December 26, 2012

Why are they selling?

As a Spring Texas buyer’s agent, I am asked a lot of questions about the houses I am showing. The two questions that I am asked the most frequently are “How many days has the house been on the market?” and “Why are they selling?”. “How many days as the house been on the market?” Is a […]

December 21, 2012

Future residential development at Louetta

Caldwell Companies have SOLD the 51.75 acres it had listed on the south side of Louetta close to the Louetta Glen intersection. Since March of 2011, the property had been listed on Loopnet.com for $2,817,787. Earlier in 2012, the property had been partially cleared. The 51.75 acres were originally planned to be sections 3 and […]

December 19, 2012

Klein Fire Station # 7 under construction

The Chancel subdivision is going to be getting a new neighbor, Klein Volunteer Fire Station # 7. Construction has just begun on the new Klein VFD Station # 7 at 19302 T.C. Jester in Spring Texas. The 9,570 square foot fire station is projected to be completed by the end of summer 2013. The new station […]

December 17, 2012

Spring Texas Real Estate Market Report – November 2012

How’s the Spring Texas real estate market? HOT, HOT, HOT. Fueled by first time home buyers and relocating buyers, the Spring Texas real estate market experienced another great month. Home sales were up 27% over the same month prior year and YTD sales are up 18%. Listing inventory is down 32%. Months of inventory dropped down to 3.6 months […]

December 12, 2012

North South East West … which is best for resale?

North, South, East, or West which direction of a house’s front door is best for resale? The answer depends upon geography and ethnic break down. In Spring Texas, we average 207 days of sunshine in a year which is a lot of sunshine. The high quantity of sunshine days, its intensity, coupled with buyers desires for low utility […]

December 9, 2012

If it sounds too good to be true ….

A Spring Texas house listed for sale at $300,000 also available for rent at $900 a month. Does the monthly rent sound too good to be true? Then it probably is. Recently a scam artist had copied the pictures and the description of one of listings and placed an ad for it for rent on Hotpads.com. The house was […]

December 6, 2012

Best Christmas light displays in Northwest Houston

Prestonwood Forest – The best neighborhood display of Christmas lights and holiday cheer can be found in Prestonwood Forest. This will be the Northwest Houston neighborhood’s 37th year of holding their popular Nite of Lites festival. Pack the kiddos in the car and get ready to ooh and aah. The Nite of Lites festival starts on December 8th […]

December 3, 2012

Decorating for the Holidays – Bah humbug or Joyful Joyful

It’s December and your house is on the Spring Texas real estate market. So the question is do you decorate or not? Go ahead and decorate but do so within reason. The year that your house is on the market during the holiday season is not the year to recreate a scene from the Griswold’s […]

November 30, 2012

Cinemark to open new location in Spring Town Center

The EXXON MOBIL campus is driving additional construction activity in the Spring Texas area including a new Cinemark theater. Ground was recently broken for a 42,000+ sqft Cinemark theater with 12 screens and over 2,000 seats at 21440 Kuykendahl in Spring Texas. The theater is scheduled to open in May of 2013 in the Spring […]

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