May 26, 2010
Meyer Park is one of the many great public parks that are located in Spring Texas. Click on the photo to view a short video and discover the fishing, soccer, trails, playground, and picnic spots available at Meyer Park.
May 24, 2010
Did you know that since its launch in 2007 over 200 million iPhones have been sold? What does the millions of iPhone users have to do with the listing of your Spring Texas house? A lot. The percentage of home buyers using the Internet to search for Spring Texas homes for sale has been steadily increasing over the years. According to […]
May 22, 2010
If you haven’t filed a protest of your Spring Texas real estate taxes yet, you still can. But don’t wait too much longer as the protest deadline is June 1st. Once you decide to protest the tax assessed value of your Spring Texas house, the next decision you have to make is do you protest the value yourself […]
May 19, 2010
Negotiating the sell or purchase of Spring Texas real estate is vastly different than other business negotiations. Yes, there are some similarities between real estate and business negotiations. They both involve a contract and require give and take between people or corporations. But that’s where the similarity ends between real estate and business negotiations. Business negotiations are just that business. It’s nothing personal […]
May 17, 2010
What’s going on with the Spring Texas Real Estate Market? Fueled by the last minute rush from buyers wanting to take advantage of the tax credits before there expiration on April 30th, home sales for the month were 27% higher than April 2009. While the prior year’s month over month showed a significant increase, there was no corresponding increase […]
May 15, 2010
The busiest time of the year for the Spring Texas real estate market are the months of May, June, and July. Since we are already half way through the month of May, you don’t have time to waste if you want to get your house sold this summer. Here are 5 things you can do to […]
May 13, 2010
April 30th, 2010 has come and gone and with it the expiration of home buyers tax credits. Well almost .. as the tax credit does continue until April 30, 2011 for qualified military personnel but for the majority of home buyers the fat lady has sung and the party is over. Will the expiration of the home buyers tax credit […]
May 11, 2010
The short answer is NO. Paragraph 4A(1) of the Texas residential real estate contract states: “If the property does not satisfy the lenders’ underwriting requirements for the loan(s), this contract will terminate and the earnest money will be refunded to buyer.” If you are purchasing a Spring Texas house on the resale market, paragraph 4A(1) protects you from having […]
May 9, 2010
The other day, Seth Godin (one of my favorite authors) wrote a post on his blog titled “How to buy a house“. Seth shared some good advice. Advice which holds true during both buyers markets and sellers markets and in every local real estate market across the U.S. including the Spring Texas real estate market. Seth’s advice was not about the […]