Real estate
BY JAMES T. NORMAN
Home Edition
2025
Readers, welcome to the annual CI Home Edition! In this year’s guide, reporters dig into housing affordability throughout Friendswood, Manvel and Pearland. Meanwhile, several housing developments in the area are continuing to build out, with hundreds—and in same cases, thousands—of homes set to come available in the coming months and years. The real estate market in May slowed down compared to the same month last year. Data shows the median number of days a home sat on the market also went up. Thank you for reading this year’s guide.
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Check out what Horizon Outdoor Construction offers (Page 25)
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Learn how the local real estate market faired in May (Page 27)
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Midline to bring nearly 3K homes to Baybrook area
Around 2,800 homes are set to be developed on more than 1,000 acres near Baybrook Mall, and officials expect it could see its first sales in 2026. What you need to know The development, titled Midline, will be a residential project containing multiple parks and more than a dozen miles of trails, said Matthew McCafferty, senior vice president of operations for Brookfield Residential, which is building out the project in partnership with CDC Houston. Officials, such as Brian Freedman, executive director for the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, said the project is unique due to it sitting in the middle of an area already heavily developed. “It’s not every day you have 1,000 acres where you can walk to a mall or a Perry’s Steakhouse,” McCafferty said. “It takes a massive amount of suburban before you have that kind of retail.”
The impact Some residents have asked about how traffic will be dealt with. Officials believe the plans to extend various roadways in the area, such as Beamer Road, will help alleviate that. The cost of the homes is expected to range from $400,000 to $700,000, McCafferty said. Local Realtor Deborah Bly said there is a need for housing in the area, particularly housing at a price that allows newer families to move into the area, which she said is typically in the $300,000s. “I think there’s still value in the 400s. I defi- nitely see value there,” Bly said. “If they could get in the 300s, I think they’re going to address more
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2,800 homes 40-70 feet homesite width 3 parks 14 miles of trail
The project has since begun construction with utilities, officials with Brookfield confirmed, with first homes possibly going up for sale in the spring.
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