As the foster care crisis continues to deepen in Texas, organizations are asking for the community’s help.

Scenic Loop is a neighborhood with character, and two homes built around abandoned train cars and a streetcar, are nostalgic proof.

Many homes in Shearer Hills/Ridgeview were built in the 1950s and 1960s with a new, fresh style we now call mid-century modern. The homes, with their expansive windows, nearly flat roofs and clean lines are considered architectural gems that evoke a little nostalgia.

A city program helping preserve homes is closing applications soon and hundreds of people have already applied.

A house renovation led to a unique discovery.

In recent years, some companies have gotten creative and started building homes out of unused shipping containers.

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Sarah Fishburne, director of trend & design at The Home Depot, offers five tips to creating the perfect backyard sanctuary.

It’s cold outside, but inflation is burning up utility bills. Heating bills this winter might reach a 10-year high. Experts from the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association say your utility bill may increase by as much as 17%.

If you’re looking for some easy ways to add value to your home, expert Mallory Micetich at Angi says it’s easier than it sounds.

Whenever historic homes get flooded, building contractors often feel compelled by government regulations to rip out the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the old plaster walls and install new, flood-resistant materials.

One portion of the house has the original basketball court and bleachers, while another portion was renovated into elements of what typical homes have, such as a kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms.

If you’ve had some unsuccessful do-it-yourself attempts, you know how difficult it can be to fix your mistakes.

Moving season is here, and if moving is in your future, you do not need to dread the process.

While you might think an extra box in a basement or bedroom isn’t a big deal, clutter can be a hazard. A study from St. Lawrence University found that a cluttered bedroom and a poor night’s sleep go hand in hand.

Are there any home projects on your 2022 to-do list?

A single mother signed for Habitat for Humanity's 51st home of the year on Friday. The organization said it has had a successful year despite higher costs and distribution issues.

Each holiday season tends to produce different fads -- ones that sometimes make people say, “Why in the world was that so popular?”

The purportedly haunted Rhode Island farmhouse where the spooky happenings that inspired the 2013 horror movie “The Conjuring” occurred has hit the market for the scary price of $1.2 million.

Whether you're weathering a tropical system or just your typical severe thunderstorm, there are steps you can take now to ensure you’re ready for anything.

Needless to say, buying a new home is more difficult than ever right now.

This will help transfer the scent of your old home into your new one and will help your dog feel comfortable. Get down on their level and look around for any dangerous items. Eliminate potential hazards before your dog enters so they can safely explore. Hick suggests letting your dog get a sense for the space, the smell and get comfortable in their new surroundings. Creating a home environment that’s safe, familiar and consistently scheduled will make the change to a new house easier for the whole family—humans and animals alike.

Now, Zillow is no longer just an online platform for browsing available homes or for creeping on the value of your neighbor’s house. The company has started buying, fixing up and selling homes itself through a new division called “Zillow offers.”It announced the new feature aimed at streamlining the process for homeowners considering selling to the site. Zestimate initial cash offers will be available in 23 markets to start. For a growing set of properties in those markets, Zillow has enough data on the home and others like it that it feels confident making the Zestimate its initial cash offer. For homeowners who decline the cash offer, the difference between Zillow’s offer and what they end up selling for is typically less than one percent.

Sales of new homes fell by 3.5% in September to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 959,000 million units. The Commerce Department said Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, that despite the modest decrease, sales of new homes are up 32.1% from a year earlier, as the housing market remains strong despite the pandemic. – Demand for new homes in the U.S. surged 4.3% in January with the housing market still one of the strongest segments of the economy. Last month's increase pushed sales of new homes to an adjusted annual rate of 923,000, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The housing market has remained remarkably resilient in the face of the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

SAN ANTONIO – The Weird Homes Tour has announced its first San Antonio tour, coming in late 2021. The tour, which began in Austin in 2014, has grown to include Houston, New Orleans, Detroit, Portland and now San Antonio, according to the organization. “The Weird Homes Tour plans to entertain, invigorate and open the eyes to the unique arts and artists of San Antonio,” the organization said Friday in a released statement. Mention of any business associated with the home or homeowners in press, social media and the Weird Homes Tour website. RELATED: Housing market on the rise in San Antonio

Hurricane victims take refuge under a bridge in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Shelters for people whose homes were flooded or damaged by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Honduras are now so crowded that thousands of victims have taken refuge under highway overpasses or bridges. The Red Cross estimates that about 4.2 million people were affected by the back-to-back hurricanes in November in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)SAN PEDRO SULA – Shelters for people whose homes were flooded or damaged by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Honduras are now so crowded that thousands of victims have taken refuge under highway overpasses or bridges. Orlando Antonio Linares oversees a municipal shelter at a school in San Pedro Sula, where almost 500 hurricane victims have taken refuge.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sales of existing homes climbed 9.4% in September, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday, the latest sign that the housing market remains red hot despite the coronavirus pandemic. On a seasonally-adjusted rate, the selling pace of existing homes climbed to 6.54 million annualized units. This is largely because of low inventory of existing homes. But because of the pandemic, the spring home buying season was delayed a few months and pushed the bulk of the home buying season into the mid-to-late summer. Regionally, the strongest market was Northeast, with existing home sales up 16.2% from a year earlier.

Sales of new homes jumped again in July, rising 13.9% as the housing market continues to gain traction following a spring downturn caused by pandemic-related lockdowns. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that July's gain propelled sales of new homes to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 901,000. In a report last week, the National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes rose by a record 24.7% in July, thanks to historically low interest rates. Sales are being fueled by ultra-low mortgage rates, which earlier this month dropped below 3% for a 30-year-fixed rate mortgage for the first time in nearly 50 years. The average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage is now 2.99%, the mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.

Heavy flooding is worsening in parts of Bangladesh, with over 1 million villagers marooned or leaving their homes for higher ground along with their cattle and other belongings, officials and volunteers said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bayezid Ahmed)DHAKA Heavy flooding is worsening in parts of Bangladesh, with over 1 million villagers marooned or leaving their homes for higher ground along with their cattle and other belongings, officials and volunteers said Tuesday. The floods started late last month, and after briefly easing continued to worsen, affecting many new areas, destroying crops and driving people from their homes in several impoverished regions. Soikat said that over the last few weeks, the charity has distributed food to some 135,000 people in Kurigram, while the governments relief office was also providing food, cash and cattle food. We are trying to do our best to stand by the people, as we have already provided more than 300 tons of rice, cattle food, baby food and a good amount of cash.

SAN ANTONIO – A local couple who sustained combat-related injuries in Afghanistan and Iraq were gifted a new, mortgage-free home Friday. Daniel Reese and his wife, Kyle, are veterans of the U.S. Air Force who were in need of a home personalized to their specific disabilities and near VA facilities. Memorial service held Friday for fallen US Army SergeantOn Friday, their wish came true when Jared Allen's Homes for Wounded Warriors and homebuilder KB Home gave the couple keys to a new home that has bigger hallways, rounded corners and special lighting. "It's the little things like that that are huge," Kyle Reese said. Everything that we picked out was to make it as easy as possible for him to be as independent as humanly possible with his injury."