- Redfin Launches New Home Value Estimate Tool in Houston [HBJ]
- The Houston Neighborhoods Where Rents Are Rising and Falling the Most [HBJ]
- New Temenos Building That Provides Services for the Homeless Opens Near Downtown [Houston Public Media; previously on Swamplot]
- The Last of the Blair House Apartments at 4139 Bellaire Blvd. [Houston Streetwise; previously on Swamplot]
- Dallas Firm CyrusOne Opens First Phase of Houston West III Data Center at Its Massive Campus in the Energy Corridor [HBJ]
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Expanding To Sugar Land’s Imperial Market [Houston Chronicle]
- State Officials To Detail Plans for Elevated Managed Lanes Along Loop 610 at Meeting Next Week [Houston Chronicle]
- Pemex Opens First Gas Station Outside of Mexico in Houston, More Planned [Houston Chronicle]
- Ranking the Houston-Area Suburbs with the Most Things To Do [Houston Chronicle]
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Southside Place is a suburb? Might as well call neighboring Bellaire and West U suburbs then, in which case I’m surprised they aren’t on the list.
Trying to keep score here — can the Westbranch neighborhood be officially counted as part of the Energy Corridor now? I mean — especially with the arrival of the CyrusOne goliath — the area has developed to the point where it looks like it would belong. . . .
For a while, I really thought Blair House would survive, but alas, no. It was always well-kept and had many longtime residents. If I were the developer, I’d hold off on building for at least a year. The pricey townhomes just east on Holcombe don’t seem to be going very fast, and nothing’s happening at all on other tracts that held some of the old Shell building.
My impression of Bellaire Blvd, between the RR tracks and Edloe, is one of frenetic over development. But given the location, I expect all of these town homes and such to sell like hotcakes.
As a residential appraiser I have pretty accurate valuation of my home. The Redfin estimate site has my value at least $50k higher than what it’s worth. Being in a neighborhood comprised of either fully renovated listings or properties requiring full renovations ready to be flipped, how exactly does Redfin account for this discrepancy without actually looking inside a home?