October 14, 2010

Spring Texas Real Estate: Market Report September 2010

What’s going on with the Spring Texas Real Estate Market? With the elimination of the artificial stimulus caused by the home buyer tax credits, the Spring Texas real estate market continues its downward trend. July’s YTD home sales were down 4%. August YTD home sales were down 5% and now September’s YTD home sales are down 6% over 2009. We will continue […]

October 12, 2010

Halloween Activities in Spring Texas

Is Halloween your favorite holiday? Do you wish it would last more than one day? How about a month or maybe even for an entire season like Fall does? If your answer to any of these questions is Yes, you will be happy to know there are numerous Halloween activities in the Spring Texas area. Haunted […]

October 10, 2010

Texas responds to Mortgage robo-signing

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. […]

October 7, 2010

The secret to getting your house to appraise for the sales price

You and the buyers have agreed to a sales price on your Spring Texas house. Granted, the price is not what you wanted to sell the house for and its probably not what you believe it’s worth but you know it’s time to move on. So you are packing boxes and planning your move. Now […]

October 5, 2010

How popular is Spring Texas with home buyers?

In the October issue of the Houston Realtor Magazine is a list of “Top 20 Most Viewed Cities on HAR.com based on Page Views on HAR.com”. While our beloved Spring Texas did not capture the #1 spot, it did earn the #3 spot. Pretty amazing considering the size of the other cities on the “Top […]

October 3, 2010

Why do 1-story homes cost more than 2-story homes?

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. […]

September 30, 2010

When a buyer Googles “Spring Texas Real Estate” will they find your home?

When you want to find something, what do you do? You Google it. That is exactly what a lot of other people do to which is why there were 10.3 billion searches performed on Google in July of 2010. If you are looking for Spring Texas Real Estate, what do you do? You Google it. Your real estate agent’s […]

September 28, 2010

Fall Festivals in and around Spring Texas 2010

After making it through another summer of sweltering heat and humidity, its time for you to get out an enjoy the cooler temperatures and attend one if not all of the numerous fall festivals in the Spring Texas area. October Fall Fine Arts Festival on October 2nd from 10 – 7 pm at Market Street in […]

September 26, 2010

To get a better deal, find out who the seller is

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 […]

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