Looking to move to a Texas city? These are the best and worst options
The top ten places to move to include seven cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, one Austin suburb, and two near Houston and Galveston.
Local ministry helps homeless family through housing crisis, avoids foster care
One family was hours from losing their newborn to foster care until a Conroe-based ministry secured them housing in Spring. Their story highlights the region's growing shortage of shelter beds and affordable housing.
Texas city ranks as strongest home buyer's market in US
Four other major Texas cities are also considered strong buyer's markets, where home buyers tend to have the advantage in negotiations.
Hidden homeownership cost in US is nearly $16K a year, Zillow analysis finds
Homeownership is already expensive, but a new report shows the additional costs that may be putting a squeeze on your finances.
Wells Fargo to host free ?Advancing Homeownership? fair in Houston
Wells Fargo will host a free ?Advancing Homeownership Fair? to help Houston residents learn more about the home buying process, local resources available for down payments and closing costs, and opportunities that may help them achieve the goal of becoming a homeowner.
Monthly mortgage payments are the highest they’ve been in decades
Consumers are dealing with the rigors of finding a reasonably priced home but soaring mortgage payments are placing a financial dent on their budgets, according to recent data.
HOME Investment Partnerships Program may be cut by feds: What is it?
The HOME Investment Partnerships Program, a decades-old federal grant that has funded more than a million affordable homes, could be cut under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, raising alarms for rural communities.
Here's where home equity has grown the most
Rising housing prices are causing changes in home equity gains nationwide, according to a recent study.
Black homebuyers are 1.7 times more likely to be denied a mortgage: study
Black homebuyers are 1.7 times more likely to be denied a mortgage compared to all other homebuyers, a new analysis found.
These cities are the best and worst for renters in 2025, study shows
Rental prices can vary depending on where you live, but these places offer buyers quality options.
Cities with the most pet-friendly landlords
Your chances of finding a pet-friendly rental are higher in some cities than others. Here's the list.
Here's how much you need to earn to buy a home in 2025, report shows
A recent housing report reveals that prospective homebuyers are facing obstacles to affording a home based on rising costs, which is a contributing factor to lower homeownership rates.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner visits Houston touting $314 million Disaster Block Grant
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner appeared in Houston on Tuesday to discuss the shortage of affordable housing, sheltering the homeless and preparing for disastrous heavy weather.
Housing secretary highlights $314M grant in Houston
U.S. Housing Secretary Scott Turner spoke in Houston on Tuesday about a new $314 million grant to be allocated to disaster recovery.
Kinder Institute releases 2025 State of Housing report
Rice University?s Kinder Institute for Urban Research has released its 2025 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston. Caroline Cheong, the Associate Director of Housing and Neighborhoods at the Kinder Institute, talks about the findings.
Houston housing market is best for buyers since 2013: Report
A new report from real-estate company, Redfin, says the biggest buyers market since 2013 has emerged.
Study says Houston among 'buyer's markets' for homes
For several years, tight inventory, rising prices, bidding wars, and mortgage rates that have climbed well above historic lows, have prompted would-be buyers to pause their purchase. Redfin finds that reluctance has changed the real estate market so much that sellers significantly outnumber buyers by the widest margin since 2013.
Houston leads country in new home construction, report shows
Houston leads the U.S. in new home construction, a new report shows.
Here are the cities paying off the most household debt in 2025
With household debt soaring nationwide, residents are paying off a ton of it in these cities.
More US cities now require six-figure incomes to afford rent: Here's where
Affordability is becoming a growing challenge for U.S. renters, with Zillow reporting that renters now need to earn over $100,000 to comfortably afford a typical rental in some cities.