The Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) recently held its annual PRISM Awards, which recognizes the area’s best builders and developers. Bridgeland, an 11,400-acre development in Cypress, was awarded “Master Planned Development of the Year”. It’s the second time the

Though it was delayed by the government shutdown, the Census Bureau’s numbers on construction spending were positive all the same. Well, it finally made it! Though delayed by three weeks because of the government shutdown, the Census Bureau’s latest

We all wonder if size truly matters, but in the case of newly built single-family homes, the answer is clear. What percentage of newly built homes have an entry foyer? What if the home is less than 2,000 square

Existing-home sales declined a bit from August to September, though housing inventory continued to show promising signs. After hitting their highest level in nearly four years, existing-home sales came back down to earth in September, declining 1.9 percent to

Houston’s housing market showed no signs of slowing down in September, with home sales posting strong yearly returns. The Houston real estate market just rolled along in September, soaring to its 28th consecutive month of positive home sales, according

Builder confidence had been on a tear recently, but new data from the NAHB suggests a cooling off period. Builder confidence for the newly built, single-family home market stumbled a bit in October, with the National Association of Home

There are many ways that homeowners can improve their residences, but what projects are the most popular? Home improvement projects are among the key tenets of homeownership. You purchase a home, renovate certain aspects of it, and then, several

The components of new homes in 2013 are pretty consistent, but how is space distributed across those various components? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to deduce the components of a typical newly built single-family home. From the family

We’re now two days away from a government default, an event that would spell nothing but trouble for the nation’s housing market. We’re now drawing uncomfortably close to a government default, and though we have written on a couple

What are Vampire REOs and Zombie Foreclosures? And what problems do they pose for the housing market? Last week, we reported on the latest National Foreclosure Report from CoreLogic, and the news was uniformly good: foreclosure inventory was down a

The U.S. prides itself for its strong middle class, but how many options does that middle class have for housing in the nation’s largest cities? Homeownership has long been a cornerstone of the modern American Dream, the ultimate symbol

Housing affordability has been on the decline this year, but by how much? And what will affordability look like when rates increase? It’s been an interesting year in the world of housing affordability. Record low mortgage rates and competitively

By Tanya Marchiol The laws about disclosing if a house is “haunted” vary from state to state. In Massachusetts The possibility of a property being “psychologically impacted” isn’t considered a “material fact required to be disclosed” to potential buyers. In Virginia

A recent report published on the Houston Business Journal’s website named the five homebuilders that have generated the most revenue in Houston this year. The top five are as follows: Miami-based Lennar Homes/Village Builders, $472.1 million; Houston-based McGuyer Homebuilders Inc., $430

Hines announced on Tuesday that it recently acquired a 46-acre property inside the 610 Loop for Somerset Green, a new gated residential development. This will be one of several Houston projects the real estate firm will work on. Plans

Janet Yellen, President Obama’s choice to head the Federal Reserve, brings a unique combination of the old and the new to the position. President Obama yesterday announced Janet Yellen as his choice to head the Federal Reserve and take