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3. 3996 Inverness Drive, Houston List price $13,995,000 Listed by Nancy Almodovar of Nan and Company Properties Sold by Nancy Almodovar of Nan and Company Properties

The Houston Association of Realtors has just released details on the most expensive Houston home sales of 2025, based on list price and the numbers cold take your breath away with prices ranging from $18.9 million to $8.25 million, four of those in the coveted River Oaks zip code area of 77019, two of those on storied River Oaks Boulevard. The Memorial area zip code of 77024, also enjoyed multiple homes in the Top 10 Most Expensive Houston Home Sales of 2025, based on list price. Applause, applause to Laura Sweeney of Compass who had four of those pricey listings. These new rankings are based on the closing price, not the listing price even if that price is not revealed. “The closing price on 2307 River Oaks Boulevard, listed at $15 million, was higher than 2110 River Oaks Boulevard, listed at $18 million,” HAR director of communications Brittany Aucoin notes. “Texas is a non-disclosure state, so we cannot disclose the actual closing price to the public.” 3996 Inverness Nancy Almodovar of Nan & Company Properties represented both the buyer and seller of this 18,000-square-foot mansion that boasts six bedrooms, seven full and four half baths, a media room and a separate guest cottage, a saltwater pool, disappearing fountains and a custom summer kitchen outfitted with a commercial grill, a pizza oven and even a crawfish boiler. 4004 Inverness Designed in 1974 by noted architect Charles Tapley, this 7,473-square-foot Houston mansion enjoys bones that turned out to be the framework for a remarkable update that blended the oeuvre of the highly regarded residential architect and the talent of interior designer Laura Umansky of Laura U Design Collective. Nancy Almodovar of Nan & Company Properties represented the home with a list price of $8,850,000. Mike Mahlstedt of Compass delivered the buyer.

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It is most common for professional ballerinas to retire from performing only to continue in related dance fields such as teacher, choreographer, or artistic director. In fact, Houston Ballet’s artistic director Julie Kent is the legendary former principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre. Bucking that trend is one of Houston Ballet’s former principal ballerinas Suzanne Longley, who turned from dance to landscape design in 1985. Longley put that talent to personal use when she decamped from Houston to Brenham in 2000 where she created a charming retreat at 3100 Trails End. After more than two decades of careful stewardship and the planting of native Texas trees, antique roses and a rich variety of flowering plants, Longley has moved on at age 73. She now calls Maryland home and is ready to find a new owner for the property that she refers to as “a living work of art.” The fully fenced property is listed with Hardy Polland of Nan & Company Properties for $2,295,000.