Building the Houston home of the future

Building the Houston home of the future

Ralph Bivens of CultureMap.com, a Houston-centric digital lifestyle magazine , reports on the New American Home built for this year’s International Builder’s Show in Or....

A Sugar-less Sugar Land

A Sugar-less Sugar Land

If you haven’t already seen it, here’s some video of the recent implosions of the old Imperial Sugar Company factory off of Hwy 90 in Sugar Land.  Johnson Development ....

Midtown residents are happier than folks in Katy

Midtown residents are happier than folks in Katy

Thanks to Houston Tomorrow for referring this article from USA Today.  Apparently, walkable neighborhoods make for happier folk.  The study was conducted by Journal of Applied Re....

Houston Real estate related tax deductions – 2010

Houston Real estate related tax deductions – 2010

Let’s start right off the bat.  I am not a CPA.  I am not an accountant.   However, I will provide you with a little food for thought related to your tax deductions as we ....

Watch out Chicago, Houston’s coming for ya

Watch out Chicago, Houston’s coming for ya

I know. It’s not about quantity. It’s about quality. And of course, Houston passed Chicago in the quality category a long time ago. However, we’re Texans, and we ....

Need a job, Houston has jobs

Need a job, Houston has jobs

A little offshore drilling ban won’t keep Houston down.  Houston Business Journal reports that Houston’s job market added 9500 non-Ag jobs in October.  Houston contin....