Fort Bend County

Home sales in Sugar Land and Missouri City fell in August, according to local reporting from Community Impact. The decline in the Fort Bend County suburbs adds to signs of a cooling Texas housing market, as higher mortgage rates and affordability pressures weigh on buyers. Residents and market watchers are watching whether prices and inventory will follow sales downward in the coming months.

Fort Bend County, Texas, is facing a leadership dispute in which even its own elected officials appear unsure of who is in charge. The question of authority at the top of the county government has become a source of public confusion and internal disagreement, with county leaders themselves unable to give a clear answer about who holds the reins.