With strong sales in nine Houston-area communities, the metro ranked as the top-performing area in the country.

Texas’ most expensive new listing is a nearly $24 million estate in the Dallas suburb of Westlake.

Leading the charge in the second quarter of the year was the Magnolia/1488 West area in the northwest of the Houston metro.

This converted train car in Ocean City, Washington, isn’t leaving the station any time soon, but it’s ready to welcome passengers for a one-time fare of $649,000.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate of 628,000 homes topped Wall Street’s estimates. 

MRED CEO Rebecca Jensen and Compass CEO Robert Reffkin were summoned by the subcommittee to provide briefings by Aug. 5.  

“John, Sean, Andy, Lesley and Gabby are builders and operators with a track record of turning opportunity into results,” said CEO and President Chris Czarnecki. “Now, we’re putting that experience to work at greater scale.”

“While the improvement in days on market last month is encouraging, the decline in pending sales is also consistent with seasonality,” HomesUSA CEO Ben Caballero explained.

Curb appeal is important to today’s homeowners — that is, they want the exteriors of their homes to appeal to their own preferences and sensibilities rather than those of potential buyers.

The findings come as Redfin partnered with The Weather Company on all for-sale listings to provide ZIP Code-level metrics to buyers.

The ZIP code with the biggest year-over-year increase in home sales last quarter was 77461 — the Needville area in Fort Bend County.

The triennial survey of 2,000 American residents from the 50 largest metropolitan areas, the National Association of REALTORS® Community and Transportation Preference Survey, found buyers and residents prefer more housing options and communities designed for easy access.

You won’t have to room with aliens, but this property represents a rare opportunity to own a condominium inside an Earthside spaceship.

Nationally, home sales in the 51 metro areas surveyed by REMAX showed measured growth of 8.9% month over month and 7.8% year over year, REMAX said. 

A brand new home in Bunker Hill Village tops the June ranking of the 10 most expensive homes sold in greater Houston.

The annual and monthly declines of 0.3% and 5.4%, respectively, do not fully capture the geographic variability of market performance.