Home Selling Tips

The holidays are here and your social calendar is filling up quickly. Time has become a precious commodity. To ease the pressure of keeping your house in showing condition every day, you are thinking about taking your home off the Spring Texas real estate market during the holidays. Should you or shouldn’t you take your house […]

The results of the National Association of Realtors 2011 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers survey are out.  And the survey says… First-time home buyers make up 37% of all buyers which is down from the 2010 level of 50% which is no surprise. The tax credits of 2010 pushed first-time home buyers into the market. Since no tax credit […]

Friday. According to a recent study produced by RedFin the best day of the week to list your house is Friday. The worst day to list your house is Sunday. Homes listed on Friday receive more showings than homes listed on the other days of the week. The more showings a home receives increases its probability of selling. […]

In our residential real estate contract for the State of Texas utilities are only mentioned once. According to the real estate contract, the seller is obligated to have utilities turned on for the buyer’s inspections of the house. After the buyers have completed their inspections, the sellers can if they so desire have the utilities disconnected.  Spring Texas home sellers […]

On the 18th, two days before you are scheduled to close on your Spring Texas house, your Realtor calls and says “I have some bad news. We won’t be closing on the 20th. The lender is waiting on underwriting to issue a final approval.”  What?!?  Doesn’t the lender know that you need the funds from the sale of […]

Are you getting ready to put your house on the Spring Texas real estate market?  Are you going to be a first time home seller?  If so, you are bound to have tons of questions about the home selling process. Mint.com, a personal finance site, has an excellent infographic summarizing the home selling process because sometimes […]

Your pets provide you with companionship. They are always thrilled to see you. They shower you with unconditional love and they are a special part of your family.  But your lovable pets could also be stopping your Spring Texas house from selling. Buyers and sometimes even buyers who are pet lovers will be put off by evidence of pets when […]

99% of buyers are searching for Spring Texas homes for sale online. What will online buyers base their first impressions of  your home on?   It’s photos.  If your home’s listing has professional photos and there are numerous photos, your home will create a dynamite first impression. If it has bad photos (dark lit rooms, partial views of rooms, car […]