Houston Neighborhood Price Trends – Houston Heights Homes, Oak Forest, Garden Oaks & others.
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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The long awaited transformation of Fulton St and Near Northside begins… My previous post quotes others on the transformation occurring on Fulton St due to Northside Light Rail construction. Light Rail to Benefit Lindale Park Homes. A Contemporary Townhouse For [...]
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An extremely hot topic in Houston now is is the Northline Light Rail Project underway. If you are looking for Houston’s next hot spot, this might be it. If you were too late to buy a Houston Heights or Idylwood home at a reasonable price look into Lindale Park. Quoting from the Houston Chronicle: Metro’s [...]
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My previous post gave info about Woodland Heights history and character. This one gives prices of some Woodland Heights homes for sale. As a Houston Heights Realtor and long-time resident of Woodland Heights, this is my favorite neighborhood. I live in a 1909 Craftsman bungalow on Omar St. The Craftsman style home (from the Arts and [...]
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See my previous post on Spring Branch homes. Generalizing Spring Branch home prices is difficult to do. It encompasses such a large area and has so many subdivisions within it and around it, that it’s almost impossible to do. The homes range from small little starter homes (my first house was here, on Tilson Ln) [...]
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The Houston Chronicle issued it’s yearly Subdivision Price Trends on 04/11/10. I extracted data for areas near the Heights, in table below. Don’t look too closely at the price trends if there are very few sales. Woodland Heights for example (where I live) shows a decline in price. What this really shows is that several [...]
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Lazybrook is another close-in Houston neighborhood unheard of by most. It adjoins Timbergrove, just north of 18th St; nestled in between the NW corner of the 610 Loop and the bayou running along E. TC Jester. A small neighborhood, it has 4 entrances and a dozen or so mainly cul-de-sac streets. Lazybrook is characterized by [...]
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Heights home sales had an end-of-year bump in December. This had been typical in years past as buyers rushed to take ownership by year-end for the property tax break. (If you don’t own it as of January 1st, you don’t get the homestead exemption). 2008 was an exception to every rule however, due to the [...]
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Even if you are new to the Houston area, you know about Houston Heights; the 1910-1920’s neighborhood just inside the 610 N Loop. If you are a resident, you also know that there are many subdivisions within this larger neighborhood, some more desirable than others. One of the relatively unknown pockets of the Heights is [...]
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Houston’s Lindale Park is an Inner Loop subdivision located just inside the 610 N Loop at Irvington. A wonderful Northside neighborhood of 1940’s cottages, plus a few bungalows and ranch styles. See Visit Lindale Park. Although still called Houston’s Hidden Jewel because most Houstonians have never heard of it, Lindale Park house prices have been [...]
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Can I Afford a Darling Little Craftsman Home in Houston Heights?
Everyone loves Houston Heights. Wonderful little Craftsman bungalows, stately Victorian homes, & the multitude of other styles of the early 1900’s. How are these priced?! Here is the answer.
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