September 2, 2011

Houston Texas – cheaper to own than to rent

When relocating to Houston, Spring, or the Woodlands Texas it’s good to know whether it’s cheaper to rent or to own in the area. Armed with this data you can then decide whether to rent for 12 months or to immediately take the plunge an purchase a home. Trulia has analysed the Largest 50 Cities by Population and created […]

August 18, 2011

Mortgage rates hit new 50 year low

Freddic Mac’s latest release of its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey® revealed that Mortgage rates have hit a new 50 year low. Interest rates for 30-year fixed-rate home loans average a paltry 4.15%, down from last week’s already ridiciously low 4.32%. If you bought a Spring Texas home within the last 5 years, you need to call a […]

August 17, 2011

Back to school for Spring Texas area schools 2011

The first day of classes for the 2011 – 2012 school year is almost here. Both Conroe and Klein school districts start on August 22nd with the Spring school district starting on August 24th. The back to school tax free weekend for the 2011 – 2012 school year is August 19th – 21st. During this weekend, most school supplies, backpacks, clothes, and […]

July 26, 2011

Buying a house – Beware of what you say on Facebook

Are you one of the 1 billion people who are on Facebook? If you are buying or selling a Spring Texas house, beware of what you’re sharing on Facebook because you could be weakening your negotiating power. Over the weekend, one of my Facebook friends, she’s really more like an acquaintance, had liked a link. The link showed up in my News Feed […]

July 24, 2011

When should you disconnect the utilities?

In our residential real estate contract for the State of Texas utilities are only mentioned once. According to the real estate contract, the seller is obligated to have utilities turned on for the buyer’s inspections of the house. After the buyers have completed their inspections, the sellers can if they so desire have the utilities disconnected. Spring Texas home sellers […]

July 22, 2011

Are you a house watcher?

Are you a house watcher? Do you go online to check the status of a particular Spring Texas house every day? If you are a house watcher, it’s okay to admit it because you are not the only one. We frequently receive calls from buyers wanting to know if a particular Spring Texas house they have been watching […]

July 21, 2011

Should you or shouldn’t you grant the buyers an extension?

On the 18th, two days before you are scheduled to close on your Spring Texas house, your Realtor calls and says “I have some bad news. We won’t be closing on the 20th. The lender is waiting on underwriting to issue a final approval.” What?!? Doesn’t the lender know that you need the funds from the sale of […]

July 19, 2011

Farm Stands

Nothing says “Summer” better than fresh produce and where can you get the freshest produce in Spring Texas? It’s not from a grocery store but from one of the local Spring Texas farm stands. Farm Stands: Atkinson Farms is a 4th generation farm that was started in the 1950s. In the year 2000, they decided it was time for them to […]

July 17, 2011

Your Realtor’s out of town. What do you do?

A new house just came on the Spring Texas real estate market that you really want to view. The house looks perfect. It looks like it may be “the house” you have been searching for. The problem is your Spring Texas Realtor is out of town for the weekend? What do you? You could wait until your Realtor gets back into town […]

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