May 13, 2010

Homebuyers tax credits have ended. Now what?

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

If the house doesn’t appraise for the sales price, are you stuck with buying the house?

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

How to buy a Spring Texas house

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 […]

May 5, 2010

Crime Rates for Spring Texas

Is insert name of neighborhood a good Spring Texas neighborhood to live in? If you are relocating to Spring Texas, this is a question you want answered. Unfortunately, the National Association of Realtors code of ethics prohibits Realtors which includes me from directly answering this question. So where can you go to get information on crime rates for Spring Texas? Houstoncrimemaps.com has […]

April 27, 2010

The Grand Parkway and resale value

For years now, we have been hearing about the Grand Parkway and its proposed path (Segment F-2) through Northwest Harris County. Segment F-2 is projected to be 12+ miles and will connect SH 249 to I-45. When all of the segments of the Grand Parkway are completed, and I do believe it will be when and not if, the Grand […]

April 23, 2010

Is your home’s MLS listing costing you buyers?

If you have your house on the Spring Texas real estate market, you need to check the accuracy of the information contained in your listing. Since none of us are perfect including Realtors, mistakes are made and will continue to be made. Every day I run across listings in our MLS with errors or incomplete data. If […]

April 21, 2010

Spending habits of Spring Texas residents

Money … Money … Money …. Where does it all go? The majority of the time we don’t know where our money has gone. We just know it’s gone. With the help of Bundle.com, we can now gain some insight into our spending habits and the spending habits of our Spring Texas neighbors. Bundle breaks down the spending […]

April 19, 2010

Flood Insurance increases AGAIN!!

Before you buy a Spring Texas home located in the 100 year flood zone, you need to stop and consider the rising cost of flood insurance. In 2009, flood insurance on Spring Texas homes located in the 100 year flood zone averaged a 6% increase and in 2010, they increased an additional 8%. Now, don’t confuse […]

April 17, 2010

Spring Texas Real Estate: Market Report March 2010

What’s going on with the Spring Texas Real Estate Market? The real estate market for March is the first month of 2010 that does not look like its 2009 deja vu. Sales of 176 for the month were down 13.6% compared to March 2009. New listings were 440 for the month which is 16% more than March 2009. Months of […]

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