Fall 2021

Quitclaims—the relinquishing of a claim on a property—often cause headaches for the parties involved in a transaction. Does a new law alleviate those headaches? Not entirely.

If you’re used to seeing the same list of tips for effectively managing real estate leasing activities, get ready: This article may surprise you.

Can we just forget last year already? When it comes it the state’s housing market, comparing this year with the anomaly that was 2020 is futile. Comparing it with 2019, on the other hand, is a different story.

To paraphrase and old song, “Brother, can you spare a mortgage payment?” For some homeowners, trying to catch up on payments they missed during the pandemic is a real concern. Here’s who’s most at risk, and why.

Any treasure hunt begins with a map. For the City of Houston, limited purpose annexations have pointed the way to millions of dollars in additional sales tax revenues since 2001.

Water, water, anywhere? It’s possible in the near future, thanks to technological ingenuity. And with an increasing number of Texans looking to move to parts of the state prone to less rainfall, that’s a good thing.

Regardless of how hot the housing market is, taking short cuts to close a sale is asking for trouble. Here are tips for staying on the straight and narrow.

There’s a disease lurking where the deer and the antelope play, and it has the potential to significantly reduce the deer population. There are ways to contain it, though, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has a plan.