Housing Market

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Sales of new homes rocketed up 27 percent in March
1 May, 2010| Home Values & Recent Sales, Housing Market, Genera...
Sales of new homes rocketed up 27 percent in March Sales of newly built homes shot up 27 percent in March — the largest monthly gain in nearly five decades — as mild weather and a lucrative tax cre... read more
End of Home Buyer Tax Credit Unlikely to Deter Mos...
1 May, 2010| Home Buying, Housing Market
April 28, 2010 End of Home Buyer Tax Credit Unlikely to Deter Most Real Estate Buyers New national survey shows consumers more concerned about home prices, interest rates and unemployment.... read more
TEXAS CITIES BEST PLACES FOR JOBS
30 April, 2010| Housing Market, General, Houston Living
FORT WORTH (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) – For the second year in a row, Texas cities took half of the top ten spots in Newgeography.com's annual ranking of the best cities in the nation in which to find... read more
Real Estate In Houston Likely to Remain Strong aft...
30 April, 2010| Home Buying, Housing Market
The entire real estate community is nervously awaiting today’s expiration of the Federal First Time Buyers tax credit. There is wide spread panic that this credit is what was behind several very stron... read more
New Home Sales Bounce Almost 27% Higher in March 2...
28 April, 2010| Housing Market, Home Builders, Home Buying
RISMEDIA, April 28, 2010—(MCT)—Sales of new homes broke out of a four-month winter slump with a bang in March 2010, soaring 26.9% over February, the government recently said, evidence that federal tax... read more
RISK OF MAJOR HOME PRICE DECLINE LOW IN TEXAS
28 April, 2010| Affordable Housing, Housing Market, General
This is a great article, click on the link below for the report, look how Houston has outperformed everyone on the list!COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – A new study from the Real Estate Cen... read more
RISK OF MAJOR HOME PRICE DECLINE LOW IN TEXAS
27 April, 2010| Home Buying, Home Selling, Housing Market
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – A new study from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University explains why Texas’ housing market fared far better than other states during the current... read more
Seller Success Story
27 April, 2010| Home Marketing, Home Selling, Housing Market
This week a real estate reporter from the Houston Chronicle asked me why a listing I had went under contract in only five days, with multiple offers, selling for well over list price and at top... read more
HOUSTON CHRONICLE - Family sells two houses in fi...
27 April, 2010| Home Selling, Housing Market, Luxury Homes
"The five-bedroom house went on the market on a Saturday. By Monday, there were two full-price offers. By Tuesday, there were two more at above list price. Eric Koach would use one word to describ... read more
Get ready for a runaway recovery? What? Seriousl...
27 April, 2010| Home Buying, Housing Market, General
Get ready for a runaway recovery? Economist warns of new bubblesBy Matt Carter, Monday, April 26, 2010. Inman News SAN FRANCISCO -- The financial crisis is over and the economy is growing at a fas... read more
Houston Home Sales & Prices Climb in March as the...
27 April, 2010| Home Selling, Housing Market, General
Houston Single-Family Home Sales and Prices Climb in March as the Homebuyer Tax Credits Deadline LoomsThe latest MLS release with March 2010 residential sales statistics has been posted at: http://www... read more
HOAS Trade Homes For Late Payments & Texas Apartme...
27 April, 2010| Housing Market, General
RECON Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University Online News April 23, 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. Material herein is published according to the fair-use doctrine of U.S. copyr... read more
Sell My Home in Fall Creek Humble TX, Fall Creek R...
26 April, 2010| Home Selling, Home Values & Recent Sales, Housing...
We live near Fall Creek, our office is very close to Fall Creek, and we golf in Fall Creek.  We love Fall Creek!  What better people to help you buy or sell a home in Fall Creek than real es... read more
Good News/Bad News on Houston's Economy
26 April, 2010| Affordable Housing, Housing Market, General
For many years, I have been a fan of Houston’s foremost economist Dr. Barton Smith, from the Institute for Region Forecasting of the University of Houston (www.uh.edu/irf).  This week, I was priv... read more
Home Not Selling? There's a Reason!
26 April, 2010| Home Marketing, Home Selling, Housing Market
Have you had your home on the market and it's just not moving?  There are 5 main reasons that explain why your home isn't selling.  Let's review those now.#5  Market Condition.  Th... read more