Archive for 2014
Garden Oaks, Oak Forest & Nearby Price Trends
The Houston Chronicle Home Price Survey came out last Sunday May 4, 2014. Every homeowner or wannabe homeowner looks at this. The paper is a little cumbersome to use because it fills up pages. I just condensed some of their data into an easy to compare table This little table gives a wealth of information. […]
Houston Preservation Fair 2014
The Second Annual Preservation Fair is June 7, 2014 This is an early notice about the upcoming Preservation Fair by Houston’s Planning and Development Department. There was a lot of info given out at last year’s fair. This should be even stronger. No schedule of events yet. See imfo from Last Year’s event. It will be a […]
What is the Heights Market Like Now?
What is the Heights market like? I just don’t have words to describe it. Frenzied would be best description. I’ll just list some developments going on now: Homes I just sold a couple of years ago in the $500’s are now selling in the $800’s Land that I recently listed for $45/SF in Sunset Heights […]
Near Northside Recommended
Near Northside is Recommended See Near Northside Homes to get a better feel for the area. As a realtor, I’m pretty conservative when predicting appreciating neighborhoods to recommend. I base my recommendations on what has already happened; i.e. Oak Forest, Timbergrove, Heights, Idylwwod …all areas of strong growth because of location, cohesive neighborhoods, strong pride of […]
Sunset Heights Land for Sale
Sunset Heights is a booming area for new homes Land prices here, like the rest of the Heights has jumped tremendously recently. I have just listed 509 E 27th St for sale. Even though it has two houses on it, it is being sold for land value. June 2014 Update: This property is sold. It […]
Near Northside – Historic Signs
Near Northside Installs “Historic” Signs See my page on Near Northside Homes to get details on this neighborhood and it’s great old homes. The sense of community in the Near Northside neighborhood, is showing again . It is now installing the “Historic Near Northside” sign toppers on street signs. Avenue CDC (see my article on […]
MLS
MLS Home Search Use the MLS search engine below to search Houston homes for sale. You don’t need to fill in all the boxes; just what’s of interest to you. MLS Area 9 covers Heights, Garden Oaks, Lindale Park, Oak Forest, etc. Spring Branch is MLS area 24. Rice Military, Montrose, etc. is Area 16 […]
Germantown Historic District
Germantown Historic District Proposed Update: Approval was given in early December, 2013 for the Germantown Historic District! This latest Heights Historic District approval makes the seventh in the Heights. The subdivision of Grota Homestead sought historic designation by its original name of Germantown. Grota is a small neighborhood just East of Woodland Heights. Germantown is how […]
First Ward Historic Designation
First Ward Historic Designation-Time is Running Out! A portion of First Ward is petitioning for Historic Designation. First Ward is just South of the existing historic district of Sixth Ward.I wrote about this earlier in another blog, TwistedHeights.com. Now channel 13 is talking about it too. Unfortunately, First Ward has had a huge (HUGE) influx […]
Heights Home Sales-January 2014
Heights Home Sales I haven’t shown a sales chart in a while, because it’s like a stuck record (I’ll bet people under 30 won’t even know what that means.)…Strong, strong, strong. The chart below shows monthly home sales in the Heights, but what it doesn’t show is demand. If there was more inventory out there, […]
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