This month, Ravenna Homes, a brand new homebuilder in town, is launching into the builder team of Firethorne, a 1,400-acre residential community in Katy/Fulshear. The Firethorne team is looking forward to working with Ravenna Homes. “We’ve got deep-rooted relationships

A brand new homebuilder in town is putting down its initial stakes in Firethorne, a 1,400-acre master-planned residential community in Katy/Fulshear.  Houston-based Ravenna Homes is launching into the builder team of  the top-performing master-planned community this month. “We’ve got deep-rooted relationships

The government’s Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, received a stinging report from the inspector general of TARP that questioned its merits. The government’s Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, was among its major responses to the housing downturn,

  Bridgeland, an 11,400-acre community, has donated a homesite for the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) fundraiser, the Benefit Homes Project. This is the fourth year a homesite has been donated in this

Fannie Mae is releasing a loan-level credit performance data on 18 million mortgages, which will help develop potential risk sharing transactions. Fannie Mae announced that it is making loan-level credit performance data available on over 18 million single-family mortgages

Mel Watt, the Democratic representative from North Carolina, is President Obama’s pick to head the FHFA, a role that would give him enormous sway over housing. News broke yesterday that Mel Watt, a long-time Democratic representative from the state

National homebuilder Meritage is planning to close phase two of the newly developed White Wing subdivision in New Braunfels by the end of this month. Last year it closed phase one from real estate investment firm Rockspring Capital. Rockspring

Residential construction spending continued its forward progress in March, and the construction industry on the whole expanded impressively. Residential construction had another strong month of activity in March, with construction spending on residential projects in the month rising to

Consumers, real estate agents and even lenders have been sharing the optimism on the housing recovery, but how do appraisers see things? Slowly but surely, more and more components of the U.S. economy have jumped on the housing recovery

Texas posted both monthly and year-over-year increases in the February Case-Shiller, as the state continued to roll towards a housing recovery. There news was uniformly for Texas home prices in the latest Case-Shiller report from Standard & Poor’s, with

Though March’s Pending Home Sales Index from NAR was a positive one, it suggests the low housing inventory levels are affecting home sales at the contract level as well. Pending home sales rose by both monthly and yearly measures

A study conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says homebuyers with student loans are less likely to take out mortgages than their counterparts. Student loan debt is big; in fact, it would be more accurate to

Multifamily developments were, once again, the most in-demand for architectural services, as more and more builders capitalize on rental demand. Multifamily developments once again prevailed in the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), as

HAR Supports Tony Carbone and Greg Hill as Candidates for Pearland City Council The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) Board of Directors is proud to announce its decision to support Tony Carbone and Greg Hill as candidates for Pearland

In one fell swoop, CoreLogic has added the most reputable name in home-price analytics to its roster of real estate data tools – but only its name. Real estate analytics firm CoreLogic has acquired the “Case-Shiller” brand name from

A new Lender Processing Services study indicates that mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures are moving in the right direction The amount of mortgage delinquencies that were behind in their payments or in foreclosure is at its lowest level since 2008,