“If you want to understand real estate trends in Houston, look for the cranes,” Mark Menendez, President of Douglas Elliman Texas, said in a recent Houston Life video.
Residential Real Estate
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A new HGTV show will feature a young couple and their house-flipping business in the Houston suburbs. The series, “Going for Sold,” airs for the first time on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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The top five destinations in the country for millennials are in. And according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent American Community Survey, Houston is one of them.
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Houston interior designer Ginger Barber was one of 15 designers in the country chosen to participate in Vaughan Designs’ first-ever “Made in the Shade” campaign.
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As the temperatures drop, the best place to spend your evenings is cozied up by the fireplace. While the fire adds natural warmth, there are ways to transition your home from season to season without requiring much change in your décor.
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A piece of Houston history has gone on the market for the first time since 1931. The Simon & Mamie Minchen House, which bears multiple landmark designations, was designed by one of Houston’s most iconic architects, Joseph Finger. A rare example of Italian Renaissance architecture, this 4,850-square-foot home is located on North Boulevard.
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If you are thinking about buying a home, you’re probably aware that interest rates have been rising.
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River Oaks’ newest listing, 2419 Del Monte Drive, is an architectural haven. This newly constructed home is an impressive project. It boasts many sleek and modern decorative features: museum style walls, ultra-modern, bright kitchen space and floor-to-ceiling windows throughout the home.
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What do you get when you combine a wealthy entrepreneurial engineer and the swinging ‘70s?
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The kids are off to college and now there’s extra space in the house you don’t know what to do with. Consider renting your entire home or a spare room on AirBnB.
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Houston’s skyline is dotted with glitzy high-rises, but one that’s best known as River Oaks best kept “secret” carries a blue-blooded pedigree. Conceptualized in 1962, The Regency House was built by William Dickey who owned most of the land around what is now Upper Kirby. It was the first luxury high-rise built outside downtown and marketed to River Oaks matrons moving from palatial estates.
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If there is a unique space for having a good time, odds are that Gin Design Group had a hand in designing it. Instagrammable elements abound, notably the massive colorful hammock garden at Axelrad, Scandinavian barn interiors at Goodnight Charlie’s, the lounge in the box on a stick that is The Raven Tower, the expansive geometric moss trellis in the dining room of Herb & Beet and Goode Co. Kitchen & Cantina concepts, among others.
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We recently visited Cinnamon Shore on Mustang Island and felt so inspired by the beauty and welcoming community. I’m from Florida, so being near the water always provides a sense of tranquility and calmness, which we try to convey through our work as an interior design firm.
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Workplace design is in the throes of a renaissance, according to Steelcase. Rapid advances in technology, innovation agendas, the war on talent, and employee disengagement are converging to create an “anti-corporate” backlash against traditional, uninspiring work-spaces.