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- An eye on ibuyersibuyers, these new data-driven real estate companies that buy properties directly from homeowners, are battling for market share in Houston and across the country. Nancy and her colleague Rebecca Schuetz are joined by industry analyst Daren Blomquist of Attom Data Services, to talk about how this new breed of companies is shaking up the residential real estate industry.Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices26 min
- Meet the legends of Houston real estate, Part IIIn the second part of Looped In's discussion with Houston real estate veterans Joe Colaco, Marvy Finger, Ed Wulfe and Welcome Wilson Sr., we talk about what it was like to work with the legendary architects Philip Johnson and Cesar Pelli; what transit solutions would work best for Houston; and why the Kirby Mansion is worth saving.Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices30 min
- Ep100: Meet the legends of Houston real estate, Part IFor Looped In's 100th episode, we sat down with some of the city's most prominent figures in real estate and development. Joe Colaco, Marvy Finger, Ed Wulfe and Welcome Wilson Sr. have spent a collective 230 years shaping our skyline and our suburbs. They debated such charged topics as mass transit, historic preservation and zoning, and shared the high points of their careers and the lessons they learned working in a city whose economic success is inextricably linked to the price of oil.Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices42 min
- Ep99: WORTH ANOTHER LISTEN: Houston real estate history 101Looped In has been on a mini break gearing up for a new year and new episodes, so enjoy this rerun from November 2016 on the history of Houston neighborhoods. (Incidentally, we recorded this episode right after real estate developer Donald Trump was elected president.) Stay tuned for a fresh episode of Looped In (our 100th!) next week.Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices38 min
- Ep98: Still homeless after HarveyNearly 1,800 households in East Texas are still living in trailers provided by FEMA more than a year after Hurricane Harvey. Now, many are at risk of losing their temporary shelters.Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices17 min
- Ep97: Adding developments to flood plainsMore than a year after Hurricane Harvey, developers continue to build in parts of Houston that flood, and it's not expected to stop anytime soon. After all, one-third of the city is covered by flood plains. On the newest episode of Looped In, Nancy is joined by the Chronicle's Mike Morris, who explains his recent reporting that found one in five homes permitted in Houston in the year after the hurricane is in a flood plain.Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices30 min
- Ep96: Small house, big cityAfter years of catering to move-up buyers with big housing budgets, builders in Houston are introducing new models with lower price tags and smaller footprints. One company is marketing a 1,000-square-foot model with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a one-car garage for under $92,000. Lawrence Dean, regional director of home building consulting firm Metrostudy, talks with Nancy about the growing market for small homes.Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices25 min
- Ep95: Why Mattress Firm blanketed the marketNancy and Chronicle retail reporter Paul Takahashi deep dive into Mattress Firm’s strategy of “over-storing” and talk about where the company – now in Chapter 11 – goes from here. Houston retail expert Jason Gaines of NAI Partners joins them to discuss the real estate implications.Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices23 min
- Ep94: Who filed a property tax protest on my home?
Rose Bonaduce received a letter from the Harris County Appraisal District in August notifying her that a request to protest the value of her brand new home was scheduled for a hearing the following month. But there was a problem: she never filed a protest. Bonaduce's daughter, Karen Scott, posted the letter on her neighborhood Facebook group and discovered others who had also received notices for hearings they never requested. So on the date of her mother's hearing, Scott went to HCAD to get answers.
19 min - Ep93: Demolition man, Part II
How many explosives does it take to implode a 20-story building? What's the best time to do it? And who gets to push the button when it's go time? In Part II of Demolition Man, Mike Dokell, vice president of demolition for Cherry Cos. shares stories from his 30 years tearing down Houston office buildings, hotels, and one of the messiest jobs he ever had, imploding the former Macy’s department store downtown.
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Houston Chronicle reporters Marissa Luck and Rebecca Schuetz talk to the region's developers, deal makers and dreamers about all things Houston and real estate.
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