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Better Homes and Gardens Gary Greene Welcomes Bill Eddleman to Inner Loop Office

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

The Woodlands & Spring Agents Named to 2012 Five Star List

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

4 Reasons that Home Price Growth Will Slow Down

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 in August at Highest Point in Nearly 8 Years

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

Woman Arrested for Burglary While Posing as a Realtor

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

Master-Planned Communities of Houston

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 Down 32.3 Percent in July

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,

Decrease in Mortgage Delinquencies Lead to Improving Housing Market

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

How Healthy Are Houston’s Mortgage Markets?

The second quarter proved a boisterously good period for the nation’s mortgage markets, but did all that good cheer extend to our local marketplace? Last week, we reported on the latest National Delinquency Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association,

Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae Post HUGE Q2 Incomes – Casts Doubts on Reform?

The second quarter was a spectacular one for Freddie and Freddie, but are such successes problematic for the government’s reform efforts? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had mighty good second quarters – not only did the GSEs post respective

MBA: Delinquency Rate Now At Lowest Level Since 2008

The nation’s mortgage markets continued to improve in 2013’s second quarter, with the MBA’s report being one of its most positive. The mortgage markets improved in several notable ways in the second quarter, according to the latest National Delinquency

What are the Nation’s Busiest Housing Markets?

Is Houston among the busiest housing markets in the U.S.? A new report from Redfin shows how the Bayou City stacks up to the competition. What are the busiest housing markets in the U.S.? That question was at the

President Obama Endorses Overhauling Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

President Obama devoted an entire speech yesterday to the housing market, specifically reforms he’d like to see made to our home financing system. President Obama called for reforms to both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a policy speech

CoreLogic: Home Prices Up 11.9 Percent in June

June was yet another banner month for home prices in CoreLogic’s Home Price Index, but could home price gains be slowing down? Home prices continued their sterling performance in June, rising 11.9 percent year-over-year in the latest Home Price

Single Women Whomp Single Men on the Homeownership Front

The latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors show that single women are owning on the homeownership front. Women may earn 77 cents of every dollar that men earn, but when it comes to homeownership, women are not

Trulia: Asking Prices Up 10.2 Percent in Houston in July

Asking prices in Houston were up 10.2 percent in July, though that activity came amidst a slowing housing market. Asking prices in July were up 10.2 percent year-over-year in Houston in the latest Trulia Price Monitor, a leading measure