Houston Real Estate & Relocation

Check Your Windows for Heavy Moisture - Cold Weather During our freezing temperatures in the Houston area for the next few days (or anytime for that matter), check your windows for heavy moisture.   Even newer homes may form ice crystals on the interior of the window at the lower edge of the wind...

Recording of Jack Stockton, an 11-Yr. Old Boy, Goes Viral A recording of Jack Stockton, reciting "Jesus in Every Book of the Bible," which he memorized, has gone viral.  It was recorded during a recent church service at Salem Lutheran Church in Tomball.  According to the The Tomball Potpourri, it...

Recipe - Buffalo Wing Sauce Dip for Chips and Crackers (Quick and easy!) Someone made this and brought it to a family gathering last night and everyone loved it and was asking for the recipe: MIX TOGETHER: 8 oz. Pkg. of Philadelphia Cream Cheese - softened 1 lg. can (12.5 oz.) Tyson Canned Chick...

File Residential Homestead Exemptions by April 30, 2011 (The information below applies specifically to Texas.  Each county in Texas will have its own form.) If you owned and lived in your home on or before January 1, 2011, and do not claim a residential homestead on another property, you will pro...

"We saw a fabulous home on the internet and think we want to make an offer," isn't that unlikely of a comment to hear with so much information available online.    If you are doing your own online shopping for a home or if you live out of the area and will be purchasing without seeing it in perso...

Buying a Home with a Pool vs. Buying a Home with a Yard Large Enough to Install a Pool Later If you are planning on buying a home with a pool in the Houston area, you may be tossing around the idea of buying a home that already has a pool vs. buying a home that has a yard large enough to install ...

Tomball Restaurants: There are lots of wonderful local and family-owned Tomball restaurants and eating places that you may not know about if your aren't from the Tomball area.  Below is a list of some of my favorite local restaurants.  Do yourself a favor and try any one (or several) of them.  I ...

Rib Tickler - Re-Opening by Original Owners on January 26, 2011 If you haven't already read it in the local papers, the Rib Tickler (281) 255-8119 is scheduled to be re-opened  by the original owners, Ted and Sylvia, tomorrow - January 26, 2011.  I, for one, can't wait!  And I know a lot of othe...

Stable Gate in Cypress, TX  Year End Market Report and Home Sales As of December 31, 2010 Home Styles in Stable Gate and Homes Currently Available for Sale    (This link to Home Styles & Homes Currently Available in Stable Gate is always up-to-date -- it is updated the minute a change takes place...

  Stable Gate Community Information The Stable Gate community is a small, tucked away subdivision of nicely wooded lots and beautifully landscaped yards in Cypress, TX (Northwest Harris County), on the outskirts of Houston.  As you enter this upscale gated community, you will see the subdivision ...