While unemployment continued declining in the new jobs report, slow wage growth points to an overall tighter labor market. The Labor Department released its April jobs report today and the response has been somewhat neutral, as limited gains tell

We keep hearing how low inventory is in today’s housing market, but why is that the case? The National Association of Realtors’ existing-home sales report for March was an altogether positive take on housing, with sales rising 6.1 percent

A new Zillow analysis shows in stark terms just how damaging inequality is for housing’s future. Call it “The Great Housing Divide.” Although homeownership – on the strength of record-low mortgage rates – remains incredibly affordable, rising levels of

March represents another month of home price appreciation, according to CoreLogic. CoreLogic released its March Home Price Index (HPI) today, and the findings reflected a continued strengthening of prices nationwide. Including distressed sales, national home prices rose 5.9 percent in

Tweeting For Buyers Social media has certainly become a focal point in our lives, but who thought you could successfully sell a house on Twitter? Rich Burghgraef, an account executive with Randolph Sterling, created a Twitter account, Bob the

Houston is a hot market, but it’s struggling with persistently low inventory and the damaging effects of oil price drops. So why are builders so confident? There is a schism happening in Houston real estate, and oil is the

We keep hearing that many consumers are ready to enter the homebuying fray, but new analysis casts doubt on that sentiment. Fewer and fewer Americans are planning on purchasing a home, according to a new survey from Gallup. Gallup’s

This year is shaping up to be another strong one for new construction in Houston. After several years of prominence, it seems that Houston’s new construction marketplace is poised for another strong year in 2015. According to the latest analysis from Dodge

JUSTICE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING A Sacramento Realtor has been charged with eight counts of bank fraud for allegedly submitting fraudulent loan applications for clients nearly a decade ago for eight homes. Gabriela Carter, 43, is being prosecuted

Arch MI finds Houston in danger of its home prices falling over the next two years, but that may just be what the city needs. The price of crude is rallying, with West Texas Intermediate climbing 3 percent Wednesday

Housing may have taken a beating during the downturn, but its reputation has recovered marvelously in the public’s eye. Americans consider real estate as their best long-term investment, according to a new survey by Gallup. That’s the second year

A new CoreLogic report shows that falling REO numbers are helping bolster home sales and reduce distressed sales. Distressed sales, including real estate-owned and short sales, continued tumbling in February, falling 0.8 percentage points from January and 3 percentage points

NAR’s report showed improvement in pending home sales, but also an increase in the share of traditional buyers compared to investors. Spring is in full bloom, bringing with it a wave of antsy buyers who are ready to make

All the evidence suggests that renters are not rushing to the homebuying sphere. It would seem to be a perfect environment for homebuying. Not only are rents rising by considerable amounts, but relative to the costs of homebuying, it currently

How are home prices looking, as the spring market gears up for action? Home prices in the Lone Star State area proved the adage that “slow and steady wins the race” in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard &

A new study from NAR shows more than 50 percent of brokerages are failing their agents in terms of providing proactive safety procedures. On Sept. 31, 2014, after an exhaustive search, Little Rock, Ark. police found the body of