September 15, 2010

Spring Texas Real Estate: Market Report August 2010

What’s going on with the Spring Texas Real Estate Market? Earlier in the year our YTD home sales were higher than in 2009 due to the home buyer tax credits. Now that the tax credits have expired, the real estate market is having to live without artificial stimulates. And with high unemployment rates, low consumer confidence, and […]

September 13, 2010

How your home looks to buyers, appraisers, and tax assessors

What’s the value of your Spring Texas home? Depends. Depends upon who you ask that is. If you ask a buyer, a lender, an appraiser, and the tax assessor the value of your house, you will have four different values. And none of their values will equal your value. Read also: How to increase your list price […]

September 10, 2010

What does contingent mean in buying a home?

Contingent means any term in your Spring Texas real estate contract that must be met or satisfied before the purchase of your Spring Texas home can be completed. Typical contingencies include financing and the sale of the buyer’s other home. The home must meet your lender’s underwriting requirements of condition and appraised value. And as a borrower, you must be approved by the […]

September 8, 2010

Under construction – What’s being built at I45 and Louetta?

The ground is being leveled and dust is a whirling from the additional development occurring at the northwest corner of I45 and Louetta in Spring Texas. As the extremely popular and the seemingly always busy or at least it is every time we go, Cheddars Restaurant will soon have a new neighbor to its west. The new […]

September 6, 2010

Why do most closings occur at the end of the month?

The end of the month is the most popular time for closings to occur on Spring Texas homes. End of month closings are popular for two reasons. The first and primary reason is it reduces the amount of money buyers need to bring to the table in order to close. When you purchase a Spring Texas home there are numerous closing […]

September 4, 2010

Is your home’s listing on YouTube?

Have you heard of YouTube? Or the real question I should be asking is “Has your Spring Texas real estate agent heard of YouTube? YouTube is the place where people watch 2 billion videos a day. Yes, that is not a typo … people watch 2 billion videos a day on YouTube. Another astounding statistic is according to YouTube’s website, […]

September 2, 2010

How thinking it over may cost you money or worse … the house

You have been looking online at Spring Texas homes for sale for months. You narrowed down the possibilities and battled the heat and viewed your top choices. Now, you believe you have found “the one”. The home that stands out from all the rest of the homes. The home you can visualize living in and your family growing up in. But instead […]

August 30, 2010

Shopping in Spring Texas

One of the many things I LOVE about living in Spring Texas is the variety of available shopping options. Located within a 20 minute drive of my house are the regional malls of Willowbrook Mall and the Woodlands Mall, the shopping centers of Champions Village, Champion Forest Plaza, and Market Street and the specialty stores at Old Town Spring . […]

August 27, 2010

The best time to trade up

Have you out grown your Spring Texas house? Do you want to trade up but the economy keeps holding you back? If you are financially secure and are comfortable with the status of your job, then now is a great time to trade up. The buy-low, sell-high approach works for the stock market and for the Spring Texas […]

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