Houston Heights

From John Frel - Mortgage Master and Foodie Guru "Developers want to build a storage facility on 11th Street in the middle of the Heights It will be seven stories tall, dominating 11th street and towering over our neighborhood. It will increase truck traffic driven by inexperienced drivers on our streets. It will be a source of light pollution, affecting the quality of life for nearby residential...

  The Independence Heights is exploding with growth and construction, those who are not familiar with the Independence Heights, it is north of 610 freeway.  It's 90% African American which is great... I love the diversity. The changes are exploding in the area. However some people see this as they are being pushed out of the area. Summer frowning because lot prices have went from $25,000 for...

Will home prices increase in 2021? So many people want to know this.  In 2020. during the pandemic we expected the prices to fall and some people speculated that the housing market will crash.  Now those experts are saying 2021. But being a real estate broker for the last 15 years in the Houston Heights, Montrose, Eado, and Innerloop. I can safely say that these areas are in high demand. Houston,...

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Missing Heights neighbor Mary Cerruti   Only a few neighbors on Allston Street knew a little about Missing Heights neighbor Mary Cerruti, a lady who quietly vanished around 2014. A year later, a realtor had to buy her Houston Heights home after a foreclosure auction. Then he offered all her belongings (trash for him) for sale. A kind neighbor, Elizabeth Stein decided to pick up and save...

Lights in the Heights   Our Woodland Heights neighbors have been suffering with traffic congestion problems and how hard (nearly impossible) it is to have two-way traffic flow with parking on both sides. Blocked driveways made them sick! To improve this situation, they set one-way traffic flow with parking on both sides for almost every east-west street t in 2018. Bayland, Pecore, and White...

Wedding in Historic Fire Station of Houston Heights   Let’s remember the beautiful wedding of Meredith and her beloved Philip. They got married in June 2015 at the Second Baptist Church. Then celebrated reception at the Historic Heights Fire Station. You would not believe what a wonderful location this could be for your big day unless you see it. This is why we are bringing some pics of...

Shootings in Houston Heights possibly linked to unsolved Baytown murder   On November 2018, local police informed the responsible for shooting a man in Houston Heights the previous month could be related to two other shootings. Houston Police with Baytown Police held a televised conference and released a composite sketch of the suspect.  Police also released surveillance photos of the car...

The New Houston Farmer's Market is on the search for new tenants... but the KEY is they want to hear from you... Yes you there on the couch. They have the space for few more new tenants, however the goal is to have the farmer's market represent Houston's exceptional taste buds. They would like the farmer's market be a place where everyone feels welcome, and can have their deepest food taste served. The...

Mapping Houston Heights — Houston’s First Suburb – Save Texas History   Houston Heights was one of the first planned communities in Texas and Houston’s first suburb. The development promised to be “a new field of enterprise worthy of close cultivation by the Home-seeker and Capitalist". Further, a community where residents could live and work in health and safety. Curiously, the...