HOUSING & REAL ESTATE
The deadline is May 17 for residents to protest their appraised property values set by the Harris County Appraisal District earlier this year, and officials are encouraging protesters to take online options into account. (Courtesy Pexels)
Harris County residents have until May 17 to protest property values
Cy-Fair office vacancies rise as more work remotely
Mobility projects connect new Cy-Fair developments to major arteries
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, vacancy rates across are up all three major sectors of Cy-Fair’s commercial real estate landscape. (Courtesy Pexels)
Data: Commercial real estate vacancy rates remain up year over year in Cy-Fair
Homes priced above $750,000, such as this one in the Heights, saw a surge in sales in March, with almost twice as many properties sold. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)
Average Houston single-family home price jumps 20% in March
The temporary waiver covering initial vehicle registration, vehicle registration renewal, vehicle titling, renewal of permanent disabled parking placards and 30-day temporary permits will end April 14. (Hannah Zedaker/Community Impact Newspaper)
DMV officials say no grace period following waiver of car title, registration; new housing set for Magnolia, Cypress
Archie Dunham (third from left) celebrates the ground breaking at Dunham Pointe alongside homebuilders and local government officials. (Courtesy Dunham Pointe)
Developers break ground on new master-planned community Dunham Pointe in Cypress
Home prices continue to increase, according to local real estate data. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
DATA: Cy-Fair home prices increased in every ZIP code in first quarter
DATA: Cy-Fair office, retail vacancy rates tick upward as one-year anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic passes
Former trustee Sonal Bhuchar will be the namesake for Fort Bend ISD's 53rd elementary school, while the district's 12th high school will be named for former English teacher Almeta Crawford. (Claire Shoop/Community Impact Newspaper)
New Fort Bend ISD schools get names; H-GAC passes I-45 resolution and more top Houston-area news
Homes in Prairieland Village could begin opening as early as spring 2022. (Rendering courtesy Howard Hughes Corp.)
FIRST LOOK: Howard Hughes Corp. announces new details about Bridgeland's Prairieland Village
Sales on single-family homes saw a slight 1.2% bump compared to a year ago. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)
Despite February winter storm, Houston-area home sales see increase
DATA: Industrial vacancies in Cy-Fair area top 15% as new buildings added over past year
Flood mitigation project proposed at Longwood Golf Club in Cypress
Keith Luechtefeld spoke with Community Impact Newspaper about some of the short-term and long-term repercussions of the storm as well as some of the reasons why so many homes saw burst pipes during the freezing weather. (Community Impact staff)
Q&A: Greater Houston Builders Association President Keith Luechtefeld discusses power, plumbing, frozen pipes after Winter Storm Uri
Sales on single-family homes jumped 27.7% compared to a year ago. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)
Houston-area home sales up 28% in January
Waller ISD has about 8,000 students (Courtesy Waller ISD)
Bridgeland developers announce plans for new Waller ISD elementary school
The Shops at 290 & Louetta was sold to a Harris County otolaryngologist, who will use a portion of the building to open a practice this summer. (Courtesy NewQuest Properties)
ENT physician buys new retail building in Cypress with plans to open practice this summer
Officials said Beacon Hill will help spur future growth in the city of Waller and in the surrounding area. (Rendering courtesy Wolff Companies)
Wolff Companies acquires additional 43 acres for Beacon Hill development in Waller