October 2, 2009

DiscoverSpringTexas.com Presents Windrose

Sidewalks – Are they important to you?

In Spring Texas, we have over 45 neighborhoods for home buyers to choose from. Since each neighborhood / subdivision offers something a little different for its residents, the task of choosing a neighborhood sometimes can become a little overwhelming. So how do to choose which Spring Texas subdivision is right for you? By deciding what’s important to you. To begin the […]

September 30, 2009

Showings

With the abundance of information including maps, property descriptions, photos, and virtual tours available to buyers why do they still insist on viewing your home before making their decision? If buyers didn’t need to view homes, the process of selling would be certainly be a lot easier and less of a hassle. As a Spring Texas Realtor it would be […]

September 26, 2009

The other side of the fence

The other day I was showing a home in the master planned community of Gleannloch Farms that seemed to be exactly what my buyers had been searching for. The house was zoned to the elementary school they wanted their children to attend, it was in their price range, in great condition, and had the amenities and open floor plan we had been searching for. […]

September 24, 2009

How does a buyer’s agent get paid?

If I did as a survey and randomly called 100 Spring Texas residences at dinner time and asked “How does a seller’s agent (a.k.a. listing agent) get paid?” I predict 98 of them would say “by the seller” and they would be right. If I rudely kept those same people on the phone longer and asked them “How does a buyer’s […]

September 22, 2009

Changing of Seasons

Today is the first day of fall and I am definitely ready for a change in seasons. The summer we just had in Spring Texas was grueling. Full of heat, humidity, and very little rain. It was in May of 2001 that I moved to Spring Texas. I had arrived just in time for the start of summer. The best […]

September 19, 2009

IRS reminds homebuyers of deadline through video

To remind potential first time homebuyers of up the upcoming December 1st deadline for the first time homebuyers tax credit the IRS created a short video and posted it on its YouTube channel. The information shared in the video is not necessarily new information but the video is only 1 minute in duration so its still worth your time to watch. […]

September 16, 2009

Spring TX Real Estate: Market Report August 2009

Its numbers time again as the latest stats for the Spring Texas real estate market have been released. For those of you who don’t like numbers and think they are boring, you have my permission to be excused from reading this post and to go off and search homes for sale instead. For everyone else, let’s get back […]

September 14, 2009

Color, Color, Everywhere

Before you put your house on the Spring Texas real estate market step back and take a look at its walls specifically the color of its walls. When you live in your house it is okay to paint your rooms whatever color you desire. It is your house and you can paint those walls any darn color you […]

September 5, 2009

Are the days of cheap water gone?

What’s on the mind of Spring Texas homeowners these days? Water. Not water in the form of rain. Although it could be because this summer has certainly been drier than most. But instead it is the increase we are seeing in our water bills that has captured our attention. At first I thought maybe I was just using […]

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