April 1, 2012

do you have to repay the homebuyers tax credit

Do you have to repay the $8,000 home buyers tax credit?

Two years ago you bought a Spring Texas home. In return for buying a home, our government gave you an $8,000 tax credit. It was a sweet deal!! Today you just found out your employer is moving its corporate office. Your 10 minute drive to work will turn into 50 minutes. You want to sell your Spring Texas […]

March 29, 2012

All Texas home sales to be taxed at 3.8% … Fact or Fiction?

The great thing about the Internet is the vast amount of information available at your finger tips. The bad thing about the Internet is not all the information is accurate. A half-truth that has been flying around the Internet for a while now and probably will continue is all real estate transactions will be taxed at […]

March 26, 2012

Lakes of Cypress Forest begins development on Section 4

Seven years after the first homes were built, Lakes of Cypress Forest has begun development on the final section of its community. Lakes of Cypress Forest, a gated community in Spring Texas, is located off of Cypresswood about 1.5 miles from I-45 in the Klein school district. Upon completion of the 111 homes planned for its final section (section 4), the […]

March 23, 2012

harris county tax assessed property values

Harris County home values drop further in 2012

The Harris County appraisal district has finished their assessment of residential home values and not the bill but the value will soon be arriving in your mailbox. How will your Spring Texas home fare? Will your home’s tax value be higher, lower, or stay the same? For the majority of Harris County homeowners the tax assessed value of their homes will […]

March 20, 2012

How long before the sellers respond?

When you submit an offer on a house in Spring Texas, how long does it take before the sellers respond? Depends on when you submit the offer and who the seller is. If the house is a Foreclosure, Short Sale, or Corporate Relocation, it is owned by a corporation. The people who make the decisions […]

March 17, 2012

Spring Texas Real Estate: Market Report February 2012

What’s going on in the Spring Texas Real Estate Market? Single family home sales increased through the roof. Average and median home prices remain stable. Active listings drop below 1,000. Increase in sales and a decrease in active listings push months of inventory lower. Months of Inventory – A decrease in active listings coupled with an increase in home sales as pushed […]

March 14, 2012

Garage Sales

It really doesn’t matter whether you call them Garage Sales or Yard Sales, they both represent an opportunity for you to purge your closets and sale unwanted items. But don’t go grabbing your markers to make your garage sale signs without first checking your subdivisions deed restrictions. As the deed restrictions of many Spring Texas subdivisions prohibit garage sales. In the […]

March 10, 2012

to to before listing your Spring TX home for sale

6 things to remove before listing your Spring Texas house

It happens at the same time each year. The Spring Texas real estate market heats up just as the weather heats up. So if this is the year you are planning on selling your Spring Texas house, it’s time to get your house ready to list. But where do you start? Start by removing these things from your […]

March 7, 2012

Knock, Knock … It’s the tax man

Has this situation ever happened to you? After hearing a knock on your front door, you get up to see who it is. But instead of finding a girl scout selling cookies on your front porch, you find an appraiser from the Harris County Appraisal District. After showing you his identification badge and introducing himself, the appraiser […]

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