Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We pore over the results from the Texas primary runoff election with analysis from our political experts. Then, we take a snapshot of the local real estate market. And we examine the American equivalent of the royal family.
Posted on · Houston took a big blow in home sales in the month of August, primarily because Harvey hit late in the month when closings are typically scheduled. Plus many home and apartment renters were displaced due to the flooding that followed. What will this mean for the apartment and housing market?
Posted on · We discuss what Houston’s real estate market looks like as we head into summer with Scott Davis, principal at Tisona Development, a commercial and residential development company. MORE: Economist Forecasts Best Years Ahead for Houston Housing Market (Houston Business Journal, May 25, 2016) Houston Apartment Market Worsening (Houston Chronicle, April 29, 2016) Houston-Area Home Market Shows […]
Posted on · November marked the first drop in the average price of a single-family home in Houston in nearly four years.
Posted on · The Urban Land Institute, after calling Houston the No. 1 real estate market to watch last year, says we’re No. 30 this year. That represents the biggest drop for any city on ULI’s list. What happened? Why are we no longer a market to watch? We talk it over, and what — if anything — the shift might suggest about Houston’s […]
Posted on · Sales of single-family homes in the Houston area fell by 4.3 year-over-year, while condo and townhome sales dropped for the first time since January.
Posted on · Buyers defied expectations that oil-industry layoffs would discourage big purchases.
Posted on · Single-family home prices set a new record for March in Houston, as the supply of homes for sale remained tight.
Posted on · As the Greater Houston regions continues to gauge just what kind of impact dropping oil prices will have on the economy, many in the real estate industry say the market here isn’t slowing down or in a downturn. The term that’s floating around is “pause.” To discuss just what that means and how a so-called […]
Posted on · The Texas Public Policy Foundation recently released a study about the federal government’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which aims to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. Their assessment: doom and gloom, lost jobs, and rolling blackouts throughout the state. But others say the plan is positive, forward-thinking and the criticisms are overblown. On this edition of Houston Matters, […]
Posted on · The drop, partly tied to oil-sector layoffs, marked the first decline for the Houston market in half a year.
Posted on · The Houston Association of Realtors now says sales of all property types fell 0.6 percent compared to January 2014.
Posted on · Demand for higher-end homes is falling, while more affordable units remain in short supply.
Posted on · Houston-area builders should complete 20,000 new units this year, about the same as they did in 2014. But 2016 doesn't look nearly as rosy.
Posted on · Hundreds of thousands of property owners still haven't settled their bills one week before the February 2nd deadline.