Lindale Park Area Development – Light Rail Nearing

June 28, 2010

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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Woodland Heights Historic District?

June 21, 2010

Woodland Heights Historic District? Woodland Heights subdivision** is not yet a historic district, but took its first step in getting there by turning in to City Council a petition signed by 51% of residents.  Maybe it will join other Heights Historic Districts: Houston Heights East;  Historic Heights West;  and tiny Freeland Historic District. The historic designation issue was [...]

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Houston’s Woodland Heights Homes For Sale

June 16, 2010

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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Woodland Heights, Different Than Neighboring Houston Heights

June 11, 2010

Houston’s Woodland Heights is where I live. I bought my house many years ago as a derelict old Craftsman bungalow. It was almost falling down, but it had a wonderful wrap-around porch that I fell in love with. See my post about stumbling upon the neighborhood,  falling in love with Woodland Heights, and becoming a [...]

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Houston Heights Homes Sales are Strong

June 7, 2010

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 [...]

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Spring Branch Home Prices

May 12, 2010

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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Houston Close-In Neighborhood Price Trends – Part 2

April 19, 2010

See Part 1 of Houston Subdivision Price Trends where price trends of Houston Heights homes were covered. Considering buying or selling a Heights home? Check out the previous post. This data was taken from the yearly Houston Chronicle Subdivision price trends supplement which came out 04/11/10. I look forward to this yearly supplement because it’s a quick [...]

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Houston Heights Home Price Trends & Surrounding 1950′s Neightborhoods

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 [...]

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Houston’s Spring Branch; A Difficult SubdivisionTo Describe

April 8, 2010

First, check my Interactice Map of Neighborhoods to see where Spring Branch is located. Spring Branch is a complex area to describe. Even the location is tough to define.  It is bounded roughly by I-10 to the south; BW8 on the west; 290 on the east; Clay Rd on the north. The east end (near [...]

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Heights New Home Construction – Part 3 – Complete!

March 25, 2010

 Houston Heights House for Sale. 931 Nicholson St $539,900 In part 1 and part 2 of Heights New House Construction Process, I gave a rough outline of how a Heights Pier & Beam house is constructed.  This final post just shows the (almost) finished product. The house looks rough during painting, even after granite, tile [...]

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