Every year, the Harris Poll releases its EquiTrend Study, an outlining of America’s favorite brands. From chocolate to home insurance to video games, the group leverages extensive consumer data on satisfaction, familiarity and quality, to rank brands. As far

The Woodland’s population has been on a steady increase for years, but the construction of the Exxon Mobile campus and the Grand Parkway has left schools in a frenzy to keep up with the spark in population growth. Schools

Compiling data from CoreLogic, we review nearly a decade of distressed sales data CoreLogic released its distressed sales report for the month of March this week, and what the group revealed was nothing short of expected: REO and short sales

Witanhurst is London’s largest private house, built between 1913 and 1920 on an eleven-acre plot in Highgate, a wealthy hilltop neighborhood north of the city. While a number of individuals have owned the Queen Anne Style mansion, it remains

A letter from industry leaders to Congress is urging lawmakers for a safety net against the Aug. 1 TRID deadline In less than two months, enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) regulation, which aims

Houston’s market strength weighs on new construction’s strength With prices and inventory soaring in Houston, the market seems to be rebelling at the expected outcome of oil prices dropping, which some analysts argued would damage Houston’s energy-driven economy…or could

HAR’s May home sales report showed less sales and more price increases, as well as a milestone for inventory recovery The Houston Association of Realtors released its May home sales report today, and, surprisingly, the most revealing aspect of

Latest housing survey from MacArthur Foundation finds many Americans skeptical of housing and the wider economy What a difference a year makes – or, in the case of the MacArthur Foundation’s “How Housing Matters” survey,  what a difference a

A deserted Manhattan sounds like something you would only see a movie like The Day After Tomorrow, right? Wrong. A replica of the bustling metropolis, complete with knock-offs of Rockefeller Center and the Hudson River, is located in the

RealtyTrac’s Q2 Zombie Foreclosure Report shows macro progress and micro struggles Zombies are plaguing the nation, but no amount of shotgun shells and machetes are likely to help. Less likely to shuffle after a person’s brainy bits than they

RealTek Holdings, LLC was recently formed to serve as a technology-driven real estate holding company. The new company’s main focus is acquiring and integrating other brokerages and real estate software companies under one house with multiple brands. RealTek Holdings’

Multifamily construction has boomed in Houston, but was it too much, too quickly? Houston’s multifamily construction hot streak may be coming to an end, as a new report from the CMD Group, an Atlanta-based construction research firm, showed multifamily

Looking to get away from it all in the same fashion as Marie Antoinette? For $18 million you can own a replica of her private getaway, Le Petit Trianon, in San Francisco. Constructed in 1902, this stunning recreation is

CoreLogic’s April Foreclosure Report revealed another month of positive stats…for most markets Since late 2008, when the walls of the world’s economy started to tumble, approximately 5.7 million foreclosures have been completed in the U.S., and even more if

Down payment trends may hint at first time homebuyer confidence The average down payment for single-family homes, condos and townhomes was down to 14.8 percent of the purchase price for Q1 2015, the lowest number since Q1 2012, according

For almost 75 years, a number of legends have surrounded a chair on top of a West Creek, NJ home. While the four-story house is odd in and of itself, with a steeple-like tower and pagoda-styled roof, what strikes passersby