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How many times during the hectic work week do you find yourself asking "When do I get a vacation?" You imagine yourself relaxing by the pool with a cold drink in your hand without a care in the world. What you imagine might look a little like this: (more...)Continue Reading!
Bridal Registry List: Toaster, Blender, New Home?
Seems like asking a lot of your wedding guests, huh? With the FHA’s little known Bridal Registry program, it isn’t that wild of an idea. Young couples are in need of lots of items when starting their new partnership. What is one of the most important things they need? A roof over their head! Couples can start off on the right foot towards homeownership by establishing a FHA Bridal Registry account. The program, started in 1996, has been recently changed to...Continue Reading!
As a Realtor, I employ various marketing strategies when selling a listing. I consider marketing to be the absolute essential way to get the word out about your home. This can be anything from putting up a webpage dedicated to your home, establishing a virtual tour for it, to listing ads for it in the local home classifieds. The main factor that all of these various marketing strategies have in common is the photo. Without exceptional pictures of your home...Continue Reading!
As I recently reported, College Station will be opening two new schools in the district in the near future. Greens Prairie Elementary is set to open its doors in August 2011, and College Station High School will open in August 2012. To accomodate the opening of these new campuses, the school district has been hard at work on the daunting task of redrawing attendance zones. Not only do these attendance zones affect the new schools, they affect all College Station...Continue Reading!
For those with good credit and the means, it is one of the easiest times in history to get into a new home. But for some, though the market is right, they find they just do not quite qualify for that new home loan. In a situation like this, it is tempting to consider the FHA 2-1 buy down. When a buyer applies for a loan, but doesn't qualify for it at the current interest rate, the option of a 2-1...Continue Reading!
Home prices are starting to come down nationwide, while the foreclosure rate is rising dramatically. The number of available foreclosures in College Station, Bryan, and the surrounding areas has risen in July to include 14 additional properties on the market. While some foreclosures can be considered distressed properties, many of these cases are well-maintained homes, simply examples of owners who could not keep up the payments during these hard economic times. (more...)Continue Reading!
