Clicking on an unfamiliar computer icon last week triggered one of those new Artificially Intelligent bots to offer its services. The message that popped up was generous: “Ask me anything!”
Since the topic of the day had been disagre...
When you first move into your Houston house, thinking about selling it is far down the list of what’s on your mind. That is as it should be: the enjoyment of that first stroll through the rooms that are finally yours is the culmination of...
A brief review of the national picture is more encouraging for Houston home sales than has often been the case of late—but is also a bit of a mixed bag:
• Existing home sales reversed a 12-month decline by rising a strong 14.5% in Februa...
Houston weather doesn’t always behave as we’d like, so it’s one of those enduring givens that inclement conditions are possible when you are getting ready for an open house or your Houston home showing. To some degree, the more flexib...
At the tail end of the workweek, CNBC added its voice to the pack of observers who have decided that residential real estate is now less likely to suffer a sustained downdraft. Shortly after noon on Friday, CNBC released Emmy award-winner D...
Much of the media spent last week exploring the topic of Artificial Intelligence—with mixed opinions about whether it will turn out to be a boon or a curse to Mankind. Much of the discussion focused on AI-generated writing, which some stude...
Last Saturday, while media attention was largely fixed on preparations for a pleasantly warm-weather New Year’s eve in Times Square and predictions about the year to come, it was also the moment for backward-looking “roundups” of 2022...
More than a few Houston residents see the first days of January as annual invitations to invent (in the lexicon of self-help gurus) “a new you.” A concerted effort to follow through on a New Year’s resolution is one way to prevent fal...
Here’s hoping that your 2023 Houston New Year brings health, happiness, and prosperity your way—as well as renewed confidence that fewer headlines will have us doing double-takes. Whether or not you pine to reenact the America of yester...
The national press has fallen into the habit of treating almost every piece of news dealing with U.S. real estate as an all-too-predictable blow to the economy. Last week provided a welcome break in the pattern, as area residents who’ve b...