Photos: Houston house owned by stars of TLC’s ‘The Little Couple’ for sale for $1.2M

The stars of TLC’s “The Little Couple,” who announced their move to Florida in July, have put their Houston house on the market for $1.225 million. Lisa Kornhauser of John Daugherty Realtors has the listing for the house at 2802 Fairhope, near the Texas Medical Center and NRG Park. Click through the slideshow for a look inside. Houston-based Facundo Homebuilders Inc. custom-built the house for Dr. Jen Arnold and Bill Klein to accommodate the couple’s height. However, the house recently…

Where’s the best place to flip a home?

Pittsburgh, Pa., had the highest rate of return on home flipping in the second quarter of this year, according to a report from Attom Data Solutions. The report showed 53,638 single family homes and condos were flipped throughout the U.S. in Q2. Attom defined a home flip as “a property that is sold in an arms-length sale for the second time within a 12-month period based on publicly recorded sales deed data.” Flipped homes in Pittsburgh had an average return investment of 146.6 percent. Behind…

These Tampa Bay companies could see some upside from Irma

These businesses are likely to see sales tick up as recovery from the storm takes place.

Rising costs for homebuilders likely to push costs up

An untimely confluence of labor shortages, rising material costs and the possibility of tougher development guidelines in the wake of Hurricane Harvey is expected to result in escalating prices for new homes across Houston, a part of the country frequently lauded for its affordably priced housing.

Millions wait for the lights to come back on

In Florida, a storm’s fright gives way to a blackout’s troubles.

Irma footage from a private residence in South Florida (Video)

Irma footage from a private residence in South Florida (Video)

Ex-NFL player, WingHouse founder Crawford Ker lists intracoastal home for $6M (Photos)

Crawford Ker, former NFL player and founder of the WingHouse restaurant chain, has listed his intracoastal home for sale for $6 million. The 7,749-square-foot home is in Largo's Harbor Bluffs community and sits on .65 acres and includes a covered dock with a boat lift and two jet ski lifts. Scott and Amy Ferguson of Coastal Properties Group International are the listing agents on the property, which hit the market in late August. “The quality of construction, the craftsmanship and the attention…

Top of the List: Tampa Bay’s largest homebuilders

The Sept. 1 issue contains a List of the largest homebuilders in the Tampa Bay area. The List is ranked by number of closings in Tampa Bay in 2016. Lennar Tampa took the top spot on the List with 2,580 local closings. The next-highest on the List was D.R. Horton at 1,550 and CalAtlantic Homes at 834. Additional data includes local and total revenue, price range of homes built in 2016 and the top local executive. Explore the slide show to see inside some of the homes built by the top five companies…