Help Me Sell My House-Part 2 A previous post dealt with my pet peeve, crappy Realtor photos. This post gives some positive action steps to help with the plea: Help Me Sell My House The following tips to Help Me Sell My House are not in any particular order. They are simply to stir [...]
by Rich on February 16, 2011
New Heights Development on Studewood?…Studewood Place I just found out about Studewood Place. Until recently, I had not even looked behind the fence camouflaging the construction site at Studewood at 10th ½ St. in the Heights. Right behind my office, and I hadn’t even peeked. Too “busy” I guess. That’s probably true in many ways [...]
by Rich on November 22, 2010
Houston Heights Homes Sales Compared to Houston Metro Houston Home Sales Stay in Basement is lead of Chronicle story on Nov 16, 2010: Houston-area home sales plunged last month compared with a year earlier when a federal homebuyer tax credit helped boost activity in the housing market. October marked the fourth straight month of double-digit [...]
by Rich on October 28, 2010
Sunset Heights is a Neighborhood North of Houston Heights, Straddling North Main St. Sunset Heights has a lot of new home construction and an active Civic Association. The area it covers is roughly E 23rd St, north to the 610 Loop.; between N Yale and Airline. The purpose of this post is to compare land [...]
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 [...]
The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR.com) reported Houston home sales up again for April. Sales were up about 25% over April of last year. Their conclusion was that the increase is due to the effects of the First Time Homebuyer Credit, and seasonal effects (Spring, early summer are always good sales months). I won’t say [...]
by Rich on April 15, 2010
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 [...]
by Rich on December 17, 2009
Houston’s Lindale Park Home Prices Have Appreciated. 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 steadily increasing. Appreciation hasn’t been as much as the home [...]
by Rich on November 27, 2009
Houston Real Estate Market Enjoys Second Consecutive Month of Positive Home Sales Volume. The headline above was quoted from a recent HAR.com press release. Big deal! Those two months were the aftermath of hurricane Ike…they sucked. We were all busy chasing Reliant Energy trucks down the street, begging to get power back on. Then we hunted tree trimmers [...]
by Rich on November 19, 2009
Garden Oaks is a close-in neighborhood of approximately 1400 homes. It was to be the “next River Oaks” until WWII started. Now a delightful neighborhood of updated 1950′s homes on curved, shaded streets.