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Tuesday, Jun 25

05

The Top ‘Must Haves’ for Today’s Home Buyers

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SEATTLE – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) – If you’re looking to purchase a luxury home, and are content that laying down an investment of a million dollars or more is well within your wheelhouse, then you’ve no doubt drafted a list of…

Monday, Jun 24

19

New Montrose Hotel will Exude an Experiential Vibe

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HOUSTON – By Cynthia Lescalleet (for Realty News Report) – Hotel St. Augustine under construction in Houston’s Montrose area, expects its role to be both a broad-appeal destination and a neighborhood resource for one of the city’s most…

Friday, Jun 21

14

RNR Real Estate Briefs – Texas & more

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RNR Real Estate Briefs from Realty News Report – HOUSTON — Cresa, the world’s largest occupier-only commercial real estate firm, handled the sale of a 50,000-SF, newly developed, multi-tenant industrial park located at 5801 Breen Drive, in…

Friday, Jun 14

05

Houston average home price hits record high in May

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HOUSTON – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) — Houston’s average home price hit a record high of $443,970 in May, up 3.6 percent from May 2023 when the average price was $428,350., the Houston Association of Realtors reported. Dwindling…

Wednesday, Jun 12

High mortgage rates stifle home ownership

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HOUSTON — (By Dale King, Realty News Report) — Persistently high interest rates continue to keep home ownership out of reach for many Houston area residents who might otherwise be poring over listings in search of a new domicile, says new…

Tuesday, Jun 11

15

East River Lands HQ Lease

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Orion Group Holdings, a marine construction firm, is moving its global headquarters to Midway’s 150-acre East River development near the eastern edge of downtown Houston. Orion Group Holdings leased 63,519…

Monday, Jun 10

18

Griffin Partners Building in North Houston

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Griffin Partners is developing a 137,000-SF distribution called Carter Crossing in North Houston, near Beltway 8 and Interstate 45. Transwestern’s Craig Bean and Brian Gammill will provide leasing services…

Saturday, Jun 1

13

Sellers Cutting Their Asking Prices

SEATTLE – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) – The real estate market across the USA has just bestowed a roller coaster ride on folks who’ve been looking to buy or sell property, according to a new report from real estate brokerage Redfin.…

Thursday, May 30

14

Interest Rate Decline Ahead says NAR Economist

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WASHINGTON – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) — National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun imparted some optimistic real estate prognostications to professionals attending a “Residential Economic Issues & Trends Forum”…

Tuesday, May 28

13

Partners Real Estate Moving Headquarters

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Partners Real Estate, is moving its headquarters from the Four Oaks Place development in Uptown Houston to the 46-story San Felipe Plaza. Partners has leased 32.286 SF in the building, located at the…

Monday, May 20

15

The Ralph Bivins Project – Podcast Guest Scott Martin

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Scott Martin, a veteran in the Houston office market, says the owners of a number of debt-burdened buildings today are “kicking the can down the road.” The Ralph Bivins Project explores the issues. Click…

Sunday, May 19

06

Realtors Top Economist Calls This ‘Astonishing’

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WASHINGTON – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) – An “astonishing” thing happened in the U.S. housing market during the first quarter of this year, said the chief economist at the National Association of Realtors. More than 90 percent of…

Wednesday, May 15

15

Relo Update: Texas a Move-to Hub

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HOUSTON – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) – Relocation tech company moveBuddha has issued its 2024 Texas Migration Report, a document that proclaims the Lone Star State is utterly brimming with excellent economic opportunities and…

Tuesday, May 14

05

Prime Tract Purchased for Major Development

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – A prime 6.3-acre prime parcel of land near the Galleria has been acquired by a partnership that intends to build an upscale mixed-use development. The development partnership includes some of the leading…

Monday, May 13

08

Mass Timber Office Building Underway in Bridgeland

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Howard Hughes Holdings has broken ground on a mass timber office building that will use building materials and methods expected to result in a 25 percent energy savings. The project will be the first mass…

Saturday, May 11

15

Groundbreaking for Rice School of Business

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HOUSTON – (By Cynthia Lescalleet for Realty News Report) – Rice University’s building blitz continues with this week’s groundbreaking on a new building for the Jones Graduate School of Business. The 112,000-SF project is designed by…

Thursday, May 9

09

Multifamily Investors Paying Higher Prices

HOUSTON – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) — The multifamily residential market in Houston kicked off 2024 with mixed results distributed up and down the real estate ladder. Some tallies were good, some marginal and others – quite a few,…

Wednesday, May 8

13

Taylor Morrison Homes Buys Land

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Taylor Morrison Homes has acquired 56 acres of land north of Houston in the Montgomery area for single-family development, Colliers reported. The property is located within Montgomery Independent School…

Monday, May 6

15

The Ralph Bivins Project – Podcast Guest Carolyn Wolff Dorros

RALPH BIVINS: Welcome to the Ralph Bivins Project. We’re glad to be with Carolyn Wolff Dorros with the Wolff Companies, a major development firm here based in Houston. Welcome, Carolyn. Glad you’re here. CAROLYN WOLFF DORROS: Glad to be…

Saturday, May 4

16

Historic Office Towers Sold

HOUSTON – By Cynthia Lescalleet – (for Realty News Report) – New owners have new ideas for Jones on Main, a pair of buildings in downtown Houston that are linked with each other as well as the city’s skyline history. The Wideman Co., based…

Friday, May 3

15

Downtown Ready to Soar

HOUSTON – By Cynthia Lescalleet (for Realty News Report) – Just as modern parks and public spaces have learned that active programming really draws interest and attendance, downtown Houston appears to be adopting the playbook to boost…

Wednesday, May 1

12

The Ralph Bivins Project – Podcast Guest Robert Clay

HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – A company led by Robert Clay has a number of large developments underway in the Houston area. Click Here (Spotify) or Click Here (You Tube) to Listen to the Entire Podcast RALPH BIVINS: This is Ralph Bivins…

04

Perkins & Will’s New Space in Historic Tower

HOUSTON – By Cynthia Lescalleet (for Realty News Report) – As it happened during their relocation hunt downtown, the best space to move Perkins & Will’s Houston architecture studio was in the same historic building it had long occupied –…

Tuesday, Apr 30

12

Pagewood Acquires Business Park

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HOUSTON – The Pagewood real estate firm has acquired Georgibelle Business Park— an infill, industrial project with nine buildings near Interstate 10 near Beltway 8 in the Spring Branch area. Totaling 102,600 SF across more than 4.5 acres,…

Monday, Apr 29

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Another Office Building Announced for Midway’s East River

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – A new regional headquarters building will be built for Anton Paar USA in Midway’s East River development near the eastern edge of downtown Houston. Anton Paar USAA ads to a growing array of office occupiers…

16

Medical Building Breaks Ground

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – North Cypress Land Ventures LLC, a group led by Dr. Kim Keller, has broken ground on a 60,000-SF, three-story building, which is the first phase of a large medical development in the Northwest Houston area.…

Saturday, Apr 27

18

RNR Real Estate Briefs – Texas & more

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RNR Real Estate Briefs from Realty News Report KATY, Texas — NanoTech Materials, a provider of climate-resilient materials, announced the company’s move into a 42,545 SF facility in Katy. The expansion marks a milestone for the company,…

Thursday, Apr 25

15

Build-to-Rent Home Construction Hits Record High

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HOUSTON – (By Dale King, Realty News Report) – With interest rates running high, and many folks short of cash for the down payment on a domicile of their very own, the build-to-rent (BTR) industry is churning out new single-family rental…

Tuesday, Apr 23

22

Hermann Park Revamp Launches

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HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Following a massive two-year makeover and re-imagining of public space, The Commons at Hermann Park has opened on 26 much improved acres within the city’s 445-acre park near Texas Medical Center, Rice…

05

Houston is a Haven for Exterminators

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HOUSTON – (By Connor Behrens for Realty News Report) – Well, well, well, looks like Houston’s got the bugs buzzing with excitement! Just in time for National Pest Management Month, Houston has been voted by Pest Gnome as the 2nd best metro…