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November 4, 2012

Veterans Day Deals and Discounts – 2012

Below is a list of businesses in the Spring Texas area providing free or discounted services to Veterans and / or Military personnel in celebration of Veterans Day 2012: Bar Louie – Free Lunch or Dinner up to $11 on November 11th or 12th. Show proof of military service. Hooters – 10 Free Wings on November 11th […]
October 29, 2012

Texas DPS driver license megacenter OPENS in previous Albertsons store

The old Albertsons store at 4740 Spring Cypress and Kuykendahl in Spring received a face lift and now a new tenant.  The space has become a new driver license megacenter for the  Texas Department of Public Services (DPS).  The Spring driver license center has 22 work stations and is designed to handle up to 700 customers a day.  It […]
October 25, 2012

New developer breaths life into Discovery at Spring Trails rebrands it Harmony

Discovery at Spring Trails once touted as the first ecomagination community in Northwest Houston never really got off the ground.  The plan was to develop an 1,100 acre community in a prime location off Riley Fuzzel (path of the proposed Grand Parkway) include resort style amenities and add a green element with a mandatory requirement for […]
October 21, 2012

Grocery competition heats up

Grocery competition in Northwest Houston is about to get hotter with the announcement of Sprouts Farmers Market securing a location in the Spring Cypress Village center. Kroger and HEB already have stores in the Spring Texas area and in June of 2012, Trader Joe’s opened at Kuykendahl in Woodlands Parkway in the Woodlands. But Trader Joe’s isn’t the only […]
October 17, 2012

How many days has it been on the market?

One of the first things a buyer will ask me about a Spring Texas house is “How many days has it been on the market?” Days on Market (DOM) is a measurement of time.  It represents the number of days a house has been listed as Active on the Spring Texas real estate market. If the house […]
October 13, 2012

Halloween Events and Activities in Spring Texas – 2012

Halloween and Christmas are the two holidays that no matter what your age it is okay to act like a kid. So have some fun and enjoy yourself by attending one or all of the Halloween activities available in the Spring Texas area. Haunted Houses – ScreamWorld (voted #1 in Houston by Houston Chronicle and Houston Press) is designed […]
October 12, 2012

Spring Texas Real Estate Market Report – September 2012

Through out the summer months, the Spring Texas real estate market has been posting double digit increases in home sales. The month of September was a different story as month over year homes sales increased by a paltry 3%. The YTD number for Spring Texas home sales still remain strong with an increase of 18%.  There are fewer “For Sale” […]
October 11, 2012

Fall festivals in and around Spring Texas – 2012 edition

The temperatures still feel more like summer than fall but that doesn’t stop an abundance of fall festivals from being held in the Spring Texas area.  With multiple festivals taking place on the same weekend deciding on which festival to attend is a tough decision. Below is a run down of the numerous Fall Festivals in the Spring […]
October 4, 2012

The three words every buyer wants to hear – Clear to Close

Buying a Spring Texas house is a series of steps and upon the completion of each and every step the anticipation and excitement of move-in day builds. The most stressful and the least fun step in buying a Spring Texas home has to be getting a mortgage. The mortgage process starts off easy. The loan […]