The Heights & Greater Heights
“The Heights” is a confusing term. It initially referred to Houston Heights, developed in the 1890’s. This is the biggest, oldest, original part of the Heights. See the page devoted to it. Over the decades several other Heights neighborhoods have grown up around it. Woodland Heights, Sunset Heights, Norhill, Brooke Smith and many more. The image below shows a few of these neighborhoods that are now collectively called the Heights.
The largest of these neighborhoods are listed below. I have a page devoted to each of them Click on the links to get prices, MLS Home Search, history, location and more.
Each one of these Heights subdivisions is unique in style, price, amount of new homes, etc.
Houston Heights Homes
Brooke Smith Homes
Norhill Homes
Sunset Heights Homes
Woodland Heights Homes
There are many more neighborhoods than these included in the the Heights area. It is bounded roughly from Durham on the west, and 3 freeways around it; 610 N Loop, I-10, and I-45. My Interactive Heights Map shows some nearby parts of the Heights and surrounding areas.
Greater Heights
Greater Heights is the relatively new term given to the area by the City. (It is the City’s designation for Super Neighborhood 15); It is comprised of all the Heights areas plus one neighborhood to the west of N Shepherd/Durham; Shady Acres. It’s kind of a meaningless term except Realtors and builders can now call the less prestigious Shady Acres “Greater Heights”…it sounds better.
Shady Acres Homes
If you are unfamiliar with the Heights, here is a quick tour of the area.
And One last quick video of some Heights shops from a blog I’ve just started, Twisted Heights.
Heights Home Sales
Heights Home Sales Crazy Home sales all over Houston have been crazy for several months now. The number of buyers keeps increasing faster than people are selling. This HAR.com link discusses the fact that sales are up, prices are up, inventory down. It is definitely sounding like a broken record. The chart below is specifically […]
Heights Historic District Renovation-Sneak Preview
Heights Historic District Renovation-1845 Harvard St HDT Builders recently sold their 625 Harvard renovation and are in the middle of their next projects. One of them is the renovation of 1845 Harvard St. 1845 Harvard is in the Heights Historic District East. It is a Mediterranean Revival style home that had been sadly neglected. An […]
Historic Preservation Fair, Houston
Historic Preservation Fair The Houston Historic Preservation Fair is Sat May 18, 2013. The half day free event covers covers a lot of issues involving homes in historic districts. June 21 update: See some notes on this class and learn about Researching Your Historic Home at my 6/21 post. Some of the topics I’m interested […]
Hot Heights Market
Hot Heights Market This is the title of the Chronicle’s Neighborhood section “Ultimate Heights” last week. A page and and half was devoted to an interview with Heights Realtor, Rich Martin (yours truly) describing the current Heights market. I described how home sales are up 20-25% over last year. More importantly though, the days on […]
Heights Home Prices
Heights Home Prices The table below was excerpted from the yearly Chronicle report on Neighborhood Price trends. It shows Heights home prices. My previous post covered prices on these other neighborhoods: Oak Forest, Garden Oaks, Lindale Park, Shady Acres, Cottage Grove, Shepherd Park Plaza, Mangum Manor, Timbergrove Manor & Lazybrook. The Heights is a […]
2012 Neighborhood Price Trends
Neighborhood Price Trends The Houston Chronicle just released it’s annual Price Trends Survey of 2012 for Houston home sales. The link allows you to search by part of town, subdivision name etc. So if you are interested in other parts of town, check out the Chronicle. I live in the Heights and sell homes here […]
Elegant Home in Heights Historic District
Elegant Home in Heights Historic District Almost Complete Jan 2014 Update: This house sold long ago, but HDT is remodeling/expanding two other big homes in historic districts. Call for details. I held open 625 Harvard St last Sunday and had a lot of visitors. For those of you following the progress on my blog or […]
Stunning Houston Heights Rental
New Heights Rentals by Shade House Development April 2015 update: These homes rented long ago, but they have built a whole new section of even better homes across the street. The rental market for inner loop homes continues to be extremely tight. My business partner does more rentals than I do. Give me a call if we […]
Studewood Place – 1111 Studewood
Studewood Place is Nearing Completion. January 2014 Update: I have no clue what is happening to these condos; they seem to be way behind schedule. MLS shows one unit just sold, and 3 others are available. Prices are $460K-$508K. The luxury mid-rise in the Heights is nearing completion. When I first wrote on Studewood Place it […]
625 Harvard-Heights Victorian Nearing Completion
HDT’s Heights Victorian Nearing Completion June 2014 Update: This house sold long ago, but HDT is working on 3 more elegant homes in Houston Heights: 1843 Harvard, 1845 Harvard, and another Victorian renovation at 1539 Rutland St. April 2016: All the homes above sold but 4 new homes are on the market: 212 – […]
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