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Houston's oil-and-gas industry has built an ecosystem that extends beyond energy. For proof of that, look no further than Bristol Myers Squibb's new pharmaceutical plant. The post How Houston’s Biggest Industry Created Opportunities for Another appeared first on Texas Real Estate Research Center .
AUSTIN – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) – A nationwide shortage of starter homes that peaked in 2022 is beginning to improve, says a newly released Realtor.com report. But the recovery is spotty and distributed unevenly across the U.S. The unequal distribution is the report’s starkest discovery. Starter home...…
Capital Economics analyzes net operating income growth trends across US office markets, identifying Southern metros including Miami, Dallas, and Houston as leaders in occupancy and rent expansion.
Avison Young released its Q2 2026 industrial market analysis for the Houston region.
Avison Young published a quarterly market analysis covering Houston office sector conditions and trends.
HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Houston again led the nation as the metro area with the most master planned communities in the Top 50 as buyers flocked to the suburbs from Cypress to Manvel, according to a new Mid-2026 sales report by RCLCO. Nine Houston area communities made it... The post Houston Tops Master…
An earlier post described how the top ten builders in the country accounted for 43.6% of new single-family closings in 2025. BUILDER magazine has now released additional data on the top ten builders within each of the 50 largest new home markets in the U.S., ranked by single-family permits. It is important to note…
Developers are betting big on branded luxury condos in Texas, with eight new luxury projects under construction across Austin, Dallas and Houston. While branded residences have long been a hot commodity for high-end buyers in places like New York and Miami, Texas has lagged for both cultural and structural reasons.…
Summary and analysis of Houston’s current economic and office real estate market conditions.
Summary and analysis of Houston’s current economic and industrial real estate market conditions.
The gap between single-family rents and multifamily rents has widened massively. A look at 14 big markets.
Rents Improve, Supply Pressures Persist Houston’s multifamily market showed early signs of seasonal rent improvement, but softness in occupancy and investment pricing kept the recovery uneven, according to the latest Houston multifamily market report. Advertised asking rents inched up 0.1%, on a trailing…
Investor confidence is renewed amid stabilizing demand growth and a strategic focus on premium assets.
Tightening multi-tenant vacancy attracts institutions, fueling nation-leading investment growth.
Houston multifamily performance splits as 2026 completions fall to the lowest level since 2013, with urban-core vacancy near 5% and suburban Katy facing supply headwinds.
CBRE publishes capital markets transaction data and figures for the first quarter of 2025 across US real estate.
This is a market report published by CBRE in September 2025 covering data center trends in the first half of 2025, with focus on Houston and national markets.
This is a strategic white paper published by CBRE in April 2025 that addresses market selection frameworks within the self-storage sector. The analysis covers multiple U.S. markets including Houston, Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as national-level considerations.
While Texas’ biggest metros cool, several smaller cities are accelerating growth. Discover which outlier markets are bucking statewide trends and what their momentum could mean for Texas real estate. The post Texas’ Growth Outliers appeared first on Texas Real Estate Research Center .
Texas metros saw foreign-born population shares rise from 2019 to 2024, rebounding after pandemic migration pauses. Growth concentrated in large metros and select smaller areas, driven by economic opportunities and resumed international mobility. The post What’s Shaping Texas’ International Migration Trends?…
Savills research on Houston office market conditions and trends.
CBRE research examining how demographic expansion in Sun Belt markets is creating increased occupancy and investment opportunities for outpatient healthcare properties.
Analysis of the Baton Rouge lodging market's stabilization trajectory, examining how industrial-driven demand and elevated ADR are offsetting occupancy pressures and supply constraints.
Cushman & Wakefield reports that the Midwest's 12 major industrial markets have delivered 533 million square feet since 2020, representing 20% of U.S. supply, with 88.1% occupancy on recent deliveries and a shift toward build-to-suit projects.
This is a report of industrial sector figures for the first quarter of 2026 in Houston, published by CBRE on March 31, 2026. The report covers industrial real estate data and metrics for the Houston market and includes national comparisons.
Houston's industrial market in Q1 2026 remained stable with net absorption of 3.7 million square feet, quarterly leasing velocity of 9.3 million square feet, and a vacancy rate that increased to 7.5% due to 4.7 million square feet in new deliveries, while average asking rents decreased 2.2% quarterly to $0.87 per square foot (NNN) but rose 10.1% annually. The construction pipeline expanded to 27.9 million square feet with only 25% pre-leased, and investment sales totaled 11.0 million square feet across 372 properties for $87.5 million at an average capitalization rate of 7.0%.
Houston's industrial market in Q1 2026 recorded a 5.9% vacancy rate with 4.9 million square feet of net absorption and average asking rents of $7.67 per square foot, reflecting strong tenant demand and balanced supply-demand conditions despite 24.3 million square feet under construction. The market's employment grew 0.6% year-over-year to 3.5 million jobs, with leasing volume reaching 7.8 million square feet and speculative projects comprising 82.2% of the development pipeline, indicating developer confidence in sustained industrial fundamentals.
Cushman & Wakefield's Houston Office Q1 2026 report analyzes the Houston metropolitan office market, which recorded 2.4 million square feet of leasing activity, 24.9% vacancy, and $31.77 per square foot average asking rent, with Class A space dominating demand while the market experienced negative net absorption of 817,000 square feet for the third consecutive quarter. Houston's employment reached 3.5 million with 0.6% year-over-year growth, outpacing the 0.2% national rate, though the construction pipeline remains constrained to two projects totaling 253,000 square feet, with limited new supply expected to help contain downward pricing pressure on lower-tier assets while well-leased Class A buildings benefit from tenant flight-to-quality demand.
The Houston retail market in Q1 2026 maintained a vacancy rate of 5.5% with net absorption of 660,125 square feet and 497,340 square feet of new construction deliveries, while the construction pipeline increased 26.6% to 4.2 million square feet. Average asking rents rose 1.9% quarterly to $21.28 per square foot, leasing activity increased 1.0%, and Houston's unemployment rate was 4.2% in December 2025 with job growth of 0.4 percent adding 14,800 jobs during 2025.
Houston's office market in Q1 2026 recorded negative net absorption of 158,417 square feet, a vacancy rate increase to 26.5%, and construction deliveries of 464,450 square feet, though leasing activity rose 29.8% to 2.7 million square feet with average rental rates increasing 0.7% quarterly to $30.84 per square foot. Class A properties drove positive absorption of 95,067 square feet while Class B properties declined, and the under-construction pipeline decreased 39.6% to 622,040 square feet, with investment sales volume totaling $788 million over the prior 12 months across 166 properties.
This is a data report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting office sector figures for Houston in the first quarter of 2026. The report covers Houston office market metrics and is classified as a national-level market figures publication.
This is a data and figures report published by Northmarq on December 31, 2025, covering multifamily vacancy trends in Houston and national markets, documenting the first quarterly decline in vacancy rates in over two years.
This is a market report published by Northmarq in September 2025 covering the multifamily sector in Houston, Texas, addressing changes in the construction pipeline.
This is a market report published by Colliers in March 2026 covering the office sector in Houston, Texas with national context.
This is a first-quarter 2026 market report published by Colliers covering the retail sector in Houston, Texas.
This is a multifamily market report published by Colliers in December 2025 covering the Houston market in the fourth quarter of 2025.
This is a multifamily market report published by Colliers on March 31, 2026, covering the Houston market in the first quarter of 2026.
This is a multifamily market forecast report published by Berkadia in January 2026 covering the Houston market. The report includes outlook analysis for the multifamily sector and references national geographic scope in addition to the Houston-specific focus.
This is a market report published by Berkadia in September 2025 covering the multifamily sector in Houston, Texas.
This is a multifamily market report published by Newmark in September 2025 covering the Houston, Texas real estate market.
Metro Houston's multifamily market added 39,800 jobs over the past 12 months with a 4.4% unemployment rate as of June 2025, driven by population growth including 149,560 net migrants in the prior year and anticipated investments from Apple, Foxconn, and Nvidia in AI manufacturing facilities. In the first half of 2025, the market delivered 7,071 multifamily units and achieved 10,850 net move-ins, with the pipeline comprising 21,054 units in lease-up and 8,415 units under construction, with strong absorption concentrated in Greater Heights/Washington Avenue, Conroe/Montgomery County, and Cypress/Waller submarkets.
Regional affordable housing report covering Dallas, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso markets.
Metro-level net lease retail report covering Houston's Southeast Outlier and NASA/Clear Lake submarkets, with vacancy (3.8% and 5.9%), rent growth and sales-volume data as of Q3 2024.
The Houston edition reviews local office leasing, availability and rents for the first quarter of 2026.
Houston recorded its first year of positive office net absorption since 2015, with 625,082 square feet of positive absorption for 2025, reversing nine consecutive years of tenant space reductions.
The July 2025 VTS Office Demand Index reports a sharp divergence in second quarter office demand across major US markets, with some experiencing strong gains and others a steep deceleration.