http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog Houston Texas real estate blog covering Houston homes for sale, buyer and seller tips, and Houston condos for sale. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:30:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Caceres A Spanish Oasis Caceres is a Spanish inspired luxury development in the 77007 zip code of Houston, Texas, bordering Rice Military. This project takes Houston townhomes to a new level with the entire development modeled after the Andalusian walled cities of Spain. The project was designed by Preston Wood of ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/houston-condos-and-townhomes-for-sale/caceres-a-luxury-houston-townhome-community/ [caption id="attachment_86" align="alignleft" width="263" caption="HP Headquarters"][/caption] Good news for four Houston suburbs was released today.  Hewlett-Packard Co. purchased 97 acres just outside of Hockley.  The land purchase was 38 miles Northwest of downtown Houston and just 18 miles from the main Houston campus.  The land purchase was made in preperation for ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/houston-real-estate-market-news/houston-real-estate-news-hp-makes-large-land-purchase-for-new-facility/ I am very excited for tomorrows Real Estate Bar Camp which is being held in my neck of the woods or should I say my neck of the Woodlands.  Sorry couldn't help myself the pun was just so easy.  Anyways tomorrows event is being held at the City of Shenandoah ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/events/real-estate-bar-camp-houston-texas/ [caption id="attachment_71" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Wall Street Trading"][/caption] With the mortgage bailout bill playing center stage on all of the national news stations, I thought it was the perfect time to release the second post in my basic mortgage education series.  The first post of this series covered the history of mortgages ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/basic-houston-mortgage-education/the-secondary-mortgage-market-and-how-it-works/ [caption id="attachment_61" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Houston New Office Building"][/caption] According to Grubb & Ellis the Katy Freeway and Energy Corridor areas had the greatest amount of office activity for the third quarter 2008.. This market area had 323,010 square feet of absorption during the third quarter.  Placing the total absorption for this ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/houston-real-estate-market-news/houston-real-estate-market-report-on-3-quarter-office-activity/ Earlier this morning, I was scouring the web reading many of the blogs that inspired me to start blogging.  I came across a post from Real Lawyers Have Blogs that discussed the ambulance chasing behavior that has given lawyers a bad name. It especially struck me because of the overwhelming ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/opinions/volture-like-behavior-the-definition-of-unprofessional/ Welcome to the Kirby 7575 Condominium Resort living  [caption id="attachment_41" align="alignleft" width="448" caption="7575 Kirby Resort Condominiums"][/caption] An intimate master-planned condo resort community of 176 homes located at 7575 Kirby. These homes have a refined air about them with fine finishings and quality throughout. This Mediterranean style beach resort at 7575 Kirby is ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/houston-condos-and-townhomes-for-sale/the-7575-kirby-resort-condominiums/ [caption id="attachment_35" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Houston Luxury Home"][/caption] I decided to take an academic approach to organizing by mortgage education series. I felt it would be fitting for the blog category title of Basic Houston Mortgage Education. I will begin this series by covering a brief history of the United States mortgage ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/basic-houston-mortgage-education/the-history-of-mortgages-told-by-the-houston-homes-source/ Help, I need to sell my home fast! To launch the new Houston Homes Source blog I have decided to make my very first post on the most common question I hear from Houston Home owners.  With the sear number of times a week I hear the following question I thought ... http://www.houstonhomessource.com/blog/httphoustonhomessourcecomblogseller-tips/houston-homes-market-sellers-most-frequently-asked-question/