Rep. Gary Gates' nine-member committee will take invited and public testimony on how four new zoning and lot-size laws are working, and on whether trimming city fees and speeding up permits can make homes cheaper.
For the first time since the pandemic-era run-up, some Texas homeowners are seeing their appraised values fall — a shift that, paired with this year's larger homestead exemption, should ease the tax burden on many households when bills arrive this fall.
Four months into the job, Texas Insurance Commissioner Amanda Crawford spent Wednesday morning answering for the price of keeping a roof insured.
Texas has emerged alongside California as one of the top two destinations in the United States for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) homebuyer migration, according to a report from the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) shared by Texas REALTORS®.
Policy analysts Ben Crockett and Hannah Bruck of the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a new report this month titled "Womb & Board," which analyzes how housing affordability impacts family formation in Texas.
Housing affordability has reached crisis levels in many areas of the United States, including some places in Texas.
According to a new report by the Texas Realtors, first-time buyers accounted for 21% of all homebuyers in Texas in 2025, near the all-time low of 20% recorded the previous year.
First-time buyers accounted for 21% of all homebuyers in Texas in 2025, near the all-time low of 20% recorded the previous year, according to the 2026 Texas Homebuyers and Sellers Report released by Texas Realtors on April 10.
Texans are no strangers to housing cycles.
Texas policymakers are growing increasingly concerned about housing costs in the state.