It’s become a common trope in housing circles to bemoan the lack of first-time homebuyers in today’s housing market, but are they really lacking? First-time homebuyers are an essential component to a strong, sustainable housing market. Not only do

Housing inventory seems to have finally turned the corner nationally, but what of here in Houston? The nation’s inventory of housing has been a major topic of conversation among analysts and real estate professionals alike this year, but if

Though most real estate markets seem gripped in mortgage-rate hysteria, Houston’s real estate market soldiered on in August. Home sales in Houston surged to their 27th consecutive positive month in August, with rising mortgage rates, low housing inventory and

Homes in 2013 have sold better than at any time since 2008, and we’ve dug up three promising trends for those home sales. Home sales have been putting up some encouraging numbers in 2013. Though rising mortgage have taken

Everyone has been holding their breath on when the higher mortgage rates will impact home sales; when exactly will that happen, though? When mortgage rates began their dramatic rise back in May, it was more a matter of “when”

About 30 miles west of downtown Houston, in the town of Katy, two established builders have begun work on Avalon at Spring Green, a new, 200-house gated community. According to a recent report from The Rancher, Coventry Homes and

One of the largest residential real estate brokerage firms in Houston, Prudential Anderson Properties, recently acquired high-ranking team Big City Properties, according to the Houston Business Journal Prudential Anderson has a ranking of number 17 on Houston Business Journal’s Largest

Foreclosure activity in the Bayou City is among the lowest in the nation, and it still fell by a whopping amount from 2012. Foreclosure activity in the Houston area was down a whopping 52 percent year-over-year in August according

Home seller incentives became quite common during the down years, but are they still common in 2013? During the months following the housing downturn in 2008, homebuyers found themselves in a interesting position – they were in charge. With

Though Houston’s housing market has received high marks before, its performance on equity may be most impressive of all. Houston’s housing market has become a poster child for the housing recovery, but courtesy of the second quarter Equity Report from

The NAHB’s Improving Markets Index has been closely tracking the housing recovery, and it put up some its best numbers yet in September. The National Association of Home Builder’s Improving Markets Index, one of the leading measures of the

The nation’s mortgage markets have improved dramatically in the last five years, but how many negative equity properties linger here in Houston? More than eight million homeowners are own the verge of reaching positive equity, according to the U.S.

After decreasing the loan limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2011, it appears the government is prepping for another mandated decline. In an effort to further lessen the government’s role in the housing market, federal officials are

The homeownership rate has been on a steady decline the last five years, but will that trend continue? The homeownership rate has decreased in the last five years, according to Census Bureau data, and as a result, renting has

Much has been written about how rising mortgage rates will impact the housing market, but now we have a glimpse at how they’re affection consumers. The dramatic rise in mortgage rates has been the major story in housing this

The latest National Foreclosure Report from CoreLogic highlighted a number of positive developments in the nation’s mortgage markets. The nation’s mortgage markets continued to improve in July, according to the latest National Foreclosure Report from CoreLogic, with foreclosure inventory,