James and Catherine Covey acquired a four-bedroom, 2.5-bath home at 11118 Muleshoe Court in Northwest Houston from Jeffrey Graybeal and his wife, Graciela, on Dec. 8.

Mr. Graybeal acquired the property from MHI Partnership Ltd. in March 2003. The 2,508-square-foot home in the Riata Ranch subdivision was built in 2002. It is valued at $149,022.

Mr. Graybeal has served as a mechanical engineer at Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., a deepwater drilling contractor headquartered in Houston.

He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Ms. Graybeal is a corporate lawyer who has worked at Exxonmobil in Houston.

She earned her J.D. from the South Texas College of Law.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 1,283 home sales in Northwest Houston during the past 12 months.

Address: 11118 Muleshoe Court
Buyer(s): Catherine D Covey (and others) and James R Covey (and others)
Seller(s): Graciela Graybeal (and others) and Jeffrey Gray Graybeal (and others)
Sale date: Dec. 8, 2010