Selling Your Home in Highland Village?

Market data

Highland Village home values and market activity

HAR 2025 neighborhood facts

Source: HAR.com · HAR.com · HAR.com · HAR.com (HAR 2025 Facts, based on appraisal district records). Market and appraised values are not sale prices. HAR’s neighborhood boundary may not match the subdivision exactly.

Seller preparation

What Highland Village buyers will ask, and what to have ready

1. Deed restrictions, lot size and the commercial edge

   Houston has no zoning, so what can be built next to you depends on recorded deed restrictions and city rules. S.N. Adams developed the Highland Village and Oak Estates subdivisions alongside the shopping center, and each subdivision and section has its own recorded restrictions. Blocks can also carry a city Special Minimum Lot Size or Building Line designation for 40 years. Along Westheimer, commercial projects like the new RH building go through Planning Commission variances.

   • The City Legal Department can enforce restrictions on use, setbacks, lot size and structures (832-393-6333).
   • A Special Minimum Lot Size block bars new lots smaller than the set minimum.
   • We found no public civic association site for these subdivisions.

   What buyers will do: Read the recorded restrictions in the title commitment and ask Planning whether the block has a lot size or building line designation before you sign.

   What to have ready: The recorded deed restrictions for your section and the permits or approvals for past additions, pools, fences and remodels.

   Sources: City of Houston Legal: deed restrictions · City of Houston: Special Minimum Lot Size application · Houston Chronicle: history of Highland Village

2. Westheimer reconstruction and new retail building

   The Westheimer Improvement Project, which broke ground May 7, 2024, is rebuilding all lanes of Westheimer from Loop 610 to Bagby Street. At 4085 Westheimer, a state filing registers a new 45,000 sq ft RH building with a third-floor restaurant, estimated at $12.5 million, with dates from November 2025 to January 2027. The plan removes head-in and street parking on Westheimer and Suffolk Drive.

   • TxDOT's I-610 West Loop/I-69 interchange project included a southbound I-610 entrance from Westheimer near the Galleria.
   • Ask how the new building and street parking changes affect access to the block you are considering.

   What buyers will do: Drive the routes you would use at your usual hours and check the city and TDLR project pages before your option period ends.

   What to have ready: Nothing to fix here, but know the current road projects and routes so you can answer questions accurately.

   Sources: City of Houston: Westheimer Improvement Project · TDLR: RH Houston filing · Bisnow: RH plan (March 2025)

3. City of Houston and HISD taxes

   These subdivisions are taxed by the City of Houston ($0.519190 per $100, 2025), Houston ISD ($0.8421, adopted 2026), Harris County ($0.41750, 2026), Flood Control ($0.05266, 2026), the Hospital District ($0.19528, 2026), the Port ($0.00603, 2026) and the Department of Education ($0.0048, 2025); confirm on the HCAD account whether Houston Community College ($0.098802) applies. HISD's homestead exemption is $140,000 plus 20% of appraised value. HAR's tax table shows older rates. The seller's bill reflects the seller's value and exemptions, not yours.

   • File your own homestead exemption with HCAD after closing.
   • A rebuilt house on a small lot can carry a much higher value than the 1950s house next door.

   What buyers will do: Pull the HCAD account, list the taxing units and estimate taxes at your purchase price before setting your budget.

   What to have ready: Your latest tax statement with its list of taxing units and your exemptions. Buyers know their own bill will be figured on their own value and exemptions, so a clear breakdown helps.

   Sources: HCAD · Harris County Tax Office rates · Houston ISD tax information

Insurance and disclosures: buyers will price homeowners and flood insurance before they commit. Have your current declarations pages, any elevation certificate and any flood-claim history ready; Texas sellers also answer flooding questions on the seller’s disclosure notice (Texas Property Code §5.008). See our Houston flood map guide.