Archive for 2012

Studewood Fiesta Closing

Filed in Heights News & Events by on August 23, 2012
Studewood Fiesta Closing

Studewood Fiesta Closing The Fiesta store on Studewood is closing. I’m only writing about it, because it is causing a stir in the neighborhood. We don’t like change, we don’t like big, we don’t like Weingarten Realty; everyone knows they are bad (didn’t they cause turmoil with the River Oaks Theatre?), and also they are big. […]

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Heights Apartment Complex for Sale-10 Units

Filed in Houston Heights Homes for Sale by on August 21, 2012
Heights Apartment Complex for Sale-10 Units

Heights Apartment Complex For Sale: 10 Units – $750,000 January 2014 Update: This apartment complex sold long ago. Prices for Heights apartments jumped in price as did everything inside the loop. The are very difficult to find now. Just a quick look at apartments listed by my business partner. 911 Byrne St. is a small […]

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Long Point Fault Line

Filed in Heights News & Events by on August 12, 2012
Long Point Fault Line

  Long Point Fault line I keep getting requests for a map of the Spring Branch/Long Point fault line. Houston has fault lines all over. Not the earthquake kind, just slow slippage. The one I’m most familiar with is in Spring Branch. I’ve lived there, and sold a lot of homes there so I’m familiar […]

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Norhill Home Prices -2012

Filed in Norhill Homes for Sale by on August 9, 2012
Norhill Home Prices -2012

Recent Norhill (Norhill Heights) home sales are shown, and Norhill Historic District is mapped.

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Heights Home Sales-Update

Filed in Heights Price Trends by on August 6, 2012
Heights Home Sales-Update

Heights Home Sales Boom Heights home sales are booming. Houston is a hot relocation center now for oil & energy related companies, and the Heights/Inner Loop  is where a lot of them want to be. I would say about 1/3 of my sales this year came from energy people. I don’t know what else is […]

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Renovated Heights Bungalow + Apartment

Filed in Houston Heights Homes for Sale by on July 5, 2012
Renovated Heights Bungalow + Apartment

  Renovated Heights Bungalow For Sale 932 Tulane St in Houston Heights is a beautifully renovated and expanded 2/2/2 with apartment. January 2014 Update: This home sold long ago, of course, but Heights bungalows are great demand these days. Prices are much higher now. Call if I can help you buy or sell. It is […]

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Oak Forest New Construction-Update 2012

Filed in Oak Forest Sales & Price Trends by on June 3, 2012
Oak Forest New Construction-Update 2012

Oak Forest New Construction is Booming. January 2014 Update: There are later posts on Oak Forest. There are two recent developments in Oak Forest new construction. When I last wrote about Oak Forest new homes there were 15 new homes for sale, and they were mostly in Sec 1 of Oak Forest (the SE corner of […]

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Lindale Park Update-Late 2012

Filed in Lindale Park Sales & Price Trends by on June 2, 2012
Lindale Park Update-Late 2012

Lindale Park Update My previous Lindale Park update was Nov, 2010. In it I showed 14 homes active or pending. These ranged from $105K –$325K. Most of these were very nice homes. I drove through a few days ago and it’s entirely different feel. There were very few homes for sale, and no FSBO’s (For […]

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A Heights Townhouse that is not a Townhouse

Filed in Houston Heights Homes for Sale by on May 30, 2012
A Heights Townhouse that is not a Townhouse

  Heights Home for Sale – Better than a Townhouse Update: This property sold soon after this post was done. The Heights market has since gone crazy. One of the biggest reasons for picking a townhome over a single family home is having a smaller lot. The smaller lot equates to lower land cost, and […]

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Heights Restaurants-Great Taste of the Heights

Filed in Heights News & Events by on May 17, 2012
Heights Restaurants-Great Taste of the Heights

Great Taste of the Heights-Check Heights Restaurants in one Place Who would have guessed that the Heights would have so many restaurants? Even a year ago I was telling clients that you had to go to Montrose or Washington Ave to eat. Not any more…new ones are opening all the time. I’m not going to […]

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