November 18, 2008

Where are buyers searching for Spring Texas homes?

According to the recently released 2008 National Association of Realtors Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 87% of buyers used the Internet in searching for homes which is no small number. The survey also revealed where buyers first learned about the home they purchased. With 34% of the buyers saying real estate agent, 32% the […]

November 15, 2008

Spring TX Real Estate: Market Report October 2008

How’s the Spring TX real estate market fairing? Is it getting better or is it getting worse? In a word “BETTER”. Our months of inventory has decreased and is creeping closer to a balanced market at 6.2 months. According to the National Association of Realtors, nationally the real estate market has 10 months of inventory. Our Spring […]

November 12, 2008

Spring Texas Neighborhoods – Spring Creek Forest

As only our third entry in our new series “Spring Texas Neighborhoods”, we are just getting started. Each week we provide a snapshot of a new neighborhood. Hopefully providing you with a “feel” for what it is like to call a particular neighborhood or subdivision “Home”. By the end of the weekly series, we will have doubled our quantity of […]

November 10, 2008

Does Big Discount = Good Deal?

$10,000 discount on selected homes, $15,000 decorator allowance, $10,000 towards closing costs, $2,000 gift card … all of these are forms of incentives Spring Texas home builders are offering to attract buyers. But does a big discount equal a good deal on a home? The builders certainly want you to think so. And home buyers, you want […]

November 7, 2008

How to get an INTEREST FREE LOAN from the Government

It seems like every couple of days I hear about the government bailing out this company or giving this other company a loan. I am to a point that I want to know what I have to do to get a government loan. Because after all if the government is giving out money …. I want some too. You probably have not […]

November 4, 2008

Spring Texas Neighborhoods – Thicket

The second entry in our new series on “Spring Texas Neighborhoods” in which each week we will provide a snapshot of a new neighborhood. Hopefully providing you with a “feel” for what it is like to call a particular neighborhood or subdivision “Home”. By the end of the weekly series, we will have doubled our quantity of profiled Spring […]

November 2, 2008

Sundays in the Park

With our weather being near perfect, this is one of my favorite times of year to live in Spring Texas. We have very little rain and low humidity. And the temperatures hover between highs of 75 – 80 degrees with lows of 55 – 60 degrees. The real estate market is also slower, providing Rick and I an opportunity (ie.. […]

October 31, 2008

Is your home inviting?

Or does your home scare away more buyers than a haunted house does trick or treaters on Halloween? If you have your home on the real estate market, you need for it to look inviting and cheerful. But you could be scaring away buyers without even knowing it. How ??? By your home’s photos. Buyers make decisions […]

October 27, 2008

Spring Texas Neighborhoods – Stone Forest

All summer long we have been out cruising Spring Texas neighborhoods, walking their trails, talking with their residents, and taking photos, photos, and more photos in order to be able to give you a “feel” for what it is like to call a particular neighborhood or subdivision “Home”. Today, we are introducing our new series […]

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