Texas

Houston's feverish housing market is poised for another record year as low mortgage rates, population growth and a relatively healthy economy fuel sales throughout the region.

Dallas-area home prices were up 3% in the latest nationwide comparison — the greatest gain in six months.

Central Texas could be on pace for a ninth straight year of record-setting home sales, according to new data from the Austin Board of Realtors.

Recent increases in Dallas-Fort Worth home sales were welcome after a slowdown earlier this year.

Houston held its spot as the No. 2 market for new home starts in the third quarter, according to a new report from Metrostudy.

The Dallas company said it should be able to avoid restating past financial results. It also reported higher quarterly earnings helped by increased mortgage activity.

Dallas-area home prices were up 2.8% from a year ago in the latest nationwide comparison.

There are many ways to mark the economic progress since the Great Recession: over 100 months of job gains, record low unemployment and a long bull run on Wall Street.

While more than a dozen local residential districts have had fewer home purchases this year, many Dallas-area neighborhoods are seeing a rise in purchases as home loan interest rates have fallen.

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