Our River Oaks Market Report ~ 2022 Outlook is at the printer this week and will soon be in subscribers’ mailboxes. In the meantime, we have a sneak peak at one of the categories that we always cover – the under-served Under $2 Million – that we have fleshed out with some extra graphs. Note:
In Houston’s fervent embrace of the new and shiny, there’s not much in our city that dates from 1871. A notable exception is Glenwood Cemetery, which last year celebrated 150 years of providing a burial place for Houstonians. Located at 2525 Washington Avenue just west of Sawyer Street, Glenwood is an 88-acre oasis of quiet
Areas in the Neighborhood In past years, and especially since the great oil and gas shakedown of the 1980s, the presumption has been that prize properties in the Country Club section of River Oaks rarely changed hands (except perhaps the smaller ones or those on the periphery). And yet we have recently witnessed this as
If you are a home-buyer, the very first thing you will do after the seller has accepted your offer and everyone has signed the purchase agreement is book an inspector to check the systems of your new house. This is not the same as an appraisal. A home appraisal is an estimate of how much
The most popular topic of conversation at any social gathering is always food and restaurants. But the second most popular topic is certainly real estate. We find people are endlessly interested in real estate, even if they are not personally in the market. Here are seven questions we hear often, especially since the pandemic started.
Let’s say your spouse’s elderly mother is moving in with you. What kinds of accommodations should you make for her? The answer is the same whether you plan to age in your own home or simply want to add features to make your property safer and more accessible for others. In the United States, we
The Language of Dress as Practiced by Four Current World Leaders Click images for source It’s a game that my wife and I play after work. As we settle down to watch the evening news, unsolicited I make observations about the dress of male newscasters or the pundits being interviewed. Something in the line of,
If Cameron and I were to poll homebuyers as to what single room can make or break a home purchase, the winner would be the kitchen. (Duh!) The kitchen is the source of food and drink, comfort and relaxation. And even if you don’t cook much, you probably find that the kitchen is where your
The twiddling of thumbs traditionally reaches its climax in mid-August for real estate practitioners in River Oaks. A client recently pointed out that one should try to be considerate when tempted to say that “everyone has gone to Colorado,” since clearly some of us remain on guard in person in the Bayou City. Twiddling our
Question: What is a CMA? Answer: A CMA – or comparative market analysis – is an excellent way to determine the sales price of your house or the value of a house that you wish to buy. It’s a data-crunching exercise that compares recent sales of similar properties while taking in account house square footage,