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Seventh Listing May Be the Charm For Briargrove Park Hopeful

This property in Briargrove Park has had more MLS lives than Henry VIII had wives. The current listing is the fourth round for the same agent and seventh for the address since November 2010. In the...

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Ken Lay’s Former Condo Has Vanished

From the for-sale listings, at least. A reader tips us off that the former Enron CEO’s 12,827-sq.-ft. condo on the 33rd floor of The Huntingdon highrise at 2121 Kirby — which with a break or 2 has...

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West U’s Haus und Häuschen

There’s a stuccoed Dutch-Colonial-Swiss Colony on the not-so-mountainous streets behind Weslayan Plaza’s west side in the College Court section (aka the “chimney”) of West University Place. The...

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Fencing Off the Urban Setting of an Upper Kirby Contemporary

Behind the curbside growth gone wild, a far tidier contemporary home has been hiding (above) in plain view since 1998. The Upper Kirby property dropped its price April Fool’s Day to $745,000, down...

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Shaving the Price of the Fiery Neuhaus House in Shadyside

A megasized 1920 “cottage” in the gated community of Shadyside has knocked a couple mil off its asking price; it’s now at $8.9 million, compared with the $11.5 million in its March 2013 debut. All the...

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How the Ken Lay Condo Sale Worked Out

A slideshow featured on the website of the Houston Business Journal (and noted in our Headlines post this morning) features the 7 most expensive homes sold in Houston last year. Coming in at No. 3 is...

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Maxing Out a Mini-Lot in Houston Heights

A wee corner lot in the Houston Heights East Historic District carries a 1920 home’s addition on its back instead of in its back yard, which is occupied instead by the “tandem” one-car-wide garage....

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Stepping (Carefully) Through a Revived Spanish Revival in Lancaster Place

Note: The pricing history noted previously in this story was inaccurate. We’ve corrected it below. From a pint-sized perch above a set of arched windows, saintly statuary appears to be keeping an eye...

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A Modern Colquitt Townhome’s Gently Lowering Price Tag

Overhangs, cutouts, and eyebrow arches shade the balconies and patios of a 2005 stucco contemporary in Lancaster Place. The townhome’s price in its relisting today by the same agent, $749,990, is...

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Splashing Down Behind the Wall of a Split-Lot Property in Westhaven Estates

The frontrunner on a split lot with a shared driveway, this 2002 contemporary in the Westhaven Estates area captures space for a splash zone courtyard. Sculpted landscaping and decorative panels...

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A Fifties Bachelor Pad Returns to the Woodshire Stage with a Bow at $550K

If portions of this open-plan Woodshire mod look a bit like a stage set (top), that was likely the idea. The 1957 custom designed pad, by architects Dunaway & Jones, was for Joseph T. Finkelstein,...

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Will This Well-Pointed West U Home Bring in $765K?

Over in West University, one of the updated brick bungalows in the Rice Court neighborhood makes a few good points — in its windows, archways, and a section of living room ceiling vaulted into the...

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