Last year we launched our brand new website, www.annourarealty.com and re-branded our email addresses. Instead of @annourarealtygroup.com we figured that was too long so now our email addresses and our website domain is simply @annourarealty.com. We also launched a new Japanese website and have re-branded the domain. For anyone looking for real estate information in Japanese and to read all about Annoura Realty Group and our agents in Japanese, please go to www.annoura-fudousan.com . Please tell all your friends!
March was a crazy busy month with many expats leaving and many coming. The property management side of things had four homes come up that needed full make readies. We were busy with handymen, painters, remodelers, flooring guys, granite installers, and plumbers. Three of our lease listings (Elk Hill, Winding Springs, Little Willow Walk) were leased out immediately after hitting the market. Emerald Lake also found a new tenant who moved in on the 25th. Today Monday, we have two newcomers moving to apartments in the medical center so the team was out running around setting up their air mattresses. On the sale front, Mariko closed her second home of the month, this time for a friend’s mom in Conroe. Susan’s Sugar Bars is still on track for an early April close, and Susan, Mariko, and Fayth all have homes under contract set for closing towards the end of April. Susan’s is in Clear Lake and will be rented to a Mitsubishi Chemical family as soon as we close, while Mariko’s is a 2 story home in Upper Kirby, and Fayth’s is a home in Richmond. The team is in full action everyday, and ready to help YOU buy, sell, or lease. Contact us with what you are looking for and we will be there!
This past two weeks we welcomed a new expat from Daikin to a luxury apartment in the Memorial Area. We also had two move-ins on the same street, one expat from Kuraray and another from Sanyo Chemical. Finally, we welcomed a doctor from Japan to a luxury highrise in the medical center. On the listing side, we brought three homes to market, two for lease and one for sale. The lease homes are both in Bay Glen (Clear Lake) and the home for sale is in Friendswood on Sugar Bars. While the two lease homes are still available (one for $2000 and one for $2250), the home on Sugar Bars went on the market on Friday, had 31 showings in three days, and went under contract on Tuesday (four days later). We’ll be listing one more for lease this week, in Brittany Lakes. We are also doing make ready on a house in Bay Glen that will most likely be for sale. Stay tuned! Also on the sale side, Mariko is closing her Beach City home this week! To see the two homes available for lease, check out www.har.com/46993877 and www.har.com/60586644
As we roll into the new year, Team Annoura is ramping up our efforts! We plan to continue our newsletter in hopes of connecting and re-connecting with you, are past clients and friends. We are also dropping postcards to our surrounding neighborhoods to solicit new listings. A new wave of expats are coming this spring and have reached out to let us know they are on their way! It is so exciting to be able to help our newcomers find housing and settle down in Houston. This month we welcome several new families including Mr. Iwasaki with Kobelco. Fayth Lovejoy took the lead and helped him find a beautiful new luxury highrise. Janet Foltyn is in the process of closing her first lease down in Clear Lake. Mariko Fujita helped a Japanese family change houses but still remain zoned to Pattison (not an easy task!). Mik Ebisu teamed up with Susan to sell a Pearland home to one of our softball teammates, closing this Friday. We’ll be bringing a house to market for sale, a fixer upper, in Brook Forest by the end of the week. If you know anyone moving to Houston, wanting to buy, sell, or lease, we are ready to help!
December was a great month for leasing and sales. As expected, the beautiful McKinley Apartments in Memorial’s Bunker Hill area was very popular with our Japanese expats. With its brand new units and gorgeous amenities, it is hard to find anything better in the area. Down in Dickinson, Team Annoura’s Janet Foltyn closed her first two leases with Mariko Fujita, keeping our Japanese investors happily cash flowing. We will bring five units to market in 2022 Q1 so stay tuned! As for residential sales, ARG set a new record for oldest home sold, closing on a quaint cottage in Montrose that was 101 years old. Team Annoura’s Mik Ebisu teamed up with Susan to help our Kurume, Japan buyer win a multiple offer bid for a house in Pearland on Christmas Eve. We are aiming to close this one in mid-January! With many Japanese companies shuffling their expats in January/February, we are expecting many houses in our portfolio to hit the market in the coming days. Two will zone to CLHS, two will zone to Ward Elementary, and two will be zoned to Bauerschlag Elementary in League City. If you know anyone looking to lease, please let them know to contact us!
