HBJ honored dozens of real estate teams and agents who came up on top in sales volumes and transactions over the past year.

The Houston market saw its 13th consecutive month of sales growth, although the pace slowed. 

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

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. 

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. 

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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. 

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).

Houston rents jumped 4.3% year over year in May.

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.