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February 18, 2013

The + / – of online mortgage calculators

If you are thinking about buying a Spring Texas home, one of your first questions is probably “How much will my monthly mortgage payment be?”  Good question and should be an easy question to answer.  Just Google “online mortgage calculators” and you will have numerous calculators to choose from including the one below which is provided by […]
February 15, 2013

Spring Texas Real Estate Market Report – January 2013

How’s the Spring Texas real estate market?  Fueled by first time home buyers and relocating buyers, the Spring Texas real estate market is starting off the year RED HOT! Home sales were up 24% over the same month prior year. Listing inventory is down 32%. Months of inventory has dropped even further to 3.2 months. The Spring Texas real estate market is no […]
February 4, 2013

Don’t waste your time – Get preapproved before house hunting.

For the last couple of months you have been searching online for Spring Texas homes for sale. You found several homes you like and contacted a Spring Texas Realtor to show them to you. One of the houses you viewed looks even better in person than its pictures and you have fallen madly in LOVE with it. You can see your dog running around the yard […]
December 30, 2012

Where’s the healthiest housing markets for 2013?

Number 1 on the list of the Top 10 Healthiest Housing Markets for 2013 is …..  drum roll, please ……  Houston Texas.  Based upon a city’s job growth, vacancy rates, and foreclosure rates, Trulia.com determined the healthiest housing markets. Houston and San Francisco came out on top due to their solid fundamentals. 1.  Houston, TX 2.  San Francisco, CA 3.  […]
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 […]