https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in February:-Single-family home sales rose 22.9 percent year-over-year, a figure likely skewed as a result of the freeze last year that interrupted real estate transactions for days on end.

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in August:-Following a record-setting performance in July, single-family home sales held to positive territory again in August, rising 6.0 percent year-over-year with 9,195 units sold;-The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes lowered from 53 to 51 days;-Total property sales rose 7.3 percent with 11,121 units sold;-Total dollar volume jumped 13.4 percent to $3.5 billion;-The single-family home median price rose 7.6 percent to $269,000 – the second highest median price of all time;-The single-family home average price increased 7.8 percent to $334,256 – the second highest average price in history;-Single-family homes months of inventory registered a 2.8-months supply, down from 4.1 months last August and below the national inventory level of 3.1 months;-Townhome/condominium sales rose 1.3 percent, with the average price up 4.5 percent to $216,733 and the median price up 1.7 percent to $175,000;-Single-family home rentals dropped 13.3 percent with the average rent up 2.3 percent to $1,961;-Townhome/condominium leases fell 13.7 percent with the average rent up 1.0 percent to $1,654.

Ask for Aubrey Rose, he leads the department.

@Wayne Brooks Thank you Wayne, your answers are fast and you really help me.It is not the same auction, I did not win.It is a different auction on different site.It is a bank REO and it dose say "Buyer will receive a Special Warranty Deed"I called the association and a nice lady said unpaid HOA fees are 15 000.I called the attorney's office also and they said the estoppel is 170 dollars and will take 7 days.

Maybe advise the lady to get an attorney and simply follow up with her in 30 days...

I found a lady who is really motivated to sell her house...Started crying since she grew up in the house but cannot afford to keep it any longer since she hates being a landlord...she inherited the house from her dad, so I was thinking about getting it under contract for a wholesale but turns out I really liked the area and rents go for about $650-$700 for a 2bdrm 1bath so I decided to take a trip to my local credit union to see if I can get a loan.

Today I met with a charming and intelligent lady at her sisters house.

I bought a house a couple of months ago from a lady that owned it outright and she agreed to hold the financing for a year with a little bit down.I think this is one of the simpliest and most often overlooked way to buy RE.

PM Broker,If you are in a part of the country where sale prices roses farther than rents, it is hard to get big ROI even with 20-30% down.

“Home sales of $1 million or more last month rose just a tad – less than 1 percent – from a year earlier following annual gains of between 5 percent and 21 percent over the prior year.”LePage points to the rise in mortgage rates over the past six months, increasing significantly a borrower’s monthly payment.