April 15, 2010

How to protest Spring Texas real estate taxes

Today is April 15th. The day the majority of us associate with as the day our income tax returns are due. I am not going to write about income taxes. Although I do have an accounting degree, I am not qualified to give advice on the many changes in the income tax laws. What I am […]

April 13, 2010

New iPhone App estimates FICO score

The number of iPhone Apps just got larger with the introduction of the MyFICO credit score estimator. The MyFico App quickly estimates your credit score based upon the answers you provide to 10 multiple choice questions. The questions are about the number of credit cards you have, how long ago you got your first credit card and first loan, how many […]

April 11, 2010

The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival

It was a beautiful weekend in Spring Texas as evidenced by the large groups of people who were out enjoying the great weather by attending festivals, cooking outdoors, working in their yards, or attending open houses. Hopefully, you had a chance to attend the 5th annual Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival as it was a great way to spend […]

April 9, 2010

Electronic Signatures and real estate contracts

I love technology but not technology for the sake of technology. Before I adopt a particular form of technology I have to be able to gain value from it. Value can be in the form of cost savings, increase in productivity, or increase in revenues. The technology to sign our Spring Texas real estate contracts electronically has been available for a while […]

April 8, 2010

National Open House Weekend April 10 – 11, 2010

You will a lot of balloons and open house signs this weekend as numerous state and local real estate associations are participating in the first national open house weekend. My fellow Realtors® with Prudential Gary Greene Realtors are not ones to be left out as over 400 homes are scheduled to be opened on April 11th. If […]

April 4, 2010

Bluebonnets

It is springtime in Spring Texas and spring means wildflowers and lots of them. Due to our colder and wetter winter than normal, this spring we have a bummer crop of wildflowers. Up and down I-45 the medians are filled with blue, red, and pink wildflowers. The most popular wildflower would have to be the bluebonnet which has the distinction […]

April 2, 2010

Spring Texas home mortgage interest rates on the rise

If you are planning on buying a Spring Texas home in the near future, you can expect to pay more. As mortgage interest rates are on their way back up. Over the last 14 months or so, the Federal Reserve has been keeping mortgage interest rates down through the purchase of $1.25 trillion in mortgage backed securities and home […]

March 31, 2010

Homebuyers tax credits set to expire April 30, 2010

According to the English proverb, “All good things must come to an end” as it is such with the expiration of the home buyer tax credits. For it has been over a year now that qualifying first time home buyers have been able to get $8,000 in FREE MONEY by purchasing a home in Spring Texas or any […]

March 29, 2010

What’s the traffic like?

When Rick and I are working with buyers relocating to Spring Texas from another state or maybe just from another part of Houston, a common question we will get is “What’s the traffic like?” This is one tough question for us to answer. As Spring Texas Realtors, our jobs have us traveling the streets of Spring […]

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