The third quarter HAR report indicates that the housing market is gradually improving and that property is slowly appreciating in value. The bubble of easy financing is no longer present in any way shape or form. More investors and buyers of homes are deciding now is the time, as purchase prices almost guarantee some form of appreciation and high return on equity. With so many permanent industries located in Houston, the city has a difficult infrastructure to put into any genuine form of tailspin. More houses are pricing to sell in the current market, as more and more would-be sellers come to terms with the fact that their properties will not return to their pre-recession levels within a forseeable future context.