March 7, 2012

Knock, Knock … It’s the tax man

Has this situation ever happened to you? After hearing a knock on your front door, you get up to see who it is. But instead of finding a girl scout selling cookies on your front porch, you find an appraiser from the Harris County Appraisal District. After showing you his identification badge and introducing himself, the appraiser […]

March 4, 2012

D.R. Horton building in Cypress Forest Lakes

Since its beginnings in 2006, Cypress Forest Lakes has struggled to find the right builder with the right product at the right time. The first builder in Cypress Forest Lakes, a small gated community of 71 home sites in Spring Texas, was Meritage. Meritage built homes in 2006 – 2008. The next builder was Dunn & […]

March 1, 2012

You’re in contract but you receive a higher offer can you take it?

After sitting on the Spring Texas real estate market for many months, you finally received an offer on your home. After numerous back and forth negotiations, you have agreed to what you feel is a decent price. Now two days after your house went under contract, you’ve received a higher offer. Can you take the higher offer? […]

February 28, 2012

What’s in a name? – T.C. Jester

The story behind the names of the streets of Spring Texas. T.C. Jester is a main South – North street through Spring. It connects F.M. 1960 to F.M. 2920 and runs through the subdivisions of Olde Oaks, Terranova West, Spring Creek Oaks, and WindRose. T.C. Jester was named after T.C. Jester. He was a pastor at […]

February 25, 2012

Klein ISD rezones with opening of Zwink elementary

To coincide with the opening of Zwink Elementary in the fall of 2012, Klein school district recently announced the completion of their rezoning efforts. With the addition of each new school, Klein school district rezones to balance each school’s individual enrollment. The chart to the right identifies the Spring Texas subdivisions impacted by the rezoning of […]

February 22, 2012

Are you stuck with the Realtor assigned by the RELO company?

If your employer offers you relocation benefits, the relocation company will “assign” a Realtor to work with you. The Realtors who agree to be assigned have taken relocation certification courses and agree to pay your relocation company between 37% to 45% of the commission they earn from either helping you with the purchase of a house or helping […]

February 19, 2012

Relocating to The Woodlands

If you’ve been thinking about relocating to the Woodlands, watch the video below. It will motivate you to stop thinking about relocating to the Woodlands and to start relocating to the Woodlands. When you are ready to start house hunting in the Woodlands, give us a call at 281.300.3141 or 281.804.8626. We will be happy to […]

February 16, 2012

Spring Texas Real Estate: Market Report January 2012

What’s going on with the Spring Texas Real Estate Market? The buyers were out in force in January generating a 12% increase in home Sales and a 11% increase in Pending Sales. Both the average sales price and the median sales price experienced increases. Spurred by an increase in a sales and a decrease in listings, the months of inventory […]

February 13, 2012

Top 10 Homebuyers regrets

Woulda, coulda, shoulda …. the regrets of home buyers. Here’s a list of regrets I have compiled from Spring Texas home buyers so that maybe you can gain from their hindsight. I wish I would have chosen a house with a smaller yard. Cutting grass when it’s 95 degrees and 85% humidity is exhausting. I should have gotten the home inspected. Since […]

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