Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene is pleased to announce the addition of Realtor Robert Smiley to their Cy-Fair office.  Smiley, a former residential construction manager and general contractor, is building his career by focusing on the

What were the most important features to homebuyers in 2013? What features of the home, and the greater area, were most valuable to them? There are many types of property available to today’s homebuyers, but as any savvy agents

Though builder confidence hit its highest mark in seven years this week, the latest construction report from the Census Bureau was underwhelming…or was it? June was a bit of a downer for new construction – at least on the

June was yet another month of positive home sales in Houston, with sales rising by double digits to their 25th straight month of positive growth. Cue up that broken record again! June was another banner month for real estate

May was a lukewarm month for home prices in Houston, with the Bayou City lagging behind the nation on both monthly and yearly measures. May was a good month nationally but a lukewarm month locally for home prices, as

July was a mighty good month for homebuilders, if the latest Housing Market Index from the National Association of Home Builders is any indicator. Builder confidence for newly built, single-family home market hit its highest mark in more than

NAR’s 2013 Home Buyers and Seller Generational Trends report is massive, and among its many findings are great insights into homebuyer characteristics. The National Association of Realtors publishes many reports on real estate and the many individuals involved in

The number of Houston mansions sold increased by 34 percent When people say Houston’s real estate market is “big,” they mean it literally. The Houston Association of Realtors revealed that 452 Houston mansions sold for $1 million or more

  Shea Homes, one of America’s largest private homebuilders, announced it will be starting a new operating division in the Houston market. This will be the company’s first entry into Texas. Keith Luechtefeld, an experienced local market operator, has joined

Foreclosure starts were down by a hefty amount in June, according to the Midyear 2013 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report from RealtyTrac. Foreclosures in the U.S. were down to their lowest level since 2005 in June, falling 21 percent from

The saying “there’s an app for that” is very true – there’s an app for just about anything. We asked five top agents who are not only at the top of their game in real estate, but in tech,

Homebuyers from Canada, China, Mexico, India and the UK make up 53 percent of all foreign home purchases in the U.S. What do they look for in homes? Foreign homebuyers accounted for $68.2 billion in home purchases from March

Reis analysis on apartment vacancy and rental rates show small potential in the second quarter In April, we read the first quarter 2013 analysis from Reis and learned the apartment vacancy rate was at the lowest point in a

Mortgage rates are at their highest levels in years, but how are they impacting the decisions of potential homebuyers? A new Trulia survey explains. Well, it was fun while it lasted! After falling for a sustained, seemingly endless length

CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report for May offered another dose of positivity for housing, with foreclosure inventory down by nearly a third. The U.S. foreclosure markets continued to improve in May, according to the latest National Foreclosure Report from CoreLogic.

More than 70 percent of metro areas in the U.S. are now a proud part of the NAHB’s Improving Markets Index, according to the association’s latest tally. A total of 255 metropolitan areas were featured in the July Improving