In Forbes’ latest list of ‘Top Places to Retire Rich,’ Houston’s Bunker Hill Village was prominently featured. Bunker Hill Village was Houston’s sole representative in Forbes’ first ever list of the “Top 25 Places to Retire Rich.” A collection

The Houston rental market has traditionally been overlooked by Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) and brokers because commission rates are lower. However, a study conducted by the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) shows that the rental trend is growing, and

Though the housing market is recovering, first-time homebuyers have thus far been an absent component of that recovery; when will they return? The housing market may be showing its best signs of life in years, but one essential component

  Grand View Builders is pleased to announce that Glenda Johnson of Keller Williams is the winner of their very first “Realtor of the Year” contest. Besides the title, Johnson will also receive a billboard for three months in her

Residential construction went through a rough patch after 2006, but new Census Bureau data shows the market roaring back to life. Residential construction had a strong month of activity in February, with spending on projects in February rising to

Housing inventory shortages have been an epic problem in some housing markets, but what neighborhoods in Houston are plagued by low inventory? Housing inventory in March was nearly 20 percent lower than a year ago, and though that’s the

What MLB baseball teams are surrounded by the most valuable real estate? And do their winning percentages influence the local real estate markets? It’s opening day for Major League Baseball, and Trulia, as it seems to do with just

The turnaround in home prices has been one of the major narratives of the housing recovery, but could it be a curse disguised as a blessing? By most measures, U.S. home prices fell by more than a third from

Shadow inventory is down an impressive 28 percent from its 2010 peak, but do its effect still languish in certain markets? CoreLogic’s latest report on shadow inventory in the U.S., which surveyed the nation’s inventory of seriously delinquent, REO

According to new research from the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, homeownership among Hispanics is surging. Hispanics have been garnering increasing attention in recent months for their growing importance to the U.S. housing market, and a new

The nation’s shrinking housing inventory has begun affecting pending home sales, the National Association of Realtors has reported. Pending home sales stalled a bit in February, as the nation’s shrinking housing inventory offered homebuyers fewer and fewer choices. The

Last year was the first time that Houston was among the top five global cities foreign buyers are buying in, according to an annual survey by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate. Houston is luring a large

Though the sales of new single-family home sales faltered a bit month-to-month, they retained their strong yearly gains. After posting its strongest numbers in more than four years in January, sales of new single-family home sales faltered a bit in

The Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene awards breakfast was held on March 11, where over 300 real estate agents from the company’s 20 offices attended. Gary Greene partners, Marilyn Eiland and Mark Woodroof, announced at the annual

The spring homebuying season is an integral time for real estate, and Freddie Mac is predicting 2013’s will be good news all around. The last couple months, there have been repeated signs of a housing recovery. From rising home

Nationwide home prices continued to recover in January, but how did our local housing market perform by comparison? Texas home prices continued to keep pace with the housing recovery in January, according to the lastest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard