Considering median days on market and inventory, Houston Agent counts down the city’s most competitive suburban markets Recently, Houston Agent counted down Houston’s hottest selling suburbs (Katy being No. 1), and while those stats reflect sales volume, for full context,

Listing agents will go a long way to ensure a client’s property looks appealing to potential buyers, and now they can go one step further. In Sacramento, Calif., one man recently started a company, Brown Lawns Green, that helps

A recent Craigslist ad for a Humboldt Park apartment in Chicago, Ill. bore some unfamiliar words to real estate advertising. Cathy Mcdonagh, the property manager of the listed apartment, described the $895 three-bedroom unit as “super UGLY” with “zero

Last month’s new home sales appear hugely positive, but is there a hidden truth behind the numbers? On the surface, it would appear to be a wholly positive development for housing – sales of newly built single-family homes, according to

April’s pending home sales add positive note, but caution still necessary Pending home sales in April hit their highest level in nine years, according to the latest analysis from the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index

Texas is known for its big hair, big personalities and large size in general, but a fixer-upper in Manvel, Texas takes “big” to a whole new level. Built in 2001, this massive 60,175 square-foot brick home has 46 bedrooms,

Houston is known for having one of the strongest economies in the nation. Which areas offer the most job opportunities to home buyers? Houston and two surrounding suburbs offer some of the best job opportunities in the United States,

Home prices in Texas were strong as ever in the latest Case-Shiller report Home prices in the Lone Star State remained strong in March, with prices in the Dallas area rising 1.8 percent from February to March and 9.3 percent from March 2014,

Houston Agent counts down its top 10 real estate films In 1982, iconic horror moviemaker Tobe Hooper (of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame) married two of American’s most deep-seeded fears: real estate and structures built on unmarked graves. In what became

Federal Aviation Administration approves 400-plus commercial drone exemptions As of late May 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration had granted 434 section 333 exemption petitions, which allow for the commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, and among them,

Google has implemented several mobile-friendly guidelines to its search engine – is your real estate website following those guidelines? If your website isn’t mobile friendly, then Google may not want to be too friendly to it. And for a

States have tried to keep price appreciation in check, but some markets have stepped into overvalued territory Since 2007, when the economic downturn that sent the nation’s housing market into a smoking tailspin began, lawmakers and industry influencers have

Real estate agents should consider these pros and cons before building their own personal website. It’s a trifecta of statistics that perfectly reflects the modern real estate market’s relationship with the web: 92 percent of homebuyers use the Internet

New Freddie Mac research casts doubts on notion that rising rents push consumers toward homeownership It has been a common narrative in the post-boom housing market that rising rents would eventually push more consumers toward homeownership, but new research

RealtyTrac foreclosure report showed  increased activity In a market still reeling from an onslaught of foreclosures dating back early a half-decade, any news of foreclosures that approaches negative is likely to put the industry on edge, which is why RealtyTrac’s

Seven easy steps to building a real estate website The purpose of a good website should be to instill trust, amplify brand awareness and, ultimately, nurture prospects that will later turn into clients. Here are some “musts” for any