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Florida courts have held that a home seller must disclose anything about the property that could have a "substantial impact" on its value, but it's unclear if that ruling could apply or has ever been applied to flood hazards.

Home sales and the median sales price in Central Texas hit all-time highs for any September on record, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

Houston-area home sales increased nearly 10% in September from a year ago as buyers closed on 7,035 single-family homes, the bulk of which sold for between $150,000 and $500,000.

Lower mortgage rates prompted Dallas-Fort Worth builders to ramp up home starts in the third quarter.

Dallas-Fort Worth office leasing dipped in the third quarter, but year-to-date totals are still ahead of where they were in 2018.

Don't believe what you see on the cable shows — home flipping is a tough business.

Still overvalued — that's the latest assessment of the Dallas housing market by one of Wall Street's big ratings firms.

As the summer home-selling season comes to a close, the number of houses sold and the median price of those sales hit all-time highs for any August on record, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

Dallas-area home price gains continued to lag national increases in the latest housing market update.

Austin-area home sales and the median price of those homes both hit all-time highs last month for any July on record, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

The percentage of Americans behind in their mortgage payments is at a 20-year low. And even fewer Dallas-area homeowners are late with payments than the national average, according to CoreLogic.

Lower mortgage rates sent Dallas-Fort Worth homebuyers to the closing table in record numbers in July.

The Central Texas housing market appears to be on track to set records this year for home sales and prices, an economist said.

While strong housing demand continues in Central Texas, new numbers show the area's homebuilding pace slowed in the second quarter as builders grappled with a shortage of lots.

With more houses on the market, fewer North Texas home sellers getting their original asking price.

After a jump in May home sales, North Texas housing activity retreated in June.

The value of construction projects started in the greater Houston area fell sharply across both the residential and nonresidential sectors in May, according to a new Dodge Data & Analytics report.

Pending home sales fell sharply in May, a sign that buyers may have a bit more bargaining power this summer in the Metroplex.

Investors last year purchased a record share of Dallas-area homes and these for-profit homebuyers are expected to continue to gobble up thousands of houses in North Texas and nationwide.

Because automated valuation models have not been subjected to a stressed housing market, their increased use holds negatives and positives for residential mortgage-backed securities credit quality, a Moody's report said.