Houston

Nicole Espinosa Keeps Up Momentum With Brokerage Move

By Joshua Baethge / July 12, 2018 /

Nicole Espinosa, the top agent for the past three years at JP and Associates, has joined Keller Williams. She and her team of five agents will be based out of the Preston Road location in Dallas. “In order for us to get to where we want to be I felt like this was a much…

On SecondShelters.com: Houston Mansion Boasts Luxury —  and a Mysterious Owner

By Bethany Erickson / May 6, 2018 /

It’s a home designed by a famed architect, and it is also potentially the keeper of secrets of Houston elite — and now the Davis Mansion (or the Kingston-Davis House, as it’s now called) is up for sale. Depending on who you ask, Evalyn Davis was either romantically involved with oilman T.P. Lee, was a…

Apartment Completions Are Booming, But So Are Rents

By Bethany Erickson / March 30, 2018 /

There may be a lot of apartments being built in Texas, but that’s not necessarily translating to more affordable rents, one economist said at a recent conference on affordable housing held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Greg Willett, chief economist at RealPage, told the group assembled that the same affordable housing issues that…

Yardi, RentCafe Offer Hurricane Harvey Displacement Service

By Joanna England / September 11, 2017 /

So many people lost everything — homes, cars, and all their possessions — in the wrath wrought by Hurricane Harvey. But there’s another category of people who were just as badly affected by this record-breaking storm: renters.  In some cases, renters are required to continue paying rent on uninhabitable apartments and homes, and some can’t…

Surviving Hurricane Harvey: One Family’s Story

By Karen Eubank / September 5, 2017 /

The moment Hurricane Harvey hit, everyone called family and friends to see if they were safe and find out what we could do. My first call was to my friends Suzy and Brian. Brian is a vice president with an energy company. Suzy is a designer and owner of an antique shop. They have two…