January 21, 2009

Buying your first home – Step 13: Closing Day

We have now arrived at the end of our journey down the path to homeownership as we have arrived at the anxiously awaited day of Closing Day. Although there were many steps we had to complete the actual time elapsed from Step 5 – Negotiating an Offer to Step 13 – Closing Day has only been about 30 calendar days. Closing day is the […]

January 9, 2009

How can two identical homes have different square footages?

When inputting the listing of a Spring Texas home for sale in our local MLS, we are provided with four options from which to choose as the source of the square footage. The options are builder, seller, appraisal, or appraisal district. Since there is no common standard for calculating square footage, it is easy to understand how four different sources would yield […]

January 5, 2009

How to save money on your real estate taxes

These days we are all looking for ways to save money whether it be on our grocery bill or our real estate tax bill. The easiest way to save money on your Spring Texas real estate taxes is by filing for the general homestead exemption. And it is as easy as cutting coupons out of the Sunday […]

December 31, 2008

Happy New Year !!!!

Happy New Year to all my family and friends!! I gave up making new year resolutions a long time ago. And I don’t have any new year predictions to share with you. What I do have to share with you are a couple of our favorite New Year traditions. Maybe they will become yours too. […]

December 30, 2008

Spring Texas Neighborhoods – Terranova West

This is our last entry in our series “Spring Texas Neighborhoods”. Our last entry for 2008 that is. We hope you have been enjoying the series. We will be continuing the series into next year starting with the master planned community of Gleannloch Farms. So stay tuned. And as always if you have questions about any Spring Texas Neighborhood, give […]

December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas

Christmas is my most favorite holiday. The season is filled with so many wonderful things ……. joyous music, twinkling lights, cards filled with glad tidings from friends near and far, sparkling decorations, Christmas themed programs, plays, concerts, movies, and television programs, traditions, delicious appetizers, dishes, cookies and sweets that are only made and enjoyed once a year, gatherings of friends and […]

December 19, 2008

Best places to view Christmas Lights in Northwest Houston

One of our favorite places to view Christmas Lights in Northwest Houston is in the Prestonwood Forest subdivision. Known as the “Christmas Lights Neighborhood”, its continuation of a 30+ year tradition has become legendary. Local newspapers and television stations, Southern Living, FOX News, and the Travel Channel have all written stories about or done programs on the Christmas lights adorning the […]

December 18, 2008

Mortgage interest rates drop to record lows

A little over two weeks ago, I wrote about a substantial 1% drop in the Mortgage Interest Rates. The decrease in the interest rates was the result of the Federal Reserve’s announcement of their purchase of $600 billion of mortgage-backed securities backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. The mortgage interest rates took another […]

December 16, 2008

Spring TX Real Estate: Market Report November 2008

For the first time in all of 2008, the months of inventory dips below 6 months for the Spring Texas real estate market. Six months is considered a balanced buyer and seller market. Up to this point in 2008, the buyers have been in control but the reduced months of inventory indicates a change in power is occurring. Now […]

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