June was a stellar month for Texas home prices, with the Lone Star State putting up some of the strongest home prices gains in the nation. Home prices in Texas remained among the strongest in the nation in June,

Residential construction put up some great numbers in July, but are those gains consistent with our local real estate market? July was a very strong month for residential new construction. Not only were building permits up 2.7 percent from

We keep hearing that mortgage lending standards are unfairly tight, but does the data support that meme? One of the more prevailing memes in the housing recovery has been the relative tightness of lending standards on residential mortgages, and

Not only were existing-home sales up by monthly and yearly measures in July, but housing inventory continued to stabilize as well. July was a rock solid month for existing-home sales, according to the latest data from the National Association

Housing affordability has slipped a bit so far in 2013, but does Houston’s housing stock remain affordable relative to other major cities? Housing affordability slipped a bit from the first quarter to the second quarter in 2013, according to

Signs in Houston’s real estate market point to a potential housing bubble in the future Houston was fortunate to skip the housing bubble in the 2000s – while home prices were skyrocketing and crashing across the nation, this city’s

Residential construction posted great numbers in July, with housing starts, building permits and housing completions all in positive territory. July was a sterling month for residential construction, with all measured tracked by the Census Bureau posting positive numbers for

CDC Houston, the developer behind Springwoods Village, a planned 1,800-acre mixed-use community about 30 miles north of Houston, recently released more details about the project according to an Aug. 7 report from Swamplot.com, a website that covers Houston real

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene is pleased to welcome Realtor Bill Eddleman to its Inner Loop office. Eddleman, a former financial and securities analyst, used to renovate and remodel houses inside the Loop. He has over

According to Digital Journal, RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring real estate agency is pleased to announce that 12 of its agents have been named to the 2012 Houston Region Five Star Real Estate Agent list, published by Texas Monthly

The rapid rise in home prices has been one of 2013’s major economic stories, but there’s mounting evidence that those increases will slow down – and soon. If there’s been a poster child for the housing recovery, it’s been

Builder confidence continued its upward trend in August, rising to its highest mark since 2005. August has proven another sterling month for homebuilders, with the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, the leading measure of builder

On Tuesday, August 13, a woman was charged with burglary of habitation while posing as a Realtor. Rebecca Lynn Bench was arrested for burglarizing the northwest Houston home, and a second suspect, Laura Kristen Campas is currently at-large and

Houston’s housing market is breaking record after record, according to this article from the Houston Chronicle. Home supplies are up for the first time in over a year. Inventory has risen to 3.4 months. At the same time, demand continues

Housing inventory in Houston was down by double-digit amounts in July; how do those declines compare with the rest of the nation? Housing inventory in July may have been down 32.3 percent year-over-year in Houston and 16.2 percent nationally,

Percentage of mortgage delinquencies hits a five-year low The percentage of mortgage delinquencies is at a five-year low for the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) National Delinquency Survey. Mortgage delinquencies on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased