There’s very little that’s conventional in terms of how homebuyers today finance their purchases, as 2014 draws to a close. In our most recent story on NAR’s 2014 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, we looked at how consumers

Contract signings are down late in the year but still above average. The latest Pending Home Sales Index report from the National Association of Realtors showed a slight dip in pending home sales in October. Still, levels remain healthy

One aspect of the economic recovery could haunt the housing market far beyond its current cycle. Seven million is a big number, and unfortunately –for both the housing market and the wider economy – it’s attached to a remnant of the Great

Obama’s immigration actions have sparked heated rebuttals from both sides of the aisle, but in Houston, it’s all about business. On November 20, millions of Americans tuned in to watch President Obama’s address regarding his recent Immigration Accountability Executive

Everybody wants a new home, but fewer people will be able to afford them at this rate. Newly built single-family homes are extremely expensive. That was the big takeaway from the latest new home sales report from the Census

It would appear to be a glaring contradiction in the nation’s housing market, but a bit of flip-side thinking immediately clears things up. The HMI, the NAHB’s measurement of builder confidence, rose yet again this month, jumping four points

Sitterle Homes has opened a 17-homesite enclave, Roesner Woods, at Roesner Road and Saddlehorn in Katy. Each property, roughly a third of an acre in size and individually gated, is priced from the $600,000s. The homes offer six designs,

Two brand new luxury model homes built by Village Builders in Woodtrace, Friendswood Development’s newest community, are now open. Two collections of homes, Wentworth and Kingston, will be offered and priced from the mid $300s to the mid $500s. The

Representatives from RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring, led by Realtor Vanissa Micklethwait and co-chair Realtor Cissy Baylor, raised funds to benefit soldiers in the First Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment at the U.S. Army Reserve Unit based in Conroe. This

A new master-planned community is coming to the new Cane Island Interchange in the form of a 1,000-acre community with several unique amenities, including a canine ambassador and Bellagio-style conservatory. A Las Vegas-area developer that is moving to Houston

While home prices slow nationwide, they just keep on increasing in our metro area. Exceeding expectations was the name of the game for home prices in the Texas housing market. In Dallas, home prices in September rose 7.4 percent year-over-year and 0.3 percent

Sure, existing-home sales were up, but there was another side of NAR’s report that suggested even better things for housing. Last week, the National Association of Realtors announced that existing-home sales in October posted their first yearly increase in

Google’s first foray into housing data has yielded some encouraging – albeit sobering – numbers for the housing recovery. Earlier this month, we reported that Google and Auction.com were diving head-first into the real estate data game with NowCast,

New developer plans to help refill falling inventory. Demand in Houston is continuing to exceed everyone’s expectations, pushing forward both home prices and development. The latest to throw their hat into the ring is the newly formed development company

The manner in which prospective homebuyers search for residences suggests very interesting things about the housing market. About a month ago, we reported on what has been a radical upheaval to how real estate functions: 43 percent of homebuyers

The popularizing of smartphones introduced the world to the mobile Internet, but now apps have overtaken Web usage. Though smartphones are a relatively new innovation in the longer and more encompassing transition into digital, which started with the introduction