The overall headline was that the Houston real estate market set new records and last year’s single-family home sales surpassed 2017’s record volume by nearly 4%.

However, the headline market statistics do not reflect what buyers and sellers are living. What were the key trends last year and what should we expect in 2019?

Which of Houston’s top neighborhoods and best housing segments have remained consistent over the last 20 years?

We have completed a study of 400,000+ Houston home sales since 2000. The best investments tended to be single family homes with the following characteristics: