October 29, 2009

The Inside Scoop

Have you been wondering when the new HEB at FM 2920 and Spring Cypress is going to open just like Rick and I have been? Well the suspense but not the wait is over. On our way home from Chuy’s last night, we cruised the HEB parking lot and asked an HEB employee with the first […]

October 27, 2009

Must have iPhone Apps for Real Estate

Its been 2 months now since my love affair with my iPhone first began. It started out casual and innocent enough but has grown into so much more than a Real Estate agent and her phone relationship. My old phone was used for primarily one purpose which was to make and receive calls and take voicemail messages. Nothing else. The […]

October 24, 2009

The house on the corner

When my husband, Rick and I were searching for what would become our first home in Spring Texas, we did our homework. We viewed numerous houses, checked out subdivisions, and when we had narrowed our choice down to three homes I created a spreadsheet of the pluses and minuses for each of the homes. Anyone who knows me […]

October 22, 2009

Will an Open House sell your house?

In some real estate markets the answer to “Will an Open House sell your house?” is probably Yes. At least it is in the market HGTV tapes their “Designed to Sell” program. If you have never seen the program, the premise is the seller spends $2,000 for interior designers to make changes to their home. After the renovations […]

October 18, 2009

A beautiful Fall day

After a very hot and humid summer, I am glad fall has decided to finally arrive. The last couple of days have just been beautiful with plenty of sunshine, low humidity, and temperatures in the mid to low 70s. This is my kind of weather and I wish it would last for months. But I know […]

October 16, 2009

Foreclosures – Deal or No Deal?

Today a new house came on the market in the subdivision Rick and I live in. That in itself would not grab headlines because houses are added to the Spring Texas real estate market all the time. What caught my attention about this particular new listing was its low, low price. The 2-story house with 2,764 sqft has […]

October 14, 2009

Spring TX Real Estate: Market Report September 2009

How’s the Spring TX Real Estate market? According to the recently released September 2009 data, our real estate market is still chugging along and continues to show improvement over 2008. For those of you who don’t remember last September Hurricane IKE barreled through our area and brought all real estate sales activity in the Spring […]

October 12, 2009

How to save money on your electric bills

These days saving money is back in vogue as conversations have shifted from “I spent $250 on this brand name bag” to “I saved $100 and got a great deal on this bag”. I love saving money maybe not quite as much as I enjoy spending money but I do enjoy getting a good deal. The easier […]

October 7, 2009

New MLS rule reveals true status of foreclosed homes

Knowing the true status of the foreclosed homes in our Houston Association of Realtors MLS system has been a mystery. Often times a foreclosed home that was really in contract was still being represented in our MLS system as Active. But if it is sold why is it still showing as active? Great question. It […]

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