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H+UOA Architects Nominated For Community Stewardship Awards

Hatch+Ulland Owen Architects (H+UOA) have announced that M Station, their recently designed and finished, multifamily community has been nominated by Envision Central Texas (ECT) for its 2012 Community Stewardship Award. The award is presented by ECT to recognize and

Case-Shiller: Dallas Home Prices Unchanged From January

The two major price indices of the Case-Shiller, the 10- and 20-City Composites, showed annual declines of 3.6 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively, which brought the indices to new post-bubble lows. The declines, though, were less than in January, when

Potential Homebuyers Deterred by Reality TV

Numerous reality television shows spotlighting renovation nightmares have popped up in recent years, and some are questioning their impact on potential homebuyers. Displaying the ugly side of buying a beautiful home, several of the shows were highlighted in a recent article

Texas Realtors University Goes Statewide With New Model

Texas agents are investing in the real estate profession with a state-wide roll out of Texas Realtors University. According to PR Newswire, the new model is designed to boost agent preparedness and industry professionalism. The association plans to “bridge

Houston Property Sales Increase For 10th Straight Month

Houston’s real estate market enjoyed yet another positive month in March, with home sales rising 7.8 percent

Dinora Rubio Named Rookie of the Year

Prudential Gary Greene Realtor Dinora Rubio, from the Wallisville office, received the 2011 Rookie of the Year award at a ceremony at the Westin Memorial City. Partners of the company Maryland Eiland and Mark Woodroof presented Rubio with the

Houston Embraces Density in Major Land-Use Update

Houston is a vast city composed of many neighborhoods, all of which differ by income, ethnicity and…land-use rules? According to a Houston Chronicle report, inconsistencies in building laws have for years granted construction firms leeway on the nature of their

Houston Housing Authority and HUD Awards Additional Funds to Help Homeless Vets

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently awarded $890,000 to the Houston Housing Authority (HHA) to  provide permanent residence and combat homelessness among

Barbara DiBlasi Marlin Elected as President of Women’s Council of Realtors

Barbara DiBlasi Marlin of Prudential Gary Greene Realtors, will serve a 2012 as president of the Women’s Council of Realtors (WCR) Fort Bend chapter. She will serve  a one-year term and will be responsible for presiding over monthly board

Elizabeth Triplett Joins Cannon Realty & Associates

Elizabeth Triplett is the newest associate Realtor at Cannon Realty & Associates, in Woodlands. Triplett specializes in apartment locating, presidential sales and leases. “We are so excited that Elizabeth has chosen to make the move to Cannon Realty &

Case-Shiller Declines 3.9 Percent in January

The Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which measure the 10 and 20 largest metropolitan areas via composites, showed monthly and yearly declines in the latest release from Standard & Poor’s. The 10-city composite showed an annual decline of 3.9 percent,

Chow Ng has Joined Weichert Realtors-Waynne Murray Team

Chow Ng has joined the sales team at Weichert Realtors-Wayne Murray Properties and will serve buyers and sellers in the Greater Fort Bend County. Ng is a resident of Stafford. “We are always gratified when a new agent sees

Waller Team Expending to Bring Residents to Small Towns

Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors’ Cypress office is expending and restructuring its Wallace office to better serve dwellers who are looking for a small town experience. According to Rich Guderyon, manager of Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors’ Cypress office, a team

Ashby High-Rise to Move Forward, Despite Citizen Resistance

Mayor Annise Parker announced Monday night that she signed a settlement between the city and the developers of the Ashby High-Rise, the much-resisted Southampton development that will now officially move forward. The mayor’s announcement came as no surprise, after

2012 Houston Home Sales Prepare for Takeoff

January marked the eighth consecutive month of positive home sales in Houston, with sales in the state increasing 9.2 percent from 2011 and 4.8 percent from December, according to the latest statistics from the Houston Association of Realtors

Dianne McCoy is New Director of Professional Development at Prudential Gary Greene

  Prudential Gray Greene Realtor partners, Marilyn Eiland and Mark Woodroof, are excited to announce that industry leader Dianne McCoy has joined the company in the newly created position of director of professional

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