Home Buying Tips

Per page 4 of the Texas Association of Realtors Seller’s Disclosure Notice, Spring Texas home sellers are required to disclose if within the last 4 years they received any written inspections on their home. Spring Texas home sellers do not have to disclose if prior inspections were performed on the home.  They only have to disclose inspections that occurred within […]

The Texas Attorney General has sent a demand letter to 30 mortgage-loan servicers doing business in Texas requesting them to immediately “suspend all foreclosures, all sales of properties previously foreclosed upon, and all evictions of persons residing in previously foreclosed upon properties” until specific steps have been taken to rectify possible past errors in mortgage documents. […]

If the only difference between two houses is one is a 1-story and the other is a 2-story, then why does the 1-story house cost more per square foot?  The reason a 1-story house in Spring Texas costs more per square foot than a 2-story is because it costs more to build the 1-story house. […]

Every Spring Texas home seller is different and they all have different reasons / motivations for selling. You may not be able to find out the motivation for each seller. But if you know which category the seller belongs to, you will be able to get a better deal on your home purchase. Every home […]

The buyers and sellers Rick Ratchford and I represent provide us with a constant supply of real estate topics to write about.  Recently one of Rick’s clients who is a first-time home buyer asked “Should I be concerned that the house we have under contract is having an Open House on Sunday?”.  It’s a good question […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]