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Historic Preservation Ordinance Update
6 November, 2010| Neighborhoods & Communities, Education
Historic Preservation Ordinance Update Please note that the Houston City Councilrecently adopted a new Historic Preservation Ordinance.  One feature of the new ordinance is t... read more
Historic Preservation Ordinance: Important Notice...
6 November, 2010| Neighborhoods & Communities, General, Education
 Historic Preservation Ordinance: Important Notice for City of Houston By Margie Dorrance   The Houston City Council recently passed a new Historic Preservation Ordinan... read more
Looking to Buy or Sell Homes in Blackhorse Ranch?
5 November, 2010| Home Buying, Home Values & Recent Sales, Neighborh...
Looking to Buy or Sell Homes in Blackhorse Ranch?       Blackhorse Ranch is almost fully developed with just a handful of lots and newly constructed homes available for sale.&nbs... read more
OPEN HOUSES this weekend in Houston Heights, Norhi...
5 November, 2010| Home Buying, Neighborhoods & Communities, Open Hou...
Click on the link below to see detailed information on open houses this weekend.  You can click on the photo to see more photos and click on the address to see a map.http://harlistings.marketlinx... read more
Dentist: Give Away Halloween Leftovers
5 November, 2010| Home Buying, Neighborhoods & Communities, General
Dentists: Give Away Halloween LeftoversBy Peter St. OngeRISMEDIA, November 5, 2010--(MCT)--You might think that dentists embrace Halloween, that our annual sweet-a-thon conjures pleasant visions of dr... read more
What that letter from the City of Houston's Marlen...
5 November, 2010| Neighborhoods & Communities, Education, Public/Pri...
     It is important to understand what is meant by ordinary repair and maintenance.  A Heights homeowner recently wanted to replace/reside the 117 siding on his home in one... read more
JAGUAR LAND ROVER HOUSTON NORTH RETURNS AS SPONSOR...
5 November, 2010| Home Buying, Neighborhoods & Communities, Houston...
Jaguar Land Rover Houston North is thrilled to be a part of the 13th Annual Ice Rink at The Woodland Town Center. We look forward to this event each year and take great pride in being a part of the... read more
One Reason for Housing Glut: Fewer New Households
4 November, 2010| Housing Market, Neighborhoods & Communities, Gener...
By Alan J. Heavens RISMEDIA, November 4, 2010--(MCT)--U.S. household formations are at their lowest since 1947, data from the Census Bureau show. And that's helping to keep the supply of unsold homes... read more
Saying NO to the Historic District Ordinance does...
4 November, 2010| Neighborhoods & Communities, Education, Public/Pri...
If you received the above letter in the mail this past week, you may be under the impression that repealing the Historic District Designation for the Houston Heights areas means loss of all previous d... read more
Telfair Residents Protest Development Plans at SL...
3 November, 2010| Home Values & Recent Sales, Neighborhoods & Commun...
Telfair residents came out in droves to speak at the October City of Sugar Land Planning & Zoning meeting. Residents came to oppose approval of any future development plans within Telfair until sc... read more
The Woodlands Real Estate – November 2010
3 November, 2010| Housing Market, Neighborhoods & Communities, Reloc...
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Keep Friendswood Beautiful Fall Haul-A-Day Saturda...
3 November, 2010| Neighborhoods & Communities, General
CITY WIDE CLEAN UP AND GARAGE SALE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2010 CENTENNIAL PARK 2200 S. FRIENDSWOOD DR. 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. NON HAZARDOUS ITEMS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED Examples of non-hazardous items... read more
More pictures of what we can't do anymore in the H...
3 November, 2010| Home Selling, Neighborhoods & Communities, Public/...
Today's post will be simple and more like a graphic novel.  Just categories of what appears to not be acceptable anymore under the Historic Preservation Ordinance (HPO) in our historic Heigh... read more
Why the Historic Preservation Ordinance affects ev...
3 November, 2010| Neighborhoods & Communities, Education, Public/Pri...
I just received this response in an email from a prospective buyer of a listing of mine:After much consideration I am going to pass on putting an offer on XXX.  While I love the house, location,... read more
Friendswood EAGLE LAKES Neighborhood Garage Sale F...
2 November, 2010| Neighborhoods & Communities, General
Eagle Lakes will be having its' first annual fall garage sale this Friday and Saturday. Please join us for some pre-holiday shopping. This is a HUGE garage sale featuring homes throughout the neighbor... read more