong and described the forthcoming effects on real estate

Mortgage markets have improved, but the inequities are still pronounced Black mortgage applicants in the Houston area are denied at a much higher rate than all applicants, according to new research from Zillow. In 2014, 17.3 percent of black mortgage applicants in Houston were

InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC recently announced two new additions to the company’s leadership team: David Scheiderich joins InterLinc as executive vice president and chief financial officer; and Brennan Holland joins as executive vice president and general counsel. “David and Brennan’s extensive

In September, foreclosure inventory continued its rapid decline, falling 24.3 percent since the same time last year, a new CoreLogic report found. As a testament to the market’s recovery – and a more total economic recovery – since the

Click on the tabs below to see the top single-family, condo and multi-family closings in Greater Houston’s housing market in October. Single Family Condo Multi-Family Single Family Sales Price Property Agent Office $5,065,000 Inwood, 3660, Houston Tim Surratt Greenwood King Properties

First-time homebuyers continue to lose market share in today’s housing market First-time homebuyer share has dropped to its lowest level in 27 years, with just 32 percent of all existing-home sales going to first-time buyers in 2015. That was one

In 1855, the Gustav Mayer House was built by New York Militia commander David Ryers on Staten Island. The 7,700-square-foot, 10-bedroom mansion has had a few owners since then, and fell into disrepair after the infamous real-life subjects of

A new study from Bloomberg Business has rated Houston as the ninth-richest city in the U.S. The gross metropolitan product per resident in Houston, according to Bloomberg, was $70,097.  Boston’s biotech industry has greatly impacted the cities GMP. Since 2008,