Archive for 2012

Heights Home Sales-November YTD

Filed in Heights Price Trends by on December 28, 2012
Heights Home Sales-November YTD

Heights Home Sales Remain Very Strong Heights home prices are up and inventory is down.  Heights home inventory is so low that I’ve had to show homes the day they come on the market in order to get offers in ahead of others. Location is still key of course, but the toughest homes to find […]

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625 Harvard St Renovation/Expansion

Filed in Houston Heights Homes for Sale by on November 6, 2012
625 Harvard St Renovation/Expansion

625 Harvard St-Update on HDT’s Remodel HDT’s renovation on Harvard St, in the Heights Historic District South is still progressing. The siding was installed so you get get a better feel for the space. It’s still tough to visualize with just the interior framing. When sheetrock is installed (next week hopefully) spaces can be better […]

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Heights Day of the Dead-2012

Filed in Heights News & Events by on October 26, 2012
Heights Day of the Dead-2012

Heights Day of the Dead I haven’t seen very much about Dias de los Muertos this year, Nov 1 and 2nd. Here are some links decribing a couple of the celebrations. The celebration is always anchored by Casa Ramirez Gallery at 241 W 19th St. in Houston Heights. Another neighborhood that has historically celebrated Day […]

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Heights Home Sales

Filed in Heights Price Trends by on October 22, 2012
Heights Home Sales

Heights Home Sales Chart Home sales in the Heights have been booming for several months now. The cute, clean, nicely updated homes sell quickly. If it’s beautifully redone and you love it, you’d better make an offer quickly. I have several clients who look at homes the first day they come on market. They have […]

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Arts and Crafts Style Lodge, Old Faithful Inn

Filed in Heights News & Events by on October 16, 2012
Arts and Crafts Style Lodge, Old Faithful Inn

The Ultimate Arts and Crafts Style Building Before returning to more mundane real estate blog posts, let me show you the ultimate Arts and Crafts style building I saw in Yellowstone. The Old Faithful Inn was built in 1903, when the Arts and Craft movement was at it’s peak. This movement away from Victorian style […]

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Lindale Park Turns 75

Filed in Lindale Park Sales & Price Trends by on October 12, 2012
Lindale Park Turns 75

Lindale Park Turns 75 January 2014 Update: Lindale Park remains one of my favorite picks for price escalation. Be sure to read my page on this neighborhood and many posts. Contact me or my team for advice on this and other older close-in neighborhoods. One of my favorite neighborhoods, Lindale Park,  has it’s 75th birthday […]

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Norhill Home Tour

Filed in Heights News & Events by on October 11, 2012
Norhill Home Tour

Norhill Home Tour is this Weekend The Norhill Home Tour is this weekend 10/13 & 14th, 2012. Excuse the last minute notification, but if you like Craftsman style homes, or are just wondering what Heights homes are about, come visit these 6 homes. The link above will take you to Norhill Association site to purchase […]

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Another Victorian Home-Out of Town

Filed in Heights News & Events by on October 10, 2012
Another Victorian Home-Out of Town

Victorian Home in Bozeman I just spent a vacation in Bozeman, Montana, and Yellowstone. This is the perfect time of the year to do this. The Summer crowds are gone, the temperatures are cool for hiking (their Fall seems only to last for 2 weeks-my timing was perfect), the elk and antelope come down from […]

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Heights Victorian Home-Renovation & Expansion

Filed in Houston Heights Homes for Sale by on September 28, 2012
Heights Victorian Home-Renovation & Expansion

Heights Victorian Home Renovation January 2014 Update: This house turned out so well that HDT is in the middle of remodeling two other homes, 1845 Harvard AND 1539 Rutland HDT Builders is renovating and expanding a big home at 825 Harvard St. When complete, it will be a two story 2729 SF on a 6600 […]

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Lindale Park Houses-Update-Mid 2012

Filed in Lindale Park Sales & Price Trends by on September 1, 2012
Lindale Park Houses-Update-Mid 2012

Lindale Park Houses Lindale Park has several renovated homes for sale now. This is different than my previous post, where few homes were available.  These range from ~$175K to almost $300K. A few of these are shown in the attached pdf of Lindale Park-Active & Pending Homes. These were chosen to show what is available […]

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