Houston’s Top 17 Catalyst Deals of the Year
HOUSTON – Houston realty outscored the nation in most categories last year. The city has more than 17 million square feet of office space under...
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Houston Gains 125,000 Jobs – Best Job Growth Since 1981
HOUSTON – Don’t write off the Houston economy just yet. Demonstrating the healthiest hiring pattern in 33 years, Houston created 125,300 jobs in the last...
Hearst Selects HFF to Market Houston Chronicle Downtown Property
HOUSTON – Hearst Corp. has selected the HFF commercial real estate brokerage firm to handle the sale of its Houston Chronicle property in downtown Houston....
DATELINE HOUSTON: Oil Prices and Real Estate
HOUSTON – Texas real estate will be unscathed by the significant decline in oil prices this fall, although the topic is getting a lot of...
Houston Leads Nation with 112,000 New Jobs (Marcus & Millichap Forecast Nailed the Number Dead-On)
(Commentary by Ralph Bivins) – Houston leads the nation in job growth with 112,200 new jobs created for the 12 months ending in July –...
City of Houston Rejecting John Beeson’s High Bid of $40 Million for Tract Near Downtown Houston
(COMMENTARY By Ralph Bivins) The City of Houston is considering skipping over the highest bidder in selling off a prime development tract, just west of...
EastGroup Properties REIT Buys Austin Industrial
AUSTIN – EastGroup Properties acquired the Centerpoint @ Colorado Crossing, a 265,099-square-foot, four-building industrial complex in east Austin. The transaction was announced by CBRE. The Class A...
Bivins: The Texas Condo Boom Gives Me the Heebie-Jeebies
Commentary By Ralph Bivins, Editor I just got a little worried about the Texas real estate market today. Why? The answer can by summed up...
Metrostudy: Houston New Home Sales Up 15 Percent; Construction Starts Up 9 Percent
HOUSTON – Houston new home construction continues to roll ahead briskly as starts increased 9 percent in the first quarter over the comparable period of...
The Boom is Not Over for Houston, So Why are Local Economists So Negative?
Commentary by Ralph Bivins, Editor, RealtyNewsReport: Houston is No. 1 in the nation in job growth. So why are Houston’s local economists forecasting a puny 2014? Houston...