We are starting a new “Weekly Wrap Up” segment each week that will review the stories we’ve published and offer up a few ideas of things going on around our great city.
So, in case you missed it:
Hwy 290 and Grand Parkway updates
Deal In Works Over Heights-Area Wal-Mart Development
MUDs and the Houston Annexation System
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In recent years, limited purpose annexations have become more popular in Houston and are now the integral part of the city’s annexation plan. This article in Impact News explains many of the details associated with the annexation system.
The graph below shows the asking price/square foot for Houston listings on Loopnet.com.
See our shopping center in Spring here.
Below is a summarization of an article on net-lease investments in the most recent issue of Globe St.’s Real Estate Forum titled “Long Term Rules in a Short-Fused Market”
For some investors, net lease investment’s income potential scores over short-term capital gains other asset classes offer.
Investors looking for quality net-leased properties won’t find them at distress-sale prices.
However, the...
The future growth of the Greater West Houston trade area validates “Why rural land is a good investment”. The predictions from the West Houston Association of over 2,000,000 people in the 100 square miles outlined on the chart below in 2050 support the wisdom of investing in land in the west, south and north west....
One of the leading search engines in commercial real estate is now offering the an iPhone App, a great alternative for real estate professionals who are always on the go.
Check out the Loopnet iPhone app featuring:
Location Finder: explore properties in your immediate area using the iPhone’s built in GPS capabilities.
Driving Directions: use Google Maps to...
One of Houston’s most comprehensive real estate blogs, Swamplot, recently highlighted Google Earth’s newest feature where you can view historical aerial images. It currently dates back to 1978 allowing you to explore the city’s growth over the past 30 years. Read and see more at Swamplot.
Photo of Astrodome area in 1978 from Google Earth via Swamplot
In Houston we are lucky to be close the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. The Center is the nation’s largest publicly funded organization devoted to real estate research and conducts in depth research on financial, socioeconomic, public policy, trade, legal, land use and local market analysis issues related to real estate.
The November 24...
In unfamiliar times many of our clients look to us for guidance on real estate investing as times are changing and the market appears risky. Real estate investments are a great means of achieving good returns on your money and there are currently many attractive acquisition opportunities for smart investors.
Although much of our advice comes...
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