Hello BBBB Friends:

A Labor Day sale for real estate? Apparently so. This week brought a flurry of new contracts and final sales—and even more stress on the market for available homes. With a small number of new listings, I have a very short list of featured properties to share today. The good news: new listings typically pick up for a few weeks after Labor Day. Be sure to keep scrolling down for price improvements (there are several good ones this week), new contracts, and final sales for those homes that are Still on My List.

FUN STUFF-MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Along with college football, Labor Day also kicks off the fall event season. Here are several Heights events you won’t want to miss.

September 17: Fall Concert Series at Marmion Park featuring the Duerinos. Start time is 3 pm.

October 1st: Houston Heights Boulevard Blitz – Pick your event 10k run, 5k walk, or kid’s 1k. Start time is 7:30 am.

October 28th: “A Haunting in the Heights” Candlelight Dinner & Auction.

Have a great week and,

Let’s go look at houses or talk about selling yours!!!
Becky

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*Note: For purposes of BBBB, the “Heights” is defined as the area between I-10 and Loop 610 N and between Shepherd and I-45). 

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The Week’s Featured Properties

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This Week’s Price Reductions & Status Updates

PRICE REDUCED

307 Archer: $479,990 was $489,900

• Brooke Smith
• Queen Anne bungalow c. 1930
• 2/1, 1347 sq ft on a 5000 sq ft lot
• Great curb appeal with landscaped front yard
• Updated kitchen and bath
• Pine hardwood flooring
• Study
• High ceilings
• Back deck and nice yard with greenspace and raised beds
• Secure driveway parking
• Zoned to Browning Elementary

The Brooke Smith neighborhood has an active neighborhood organization, the Montie Beach Civic Club, working to preserve the community through initiatives such as advocacy for park improvements and the establishment of minimum lot sizes. Montie Beach Park features a community center & lighted tennis courts, plus a playground & trails

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PRICE REDUCED

1118 Key: $849,900 was $899,900

• Norhill Historic District
• Craftsman bungalow c. 1930
• 3/2/1, 1920 sq ft on 5000 sq ft lot
• Renovated/expanded in 2021/2022
• Open concept living/dining/kitchen
• Primary suite with spa shower added
• Lovely and green front, side, and back yards
• Currently, street parking only
• Curbed street
• Zoned to Browning Elementary

This home’s unique, symmetrical triple-clipped-gable roof reveals that the building was constructed as a duplex in the early 20th century. Having fallen into disrepair, it was purchased in 2021, expanded, and given a new life as a single-family home.

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PRICE REDUCED

135 E 23rd St: $899,900 was $925,000

• Milroy Park
• Craftsman-style bungalow c 2012 by Rob Ryan Constr.
• 3/2/1, 2322 sq ft on 5200 sq ft lot
• First-floor primary suite
• Open game room/sitting room up
• Home office space up
• Dog run with synthetic grass
• Brick patio with gas fire-pit
• Driveway access with autogate to 2-car attached garage 
• Zoned to Helms Elementary

Once again, for those of you who love bungalows but don’t want an old house, this is a recently constructed bungalow (2012). I like the pistachio-hued dining room, but if you feel differently, it is easy to repaint. Need more play space? Halbert Park is only 1/2 block away and offers a playground, basketball, and tennis courts.

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PRICE REDUCED

414 Cortlandt: $975,000 was $985,000

• Heights South Historic District
• Greek Revival c. 2004 by Ascent Homes
• 3/2/1, 2760 sq ft on 3960 sq ft lot
• Updated kitchen and primary bath
• All bedrooms up
• Formal living & dining rooms + family room
• Oversized laundry with sink & storage
• Covered back porch & small yard w/artificial turf
• Garage APT (440 sq ft, 1-bedroom, full kitchen & bath)
• Alley access to 2 car detached garage
• Parking pads in front
• Zoned to Harvard Elementary

One of a series of 3 Greek Revival-style homes by Ascent. Convenient location just a block and a half from restaurants on White Oak. Easy access to I-10. 

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PRICE REDUCED

1202 Archer: $980,000 was $1,170,000

• Brooke Smith
• Modern farmhouse c. 2015
• 4/3, 3260 sq ft on 6500 sq ft lot
• Architectural details include ceiling beams, brick and shiplap accent walls
• Chef’s kitchen w/Hallman range
• 4th bedroom or home office w/access to full bath
• Open game room plus media room on the second floor
• Large yard with ‘pet patches’ and the potential for lots of green space
• Garage Apt/Treehouse (380 sq ft, efficiency, kitchenette & full bath)
• Driveway access with auto-gate to porte-cochere & 2-car carport
• Zoned to Browning Elementary

The “treehouse” is a 2-car carport with an apartment upstairs. The wood walls of the apartment create a mountain home/rustic feel. Note that this home is located in the 100-yr floodplain and adjacent to the floodway, however, this house was built 2 feet above the then Houston guidelines and did not flood in Harvey.

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PENDING

782 Nicholson: $474,950

• Houston Heights
• Contemporary, c. 2010 by Schwab Design
• 3/3/1, 2076 sq ft on a 1694 sq ft lot
• Original List Price: $
• Days on Market: 3

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Going, Going Gone!

SOLD

326 W 27th: $495,000

• Houston Heights
• Ranch-style c. 1953
• 2/2, 1278 sq ft on a 6550 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $515,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 96%
• Original List Price: $560,000
• Days on Market: 44
• Seller’s Contribution to Buyer’s Closing Costs: $3,500
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

1037 Walling: $565,000

• Norhill Historic District
• Craftsman bungalow c. 1928
• 2/1, 1154 sq ft on 5000 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $580,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 97%
• Original List Price: $580,000
• Days on Market: 29
• Seller’s Contribution to Buyer’s Closing Costs: $500
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

1107 Tabor: $598,000

• Brooke Smith
• Craftsman bungalow c. 2014 by Wiseman Builders
• 3/2, 1588 sq ft on a 5000 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $609,990
• List to Sell Ratio: 98%
• Original List Price: $625,000
• Days on Market: 23
• Seller Repairs: $5,000
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

1031 W Melwood: $625,000

• Norhill Historic District
• Pediment bungalow c. 1928
• 2/2, 1350 sq ft on 5000 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $625,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 100%
• Original List Price: $625,000
• Days on Market: 5
• Seller’s Contribution to Buyer’s Closing Costs: $8,000
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

1033 E 16th St: $660,000

• Norhill Historic District
• Pediment bungalow c. 1928
• 3/2, 1713 sq ft on a 5000 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $674,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 98%
• Original List Price: $719,000
• Days on Market: 38
• Seller’s Contribution to Buyer’s Closing Costs: $4,000
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

3535 Oak Ridge: $680,000

• Norhill (south of Pecore/11th St)
• Craftsman bungalow c. 1920
• 2/2, 1326 sq ft on 5600 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $699,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 97%
• Original List Price: $715,000
• Days on Market: 34
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

836 Alexander: $755,000

• Harding Heights
• Victorian style w/front loading garage c. 2014 by Bungalow Concepts
• 3/2/2, 2644 sq ft on a 2750 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $755,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 100%
• Original List Price: $755,000
• Days on Market: 3
• Seller’s Contribution to Buyer’s Closing Costs: $7,442
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

540 W 26th St #A: $965,000

• Houston Heights
• Colonial Revival with front-loading garage c. 2020 by Titan Homes
• 3/3/1, 3191 sq ft on 3275 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $900,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 107%
• Original List Price: $900,000
• Days on Market: 2
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

715 Bayland: $920,000

• Woodland Heights Historic District
• American Four Square c. 1920
• 3/1, 1872 sq ft on 5000 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $940,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 98%
• Original List Price: $940,000
• Days on Market: 9
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

628 Rutland: $1,171,750

• Houston Heights
• Victorian-style c. 2015 by Frich Investments
• 4/3/1, 3153 sq ft on 4356 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $1,225,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 96%
• Original List Price: $1,350,000
• Days on Market: 93
• Title Paid By: Seller

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SOLD

1019 Euclid: $1,475,000

• Norhill (South of Pecore/11th St)
• Craftsman bungalow c. 2012 by Modern Bungalow
• 4/3/1, 3250 sq ft on a 5000 sq ft lot
• Price at Time of Contract: $1,499,000
• List to Sell Ratio: 98%
• Original List Price: $1,550,000
• Days on Market: 20
• Title Paid By: Seller

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