HOUSTON--Houston's suburban real estate markets are riding strong momentum into 2015 despite the steep drop in oil prices, according to Deal Sikes & Associates, a real estate valuation and counseling firm.

PHILADELPHIA, PA–HFF has closed the sale of Halstead, a 198-unit apartment and townhome community in West Chester, PA, to Metropolitan Management Corporation, a firm whose principals, A. Scott Fagan and Judi Goldstein, are both native Philadelphians.

IRVINE, CA—HFF Arranged the loans for Lyon Communities for a total of more than $166 million.