New development – especially in the single-family sector – has been very strong in 2015 Housing starts in 2015 are running at their highest level in eight years, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau. With 641,000 new housing starts so

Keller Williams has acquired Team Leads Inc., an agent team business solution provider based in Ontario, Canada, and entered into collaborations with two leading real estate technology providers, HomeKeepr and Placester. Team Leads Inc. will be rebranded as KW Team Leads

The housing market has changed substantially in the last 40 years, and first-time homebuyers have changed with it Since the 1970s, the U.S. housing market has changed in numerous ways. The square footage of homes, for instance, has risen to all-time

The building situation is approaching dire for the lower end of Houston’s market, but as with several markets around the country, luxury sales are up, which means more higher end building. According to the Houston Association of Realtors, in

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in August rose one point to a level of 61 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). That is the highest reading since November

In 2014, Houston homes prices and sales set records as the market continued showing signs of strength despite concerns regarding oil prices. In July, and for the second consecutive month, sales and prices surpassed that record-breaking pace, according to

In October, we reported on a budding legal battle between Zillow and Top Agent Network (TAN).  Tan claimed the popular syndication portal had stolen proprietary trade secrets under the guise of investor interest to create its “Coming Soon” feature. Today, a

Today, CoreLogic released its June 2015 National Foreclosure Report, and the big reveal was foreclosures are still dropping – so not much of a surprise. For another month, national foreclosures fell, with inventory dropping 28.9 percent year-over-year from a

In 2016, a minimalistic, off-the-grid lifestyle will take on a whole new meaning. The Ecocapsule, an egg shaped, environmentally friendly portable house created by Nice Architects, will allow anyone to live anywhere in the world for up to a year.

The Hechinger Report recently released the graduation rates for nearly every school district in the U.S. The data, which draws from the 2013 graduating class, broke down the numbers past the typical statewide average. We took a closer look

Homebuilding is in a state of flux across the nation. With growing barriers in lending and land availability forcing traditionally entry-level homebuilders into the upper ends of the market, it is unclear what the future of the industry and

CoreLogic’s May distressed sales report shows lowest levels since 2007 CoreLogic recently released a new report detailing the state of the distressed sales market in the U.S. for May, and for another month, both real-estate owned (REO) and short

Square footage is growing faster now than it did during the housing boom, but the culture of the McMansion may be changing. After being scared away by the 2008 financial and housing crisis, the McMansion is slowly returning to

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Houston metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a new

Julia Roberts has decided one New York apartment is enough. With the decision to keep her Gramercy Park apartment, Roberts recently listed her second property at 45 W 10th St. for $4.5 million. The Hampton-style property with panoramic views

In one of Houston’s most expensive neighborhoods to buy a home, the Rice Military neighborhood near Memorial Park, local luxury homebuilder Lifetime Homes has launched two new residential projects: The Lifetime Villas at Snover and The Lifetime Villas at