Houston Neighborhood Price Trends – Houston Heights Homes, Oak Forest, Garden Oaks & others.
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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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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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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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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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I’m amazed at how many friends and clients I have who live inside the loop, or just outside, who know nothing about Lindale Park. It’s a charming 1940’s community that has maintained its uniqueness. It is just the other side of I-45 from the Heights, but a different world all together. In 1937, Mr. Roy Reid [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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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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