Luxe Living and Lifestyle

www.HeritageTexas.com

281.493.3880

14340 Memorial • Houston, TX 77079

Amanda Walsh

Amanda@HeritageTexas.com

Brandey Heckeroth

Brandey@HeritageTexas.com

ST D JU STE LI

Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth@HeritageTexas.com

Featured Cover Property

ST D JU STE LI

12503 Woodthorpe • Memorial Meadows • Houston

2310 Nantucket #B • Westhaven Estates • Houston

ST D JU STE LI

ST D JU STE LI

5117 Tangle • Tangle Lane Homes • Houston

11510 Hylander • Lakewood Forest • Houston

ST D JU STE LI

G IN D N PE

22218 Woodrose • West Memorial • Katy

13102 Shermons Pond • Lakes on Eldridge • Houston

LD SO

10102 Inwood • Briargrove Park • Houston

Susan Chumchal Bishop

SusanCB@HeritageTexas.com

2515 Nantucket #B

Luxury home in gated community 4 / 4-1 / 2

ST D JU STE LI

494 Wilcrest • Marlborough Square • Houston

BEAUTIFUL luxury home nestled behind iron gates in the heart of Houston! Inviting foyer with rich wood floors, sweeping iron staircase, elevator, formal living with adjoining dining area with seating for 8 plus, high ceilings, natural light, gourmet kitchen with granite, large island with lots of counter & prep space, generous living room, bistro patio, sprawling master suite & spa like master bath with dual bathrooms & large closets, third floor bedroom loft or optional media/game area with full bath, custom lighting, IMMACULATE!

www.HeritageTexas.com If your home is currently listed, this is not a solicitation for that listing.

Produced by UpscaleRealEstateMarketing.com • 877.660.0996

NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2015

LUXE

Your personal real estate group for wherever life takes you.

LUXE LIVING AND

Ready, Set, Holiday!

CREATING THE PERFECT TABLE

Real Estate Update Limited Supply Continues to Fuel Growth

Morton’s Delightful Double Chocolate Mousse

Luxe Living Cover Home

Featured Exclusively by Heritage Texas Properties

In Good Taste

DINNER IS

Nothing says the holidays more than a beautiful dining table set for a feast lovingly prepared for family and friends. Whether you’re throwing your first family fete or just looking for some new ways to spice up your table setting this season, it’s easy to find plenty of inspiration in the modern world. No more tearing pages from magazines at the doctor’s office. After all, a wealth of (free!) ideas is just a click away online.

Mortons.com | 713.659.3700

Double Chocolate Mousse INGREDIENTS 1½ c heavy cream 6 oz semisweet dark chocolate,

in small pieces 4½ tsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 c pasteurized egg whites 1/8 tsp cream of tartar 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 c sugar Whipped cream, for serving

First place to go for drool-worthy tips and tricks?

Pinterest will keep you entertained for hours (and hours!). Just type in “holiday table settings” and you’ll find a plethora of ideas, from tutorials on where to put all the plates, glasses, and silverware, to homespun projects for table runners, centerpieces, candles, chargers, and place markers. You’ll be inspired to decorate places you may have otherwise left unadorned … the chandelier, the sideboard, the chairs, even the walls. These pinners love to craft and decorate! Overwhelmed with ideas? Narrow your search by adding in what specific holiday you’re celebrating or the theme or color you are working with (for example, add key words such as “red,” “simple,” “Hanukkah,” “elegant,” or “winter wonderland”). For help with those tricky cloth napkins, just type the words “folding napkins” and you’ll be greeted with numerous elegant and fun suggestions (we warned you,

PREPARATION In a saucepan, bring ¾ cup of the cream to a boil over medium-high heat. Put the chocolate and cocoa in a heat-proof glass bowl and pour the hot cream over them. Let the mixture stand for about 1 minute and then whisk until blended. Be sure to break up any clumps of the cocoa. Set aside at room temperature for about 45 minutes, whisking occasionally to keep the mixture smooth. The chocolate needs to cool to 80°F. In a chilled, dry bowl beat the egg whites on high speed for 10 to 20 seconds or until they begin to foam.

Add the cream of tartar and salt and beat for about 1 minute longer or until soft peaks form. Sprinkle the sugar over the whites and continue to beat for 1 to 2 minutes longer or until the peaks are stiff but not dry.

Fold the whites into the cooled chocolate (make sure it’s no warmer than 80°F before adding the whites).

Pour the remaining heavy cream into the bowl of the mixer and beat with the whisk attachment on high speed for about 2 minutes or until soft peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the chocolate.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Serve the mousse spooned on dessert plates or in bowls. Top each serving with a little whipped cream.

Enjoy!

Served

Event Calendar NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2015 The Phantom of the Opera

there are lots of options!). Pin the pics you want to use at your own table and you’ll have all the elements you desire in one easy-to-reference spot. Now that’s convenient (and way less expensive than buying all those food and home magazines).

Hobby Center | November 18-29 Houston.Broadway.com | 800.952.6560 Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera comes to a city near you as part of a brand new North American Tour. This production, which retains the beloved story and thrilling score, boasts exciting new special effects, scenic and lighting designs, staging and choreography and has been hailed by critics as “bigger and better than ever before.”

Houzz, a popular home design website, is another good table setting resource. Here you’ll find photos from interior designers with links to products you can add to your table settings. Instagram also offers up pics posted by users of their past and present table settings for your viewing.

And don’t forget those rightin-the-mailbox resources: Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Sur La Table, and many other popular catalogs, which offer up beautiful ideas for the taking. Whether you shop for a whole new look or mix and match using items you’ve owned for years, you’re sure to find a new way of presenting your table you never thought of before. Now all you need is the cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Hmm …

Maybe your sister-in-law can bring those? Oh, and don’t forget the kids’ table.

Boris Kaplun – Painting RCC Our Texas | Through December 1 OurTX.org | 713.395.3301 Boris Kaplun is a painter and scenic designer based in Houston, Texas. He works with different media such as oil, acrylic and tempera on canvas and cardboard. As a scenic designer, Boris completed more than fifty productions in Houston theaters.

“My interest is not focused on a particular subject but rather on a particular feeling that a subject can evoke. Everyday mundane subjects, which often have bigger meanings, catch my attention. Then I try to find the adequate form to translate that feeling into visual language,” said Kaplun.

Dickens On The Strand

Real Estate Market Update Over the past year we have seen several factors that have stimulated housing demand: • Mortgages for 30-year fixed rate loans remained at or below 4 percent • Household income was supported by the labor market adding 3 million jobs across the nation • Consumer confidence rose to the most optimistic level in eight years

These three factors have worked to increase the number of households that are

looking to buy homes.

But, turning to supply – the number of homes offered for sale has remained relatively low. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average supply of homes in the second quarter 2015 was 5.1 months, down from 5.5 months a year ago.

In the Houston market, however, inventory rose from a 3.0-month supply last August to 3.5- month supply in August 2015. That is slightly above the 3.4-month supply in July 2015, but remains well below the current national housing supply continuing to make Houston a sellers’ market.

“The Houston housing market has been robust in 2015, keeping pace with last year’s record-breaking numbers and August 2015 turned out to be flat, by and large,” said Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) Chair Nancy Furst with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties. “We’ve started seeing signs of more sustainable inventory levels as more new listings come onto the market.”

The real estate analytics firm, CoreLogic, reports that of the top 100 real-estate markets in the U.S., 14 are now overvalued – more than double the number that were at the end of the first quarter 2015.

Q3

The primary driver behind the overvaluation of more housing markets is supply. The factors keeping supply tight is a high number of owners who still owe more on their homes than they are worth and a pace of home construction that is still well below the rate of the early 2000s. The homes that do get built tend to be at higher price points, causing affordability issues for entry-level buyers.

The key to more choices for home buyers is new inventory, but it’s coming slowly.

In 2014, construction of rental apartments and condos returned to pre-boomand-bust levels. But construction of single-family homes made it just halfway back to the normal annual average of 1.3 million starts according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The NAHB forecasts that single-family-home starts won’t hit a million until 2016.

30-year fixed rate loans remain steady at or below

4% interest

3 million new jobs nationally supports household incomes

3

million

consumer confidence is at 8-year high

8

REAL ESTATE

corner

Galveston Island | December 4-6 GalvestonHistory.org | 409.765.7834 With a nod to the ghost of Dickens past and an eye towards the future, Galveston’s world famous Victorian holiday festival returns to Galveston Island.

The annual holiday street festival, based on 19thcentury Victorian London, features parades, nonstop entertainment on six stages, strolling carolers, roving musicians, bagpipers, jugglers and a host of other entertainers. Costumed vendors peddle their wares from street stalls and rolling carts laden with holiday food and drink, Victorian-inspired crafts, clothing, jewelry, holiday decorations and gift items.

The Nutcracker Wortham Theater November 27- December 27 HoustonBallet.org | 713.227.2787 A wonderful ballet for the entire family, The Nutcracker is the perfect way to introduce young children to the power and beauty of classical dance. Join Clara on her unforgettable journey as she travels to the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets, and marvel as the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker Prince dance a pas de deux of crystalline beauty.

In Good Taste

DINNER IS

Nothing says the holidays more than a beautiful dining table set for a feast lovingly prepared for family and friends. Whether you’re throwing your first family fete or just looking for some new ways to spice up your table setting this season, it’s easy to find plenty of inspiration in the modern world. No more tearing pages from magazines at the doctor’s office. After all, a wealth of (free!) ideas is just a click away online.

Mortons.com | 713.659.3700

Double Chocolate Mousse INGREDIENTS 1½ c heavy cream 6 oz semisweet dark chocolate,

in small pieces 4½ tsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 c pasteurized egg whites 1/8 tsp cream of tartar 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 c sugar Whipped cream, for serving

First place to go for drool-worthy tips and tricks?

Pinterest will keep you entertained for hours (and hours!). Just type in “holiday table settings” and you’ll find a plethora of ideas, from tutorials on where to put all the plates, glasses, and silverware, to homespun projects for table runners, centerpieces, candles, chargers, and place markers. You’ll be inspired to decorate places you may have otherwise left unadorned … the chandelier, the sideboard, the chairs, even the walls. These pinners love to craft and decorate! Overwhelmed with ideas? Narrow your search by adding in what specific holiday you’re celebrating or the theme or color you are working with (for example, add key words such as “red,” “simple,” “Hanukkah,” “elegant,” or “winter wonderland”). For help with those tricky cloth napkins, just type the words “folding napkins” and you’ll be greeted with numerous elegant and fun suggestions (we warned you,

PREPARATION In a saucepan, bring ¾ cup of the cream to a boil over medium-high heat. Put the chocolate and cocoa in a heat-proof glass bowl and pour the hot cream over them. Let the mixture stand for about 1 minute and then whisk until blended. Be sure to break up any clumps of the cocoa. Set aside at room temperature for about 45 minutes, whisking occasionally to keep the mixture smooth. The chocolate needs to cool to 80°F. In a chilled, dry bowl beat the egg whites on high speed for 10 to 20 seconds or until they begin to foam.

Add the cream of tartar and salt and beat for about 1 minute longer or until soft peaks form. Sprinkle the sugar over the whites and continue to beat for 1 to 2 minutes longer or until the peaks are stiff but not dry.

Fold the whites into the cooled chocolate (make sure it’s no warmer than 80°F before adding the whites).

Pour the remaining heavy cream into the bowl of the mixer and beat with the whisk attachment on high speed for about 2 minutes or until soft peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the chocolate.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Serve the mousse spooned on dessert plates or in bowls. Top each serving with a little whipped cream.

Enjoy!

Served

Event Calendar NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2015 The Phantom of the Opera

there are lots of options!). Pin the pics you want to use at your own table and you’ll have all the elements you desire in one easy-to-reference spot. Now that’s convenient (and way less expensive than buying all those food and home magazines).

Hobby Center | November 18-29 Houston.Broadway.com | 800.952.6560 Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera comes to a city near you as part of a brand new North American Tour. This production, which retains the beloved story and thrilling score, boasts exciting new special effects, scenic and lighting designs, staging and choreography and has been hailed by critics as “bigger and better than ever before.”

Houzz, a popular home design website, is another good table setting resource. Here you’ll find photos from interior designers with links to products you can add to your table settings. Instagram also offers up pics posted by users of their past and present table settings for your viewing.

And don’t forget those rightin-the-mailbox resources: Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Sur La Table, and many other popular catalogs, which offer up beautiful ideas for the taking. Whether you shop for a whole new look or mix and match using items you’ve owned for years, you’re sure to find a new way of presenting your table you never thought of before. Now all you need is the cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Hmm …

Maybe your sister-in-law can bring those? Oh, and don’t forget the kids’ table.

Boris Kaplun – Painting RCC Our Texas | Through December 1 OurTX.org | 713.395.3301 Boris Kaplun is a painter and scenic designer based in Houston, Texas. He works with different media such as oil, acrylic and tempera on canvas and cardboard. As a scenic designer, Boris completed more than fifty productions in Houston theaters.

“My interest is not focused on a particular subject but rather on a particular feeling that a subject can evoke. Everyday mundane subjects, which often have bigger meanings, catch my attention. Then I try to find the adequate form to translate that feeling into visual language,” said Kaplun.

Dickens On The Strand

Real Estate Market Update Over the past year we have seen several factors that have stimulated housing demand: • Mortgages for 30-year fixed rate loans remained at or below 4 percent • Household income was supported by the labor market adding 3 million jobs across the nation • Consumer confidence rose to the most optimistic level in eight years

These three factors have worked to increase the number of households that are

looking to buy homes.

But, turning to supply – the number of homes offered for sale has remained relatively low. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average supply of homes in the second quarter 2015 was 5.1 months, down from 5.5 months a year ago.

In the Houston market, however, inventory rose from a 3.0-month supply last August to 3.5- month supply in August 2015. That is slightly above the 3.4-month supply in July 2015, but remains well below the current national housing supply continuing to make Houston a sellers’ market.

“The Houston housing market has been robust in 2015, keeping pace with last year’s record-breaking numbers and August 2015 turned out to be flat, by and large,” said Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) Chair Nancy Furst with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties. “We’ve started seeing signs of more sustainable inventory levels as more new listings come onto the market.”

The real estate analytics firm, CoreLogic, reports that of the top 100 real-estate markets in the U.S., 14 are now overvalued – more than double the number that were at the end of the first quarter 2015.

Q3

The primary driver behind the overvaluation of more housing markets is supply. The factors keeping supply tight is a high number of owners who still owe more on their homes than they are worth and a pace of home construction that is still well below the rate of the early 2000s. The homes that do get built tend to be at higher price points, causing affordability issues for entry-level buyers.

The key to more choices for home buyers is new inventory, but it’s coming slowly.

In 2014, construction of rental apartments and condos returned to pre-boomand-bust levels. But construction of single-family homes made it just halfway back to the normal annual average of 1.3 million starts according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The NAHB forecasts that single-family-home starts won’t hit a million until 2016.

30-year fixed rate loans remain steady at or below

4% interest

3 million new jobs nationally supports household incomes

3

million

consumer confidence is at 8-year high

8

REAL ESTATE

corner

Galveston Island | December 4-6 GalvestonHistory.org | 409.765.7834 With a nod to the ghost of Dickens past and an eye towards the future, Galveston’s world famous Victorian holiday festival returns to Galveston Island.

The annual holiday street festival, based on 19thcentury Victorian London, features parades, nonstop entertainment on six stages, strolling carolers, roving musicians, bagpipers, jugglers and a host of other entertainers. Costumed vendors peddle their wares from street stalls and rolling carts laden with holiday food and drink, Victorian-inspired crafts, clothing, jewelry, holiday decorations and gift items.

The Nutcracker Wortham Theater November 27- December 27 HoustonBallet.org | 713.227.2787 A wonderful ballet for the entire family, The Nutcracker is the perfect way to introduce young children to the power and beauty of classical dance. Join Clara on her unforgettable journey as she travels to the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets, and marvel as the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker Prince dance a pas de deux of crystalline beauty.

www.HeritageTexas.com

281.493.3880

14340 Memorial • Houston, TX 77079

Amanda Walsh

Amanda@HeritageTexas.com

Brandey Heckeroth

Brandey@HeritageTexas.com

ST D JU STE LI

Marilyn Jay

Marilyn@MarilynJay.com

Featured Cover Property

ST D JU STE LI

12503 Woodthorpe • Memorial Meadows • Houston

2310 Nantucket #B • Westhaven Estates • Houston

ST D JU STE LI

ST D JU STE LI

5117 Tangle • Tangle Lane Homes • Houston

11510 Hylander • Lakewood Forest • Houston

ST D JU STE LI

G IN D N PE

22218 Woodrose • West Memorial • Katy

13102 Shermons Pond • Lakes on Eldridge • Houston

LD SO

10102 Inwood • Briargrove Park • Houston

Susan Chumchal Bishop

SusanCB@HeritageTexas.com

2515 Nantucket #B

Luxury home in gated community 4 / 4-1 / 2

ST D JU STE LI

494 Wilcrest • Marlborough Square • Houston

BEAUTIFUL luxury home nestled behind iron gates in the heart of Houston! Inviting foyer with rich wood floors, sweeping iron staircase, elevator, formal living with adjoining dining area with seating for 8 plus, high ceilings, natural light, gourmet kitchen with granite, large island with lots of counter & prep space, generous living room, bistro patio, sprawling master suite & spa like master bath with dual bathrooms & large closets, third floor bedroom loft or optional media/game area with full bath, custom lighting, IMMACULATE!

www.HeritageTexas.com If your home is currently listed, this is not a solicitation for that listing.

Produced by UpscaleRealEstateMarketing.com • 877.660.0996

NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2015

LUXE

Your personal real estate group for wherever life takes you.

LUXE LIVING AND

Ready, Set, Holiday!

CREATING THE PERFECT TABLE

Real Estate Update Limited Supply Continues to Fuel Growth

Morton’s Delightful Double Chocolate Mousse

Luxe Living Cover Home

Featured Exclusively by Heritage Texas Properties