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Mortgage applications surge 16% as interest rates fall

Meanwhile, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted purchase index rose 8% from the previous week.

Homebuying competition lessens in Houston. Could the market be losing steam?

The competitive homebuying market showed signs of loosening up last month as bidding wars dropped from May despite being higher than they were a year ago. 

Magnolia: Coventry Homes set to build new master-planned community in Escondido

There’s a new boutique master-planned community coming to town! Potential buyers can join a waitlist to secure first dibs on a new home, priced from the low $300,000s. 

Pandemic reshuffles homebuyers’ amenity priorities

Adjectives reflecting the desire for privacy and physical isolation gained a place of prominence: “private,” “covered,” “quiet,” “separate” and “enclosed” were among the top 100 most-used description terms.

Compass, Guaranteed Rate launch loan origination company OriginPoint

Two of the largest leaders in the real estate market are joining forces to form a new mortgage origination company.

Katy: MC Companies buys 648-unit multifamily property on Barker Cypress 

The Enclave at Cypress Park Apartments and Paramount Apartments will be combined and rebranded as The Place at Barker Cypress. 

How long would it take a renter to save up for a down payment in today’s market?

It could take Houston-area renters more than seven years to save for a down payment in today’s market.

Go green in the great outdoors

This passive-solar structure will have its new owner giving a high-five to Mother Earth, due to the structure’s energy-efficient design.

The 11 most expensive Houston homes sold in June

The most expensive home sold for $5,950,000 in River Oaks by Walter Bering.

What the condo collapse means for agents, sellers and buyers

The Champlain Towers South collapse emergency is ongoing, and some experts say they expect condo sales, in what was a roaring condo market in Miami, to struggle from the impact. What can agents, sellers and buyers anticipate?

Cypress: U.S. Army Vet and family to receive key to their new mortgage-free Perry Home 

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Stephen Netzley and his daughter will receive the keys to their brand new mortgage-free Perry home in the master-planned community of Bridgeland this Friday, July 9. 

Welcome to the Bubble House

Known as “The Bubble House,” this 11-dome residence is a real one-of-a-kind for just 1.5 million Australian dollars ($1.1 million).

Median rental price hits highest point in two years

Houston rents jumped 4.3% year over year in May.

DOJ withdraws from antitrust settlement with NAR

The department determined that the settlement would not do enough to protect its ability to investigate other conduct by the association affecting competition in the real estate market.

Will Gen Z be the mortgage generation?

Millennials were once referred to as the “renter generation” because of their preference for apartment living in urban areas over purchasing a home in the suburbs like their Baby Boomer parents.

New listings growth seen across U.S. markets in June

Housing markets across the country saw new listings growth in June, as the median list price hit yet another all-time high, and Houston was no exception. 

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