Houston Properties: Types Of Houston Homes for Sale
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Deciding on the Type of Houston Properties For Sale to Buy
There are many types of Houston homes to choose from and each has its advantages and disadvantages. Think about your needs before making a decision. Don’t forget to look beyond the walls. The location surrounding your home can be almost as important as the environment inside of it!
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Table of Contents
- Houston's Most Sought-after Properties
- Houston Condo Types
- Houston's Self-sustaining and Cost-effective Homes
- The Best Houston Realtor to Sell Your Home
Houston's Most Sought-after Properties
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Single-family Houston Home
Single-family homes in Houston are the most popular style and often the most solid investment. These homes are free-standing (meaning they don't touch their neighbors) and sit on their own lot. Thereby, single-family homes offer a greater degree of privacy but are often more expensive than their counterparts.
Houston Townhome / Houston Townhouse
Townhomes are one of several types of single-family homes joined by common walls. These units offer less privacy than a single-family detached home but still provide separate indoor and outdoor spaces. These homes can cost less to buy and maintain.
Houston has experienced a significant increase in townhomes recently as they are easy to maintain, have been priced attractively for Houston homeowners, and are easy for builders to construct.
Houston Patio Homes
Patio homes in Houston are single-family, free-standing homes on small lots. Houston patio homes are for anyone who dreams about having the freedom to live without the hassles of home and yard maintenance.
Patio homes in Houston Texas are usually built with 2, 3 or 4 homes in each building instead of the continuous row of homes common with townhouses.
Houston Condo Types
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Houston’s skyline is adorned with a mix of established luxury high-rises, converted loft buildings, boutique mid-rises, and condominium complexes. The city is home to more than 115 residential high-rise and mid-rise condos.
Condo living is becoming very popular. Next-door living to the city’s best “work-and-play” establishments, lock-and-leave lifestyle, security and full-service amenities are just some of its main benefits.
Houston Duplex
These types of homes feature two units one above the other or side by side. In many cases, the owner usually lives in one unit and rents the other.
Houston Condominiums (Condos)
Condos are defined as individually owned housing units within a larger property. The ownership of the unit is based on the legal description of the space the unit actually occupies, in addition to a shared interest in the common areas of the property.
Condos usually feature a common area shared by all owners. Maintenance fees called "assessments" are typically paid to a condominium association to maintain, repair, or improve the property. Condominiums can be high-rise residential buildings, townhouse complexes, individual houses, and low-rise residential buildings.
Houston High Rises
Houston Texas offers over 80 residential high-rise buildings. High-rise units are typically condominium units or apartment units. Typically, Houston high rises offer one to eight units per floor and range from 10 to over 30 stories.
Most buildings have shared amenities including valet parking, pool, common areas, concierge services, and many more.
Houston Mid Rise
Houston mid-rise buildings are very similar to high-rise, except they range between five and ten stories. Typically a mid-rise building will offer fewer tenant services than a high rise.
Houston Loft
Houston Loft apartments are condominiums or apartments that are generally converted from former industrial buildings. The general nomenclature of warehouse-to-loft conversions may also be used for developments of industrial or warehouse buildings into apartments and condominiums.
"Loft-style" may also refer simply to developments where a street-level business occupies the first floor while apartment "lofts" are placed above the first floor. Most Houston lofts are located Downtown Houston.
Houston's Self-sustaining and Cost-effective Homes
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Houston Link or Carriage Homes
Carriage houses are joined by garages or carports which provide access to the front and back yards. Builders sometimes join basement walls so that link houses appear to be single-family homes on small lots.
These houses can be less expensive than single-family detached homes. These are found infrequently in Houston as most homes do not have basements.
Houston Manufactured Homes
Manufactured homes are factory-built single-family homes that can be transported to your chosen location and placed on a surface-mounted foundation. The term manufactured home has replaced the term "mobile home" in many cases.
Houston Modular Homes
Modular homes are also factory-built homes constructed in compliance with local building codes. The home is typically shipped to your location in two or more sections. It may or may not have featured a sub-frame.
The Best Houston Realtor to Sell Your Home
The Houston Properties Team has a well-defined structure based on the individual strengths of each member. Each member is a specialist in their role – which is why our homes sell faster and for more money than average.
Paige Martin, Broker Associate with Keller Williams Realty, and the Houston Properties Team are ranked among the top residential Realtors in the world.
They have been featured on TV and in dozens of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Reuters, Fox News in the Morning, Money Magazine, Houston Business Journal, Houstonia, and Houston Chronicle.
Paige Martin was just ranked as the #5 agent in the world with Keller Williams, completing over $1 Billion in Houston residential real estate sales.
Recent awards include:
– 2022: #1 Residential Real Estate Team by Sales Volume, Houston Business Journal
– 2021: Best Real Estate Teams in America, RealTrends.com
– 2021: Top 100 Women Leaders in Real Estate of 2021
– 2021: America’s Top 100 Real Estate Agents
– 2021: Top Real Estate Team (Houston Properties Team), Houston Business Journal
– 2021: Best Houston Real Estate Team, Best of Reader’s Choice
– 2021: Top Real Estate Team (Houston Properties Team), Houston Business Journal
– 2021: #1 Real Estate Team, Keller Williams Memorial
– 2020: America’s Best Real Estate Teams, Best of America Trends
– 2020: Best Houston Real Estate Team, Best of Reader’s Choice
– 2020: Top Real Estate Team (Houston Properties Team), Houston Business Journal
– 2020: #6 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Worldwide
– 2020: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Texas (Top Keller Williams Realtor)
– 2020: #1 Real Estate Team, Keller Williams Memorial
- 2019: Top Residential Realtors in Houston, Houston Business Journal
- 2019: America’s Best Real Estate Agents, RealTrends.com
- 2019: #5 Individual Agent, KW Worldwide
- 2019: #1 Individual Agent, KW Texas
- 2018: #5 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Worldwide
- 2018: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Texas
- 2018: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Houston
- 2018: America’s Best Real Estate Agents, RealTrends.com
- 2018: Top 25 Residential Realtors in Houston, Houston Business Journal
- 2018: Texas’ Most Influential Realtors
- 2017: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Texas
- 2017: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Houston
- 2017: #10 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Worldwide
- 2017: America’s Best Real Estate Agents, RealTrends.com
- 2017: Top 25 Residential Realtors in Houston, Houston Business Journal
- 2017: Texas’ Most Influential Realtors
- 2016: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Texas
- 2016: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Houston
- 2016: #20 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Worldwide
- 2016: Texas’ Most Influential Realtors
- 2016: Top 25 Residential Realtors in Houston, HBJ
- 2016: Five Star Realtor, Featured in Texas Monthly
- 2016: America’s Best Real Estate Agents, RealTrends.com
- 2015: #9 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, United States
- 2015: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Texas
- 2015: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams, Houston
- 2015: America’s Best Real Estate Agents, RealTrends.com
- 2015: Top 25 Residential Realtors in Houston, HBJ
- 2015: Five Star Realtor, Texas Monthly Magazine
- 2014: America’s Best Real Estate Agents, RealTrends.com
- 2014: #1 Individual Agent, Keller Williams Memorial
...in addition to over 318 additional awards.
Paige also serves a variety of non-profits, and civic and community boards. She was appointed by the mayor of Houston to be on the downtown TIRZ board.
Benefits Of Working With The Houston Properties Team
Our team, composed of distinguished and competent Houston luxury realtors, has a well-defined structure based on the individual strengths of each member.
We find the team approach as the most effective way to sell homes. We have dedicated people doing staging, marketing, social media, open houses, and showings. Each Houston Properties Team member is a specialist in their role—which is why our homes sell faster and for more money than average.
The benefits of working with a team include:
- the ability to be in two or three places at one time; a member can handle showings, while another answer calls
- collective time and experience of members
- targeted advice and marketing of agent expert in your area
- competitive advantage by simply having more resources, more ideas, and more perspectives
- a “checks and balances” system; selling and buying a home in Houston is an intensely complex process
- more people addressing field calls and questions from buyers and agents to facilitate a faster, successful sale
- efficient multi-tasking; one agent takes care of inspections and repair work, while another agent focuses on administrative details
- multiple marketing channels using members’ networks
- constant attention: guaranteed focus on your home and your transaction
- lower risk for mistakes. Multiple moving parts increase oversights. A team approach handles these “parts” separately
- flexibility in negotiation and marketing
- better management of document flow
- increased foot traffic through more timely and effective showing schedule coordination; and
- increased sphere of influence and exposure to more potential buyers.
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