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Short video breakdowns of RealtyDecode Houston housing research — market pulse, neighborhood dynamics, pricing, days on market, and luxury segments. Every video is backed by a full research article.
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Houston Heights: Half the Land — but Not Where You Think
You've heard the headline: new homes in the Heights sit on half the land of older homes. It is real for the 77008–77009
Video onlyHouston New Construction vs Resale: Half the Lot
A new-construction home in Houston's Heights area sits on a median lot of about 2,500 square feet — roughly half the 5,0
Video onlyThe Katy Texas Housing Boom is Over
Single-family home sales fell 32% across four Katy zip codes — but one, 77493, rose 28%. That's not a resale comeback: n
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Luxury listings cut less often, and deeper
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Video onlyHouston Sold More Homes. Price per Foot Still Fell.
Greater Houston closed twenty-two thousand six hundred sixty-nine homes in the s
Read the researchThe Heights costs more per foot. Bellaire closes higher.
A million-dollar Heights home runs about four twenty-nine a foot. In Bellaire, t
Video onlyWhat a $1M Houston home really pays in property tax
A million-dollar Houston home pays about two percent in property tax. A five-mil
Video onlySame city, different tax rate: Conroe ZIP codes
In Conroe, the same city has property tax rates from one point six percent to tw
Video onlySame city, different tax rate: Katy ZIP codes
In Katy, the same city has property tax rates from two point one percent to thre
Video onlyThe five-million seller never cuts, and discounts anyway
Only 17% of Houston's five-million-dollar listings have cut their price. Between
Read the researchSame price a foot, three times the wait
River Oaks luxury homes take 24 days to sell. In West University, 7. Per square
Read the researchA pool buys speed only where pools are rare
In Houston's three-fifty to five-hundred range, a home with a pool sold in 20 da
Read the researchThe school premium is mostly house
Houston homes zoned to a top-rated school close 123% above the lowest-rated. Per
Read the researchThe cheapest homes cut deepest, and every band cuts as often
Houston listings under two hundred thousand dollars that cut gave up eight perce
Read the researchA third of Houston homes are gone inside two weeks
A third of Houston homes sell inside two weeks. A fifth go in the first seven da
Read the researchThe month you close in is worth three weeks and two points of price
A Houston home that closed in January took 43 days to sell. In May, 26. That's t
Read the researchIn the Heights, You're Buying the Lot
In the Heights, a pre-war house sold for $800,000. A new build, about $620,000.
Read the researchInside the Loop, the Tower Owns No Land
Inside the Loop, a high-rise condo sold in 47 days. A house, 21. The tower cost
Read the researchA Houston Pool Is Worth Real Money. Not $290,000.
Houston homes with a pool sold for $610,000. Without, $320,000. Match the size
Read the researchA Houston listing says 26 days. The full history says 41.
Houston's June sales ran on two clocks. Twenty-six days on the final listing. Fo
Video onlyHouston's $5M club waits three times longer
At five million and up, the typical Houston home took fifty-one days to sell. Fr
Read the researchHouston luxury homes are selling twice as fast
Million-dollar homes in Houston are selling in twelve days. It measures how fas
Read the researchHouston homes are taking longer to sell
Greater Houston homes that sold in June took 26 days—two days longer than last y
Read the researchHouston has 6 months of supply. Here's what that doesn't mean
Houston has six months of homes for sale. That's how long they'd last at today'
Read the researchNearly half of Houston listings have cut their price
Nearly half of active listings in Greater Houston have cut their asking price.
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