• Apple Inc.
    USD 328.21
    3.25%
  • Alphabet Inc.
    USD 342.48
    5.36%
  • Microsoft Corporation
    USD 510.12
    13.3%
  • Microsoft Corporation
    USD 510.12
    13.3%
  • Intel Corp.
    USD 91.67
    1.62%
  • NVIDIA Corporation
    USD 228.45
    4.04%

Residential Real Estate

McAllen metro shifts toward a buyer’s housing market as Brownsville metro stays balanced in July

August 30, 2026 • 5 min read

Home sales increased across both Valley metros in July, but McAllen had nine months of inventory while Brownsville remained balanced... Read more »

Nearly 4,000 Cameron County homes could lose state-backed windstorm coverage

August 29, 2026 • 4 min read

The proposal could save the state-backed insurer about $60 million a year while reducing its financial risk during major hurricanes.... Read more »

SpaceX’s millionaire boom could make Brownsville homes — and some tax bills — more expensive

August 19, 2026 • 3 min read

Thousands of SpaceX employees may have become millionaires, adding pressure to Brownsville’s housing market.... Read more »

Mexico president opens Tamaulipas tour in Reynosa with $2.16B housing push

August 15, 2026 • 2 min read

President Claudia Sheinbaum highlighted plans for 60,000 new homes for workers and more than $2 billion in statewide housing investment.... Read more »

New Rhodes master-planned community breaks ground near Brownsville Sports Park

August 12, 2026 • 3 min read

The Villas Las Lagunas development is a new subdivision by Esperanza Homes, a portfolio company of McAllen-based Rhodes Enterprises.... Read more »

New report uses Rio Grande Valley to show how ICE raids can hurt local economies

August 11, 2026 • 4 min read

More than 9,100 ICE arrests across South Texas have coincided with a record quarterly construction decline as Valley builders report... Read more »

South Padre Island developer mulls new hotel or multifamily project, secures zoning for both

August 11, 2026 • 6 min read

South Padre Island could see a new hotel or townhomes on the far north end after a developer secured county... Read more »

Cement industry sees prolonged slowdown, but data centers remain bright spot, new forecast says

August 5, 2026 • 4 min read

High interest rates continue to slow U.S. construction, but data centers remain a key growth driver, the American Cement Association... Read more »

South Texas builders say ICE raids are back, mourn death of slain construction worker

July 29, 2026 • 10 min read

A 52-year-old Houston construction worker was fatally shot by an ICE agent; South Texas business owners say they worry about... Read more »

Does the Rio Grande Valley have a supply glut of single-family homes? Here’s what we know

July 27, 2026 • 3 min read

Inventory hit a 36-year peak in the McAllen metro, while the Brownsville metro heads in a different direction.... Read more »

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