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Art and real estate intertwine in Miami
More condo developers in Miami are elevating the quality and variety of fine art in their most luxurious buildings, with some engaging artists for site-specific commissions. On the heels of Miami Art...
View ArticleHouston investor club provides education, connections
When it comes to producing high returns for single-family investors, Houston recently ranked amongst the top five markets nationally. As a market with a history of producing outsized returns its likely...
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ERA expands into Houston
One of the largest marketers of homes in Houston, Realty Associates is likely to get bigger. The 1,700-agent, seven-office Houston brokerage is now affiliated with franchising firm ERA Real Estate....
View ArticleSellers in Pearland see fruitful returns
Relatively steady home sales activity, minimal inventory and noticeably rising home prices have made Pearland a seller’s market. The Houston submarket accounted for 2,391 sales spanning October 2014 to...
View ArticleBuyers grow more cautious in Katy
Of Houston’s outer submarkets, greater Katy accounts for the highest volume of home sales; however, activity in the area has shown signs of slowing as days on market has lengthened. A number of Katy...
View ArticleHAR to eliminate ‘old school’ way of sharing listings
The need for better consumer-realtor collaboration has motivated the Houston Association of Realtors to upgrade its Homes and Rentals portal. In roughly a month, the site will feature a new Apple TV...
View ArticleCoStar adds ex-Experian CFO
With a focus on accelerating “cost synergies” within its apartment rental listings services, Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group has named Scott Wheeler chief financial officer. Wheeler previously...
View ArticleSummer of decline for The Woodlands
Considered Houston’s luxury submarket, The Woodlands experienced a “huge dip” in home values spanning May to mid-August. “If you didn’t put your home on the market by May or June you were screwed,”...
View ArticleHousing conditions relatively calm on Lake Conroe
An hour outside of Houston lies Lake Conroe, a submarket where home sales activity and prices remained relatively unchanged during a recent 24-month period. Spanning October 2014 to September 2015, a...
View ArticleBay Area residents express housing optimism despite confidence
Housing affordability is understandably a concern among greater Bay Area residents with plans to move; however, the majority intend to buy. According to an Urban Land Institute (ULI) survey, 78 percent...
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D.C. area property selects residents via lottery
It’s been estimated that nearly 50 percent of D.C. renters are cost burdened, they spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent. A public-private partnership looks to bring relief to some of...
View ArticlePrice appreciation a treat for Sugar Land homeowners, agents
Slowing sales activity has done little to affect Sugar Land’s existing home prices. “The affordable side is gone in Sugar Land,” said Shad Bogany, a realtor with Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate...
View ArticleChicago metro’s median home price surpasses $200,000
Relatively unchanged home sales activity in the seven-county Chicago metro has done little to halt median sales price growth. RE/MAX Northern Illinois reported home sales volume in October dropped by 1...
View ArticleIs Houston just an oil town?
From a global perspective, Houston is viewed as a market that lacks diversity when it comes to its employment drivers. According to Merryn Somerset Webb, editor in chief of U.K. finance magazine...
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San Francisco is third worst metro for traffic
Along with housing costs, traffic congestion in metro San Francisco appears to be an additional stress for residents. Drivers in San Francisco are said to deal with 78 hours of traffic-related delays...
View ArticleREAL Trends top five agents in LA
According to recent rankings from REAL Trends, nine Los Angeles-based agents each sold more than $260 million of housing during 2014. Topping the list was Mauricio Umansky operating out of The Agency’s...
View ArticleSanta Clarita descends from its peak
The northern Los Angeles submarket of Santa Clarita Valley is unlikely to see a rise in home sales activity or median prices during the coming months. The market, which primarily includes the city of...
View ArticleDouble-digit increases nothing new for Miami
On a year-over-year basis the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach metro continues to see double-digit increases in home values, and while seasonality has begun to slow price growth the metro still ranks...
View ArticleDevelopers start Chicago high rise with convertibility in mind
One development team appears unfazed by the roughly 4,500 apartments that are slated to be delivered in downtown Chicago during 2017. A joint venture of Chicago-based Ascend Real Estate Group and...
View ArticleWhere are the most walkable neighborhoods in LA?
Overall the city of Los Angeles doesn’t rank as a top walkable locale, but it does feature neighborhoods that are very pedestrian friendly. According to analysis from Walk Score, the city has a walk...
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