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4 Tips For Apartment Hunting In Houston
Posted on · Apartment locator Ty Counts offers advice on when to move, when not to, and how to avoid places that flood.
Posted on · Apartment locator Ty Counts offers advice on when to move, when not to, and how to avoid places that flood.
Posted on · The high cost of housing means many Harris County residents have to make a tradeoff between paying the rent or mortgage and visiting the doctor.
Posted on · Episode: 2879 The Economics of Empty Shipping Containers. Today, empty boxes.
Posted on · Catch the latest episode of "Red, White and Blue."
Posted on · As new development and investment comes into the neighborhood, community leaders are trying to make sure long-time residents won't be pushed out.
Posted on · Harvey victims moving back to homes did not have much of an impact on apartments.
Posted on · A report predicts both prices and mortgage rates will rise next year.
Posted on · Real estate agents, mortgage lenders and appraisers all play a role in housing inequality, the study by a Rice scholar finds.
Posted on · The changes to Houston’s Chapter 19 floodplain ordinance went into effect on Sep. 1
Posted on · Houston Matters meets a couple who buys and restores historic old homes to save them from the bulldozer.
Posted on · Turner cut the ribbon for six affordable houses in Acres Homes
Posted on · Advocates say getting people off the streets and into permanent housing as quickly as possible is one of the best ways to keep people from becoming homeless again
Posted on · Local officials say Harvey victims could get into a new home a lot quicker if the federal government changed its rules on housing recovery funds.
Posted on · Hurricane Ike ravaged Galveston in 2008 and touched off a fierce battle over whether to rebuild the city's destroyed public housing. A decade later, less than half of it has been replaced. The prolonged saga offers a cautionary tale for Texas as it launches the long-term recovery process after Hurricane Harvey.
Posted on · Matthew Desmond estimates that 2.3 million evictions were filed in the U.S. in 2016 — a rate of four every minute. "Eviction isn't just a condition of poverty; it's a cause of poverty," he says.