Can Realtors help buyers with FSBO properties?
August 18th, 2008 categories: Community Events
Can a Realtor help a buyer client purchase a For Sale By Owner (FSBO) property? You bet! Even though some sellers might choose to limit the marketing for their homes and make sure qualified buyers will never know they are for sale, that does not eliminate my responsibility to know my market and what is available. Sometimes I will introduce buyer clients to FSBO homes as well as homes listed in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). In fact, I could tell you right now about three residential lots that are for sale by owner very near the Texas A&M University campus. But you'll have to (more...)| Discussion: 1 Comment »
Why is Century 21 a Better Choice?
August 16th, 2008 categories: Community Events
Century 21 Beal, Inc. has been in the real estate business in Bryan and College Station for more than 60 years.
We have won multiple awards and earned the Century 21 System's Centurion or Double Centurion awards, recognizing outstanding office production in units sold or adjusted gross commission, every year since 1993. Century 21 Beal earned the #9 spot among Century 21 offices in the United States in closed units for 2007! Locally, our office is number one in both percentages of homes listed and homes sold in the Bryan and College Station market, according to data provided by the Bryan-College Station Association of Realtors or its Multiple Listing Service. From January to June 2008, we have listed 30.5% more and sold 33.8% more than (more...)| Discussion: Leave A Comment »
Foreclosure Home for a $1.00?
August 13th, 2008 categories: Foreclosures, Investment Property, Market Trends, Real Estate News, Real Estate True Tales
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Bryan and College Station, Texas Luxury Homes Report
August 12th, 2008 categories: Buying Real Estate, Market Trends, Real Estate News
As of August 12, 2008, there are 73 residential properties in Brazos County, Texas listed in the Bryan and College Station, Texas Multiple Listing Service (MLS) that are priced at or above $500,000. The price range for these homes and properties ranges from $505,000 to $2,875,817. The median price is $685,000. In this price range you will find everything from a two bedroom, two and a half bath A-frame to a five bedroom, five and a half bath plantation-style traditional. The approximate heated area ranges from 1,453 square feet to 6,424 square feet. Some of these lots are quite larger than others. The smallest are the patio homes and condos that have no lot or yard. The largest lot is more than 439 acres! Exterior features include fifteen with pools, eleven with hot tubs/spas, and six with barns or stables. Those with green thumbs have twelve to choose from that have garden areas. Some of these homes are new builder homes. Most have been built since 2000 or later. A few are older homes, including one that was built in 1915 on the campus of Texas A&M University (then the A&M College of Texas). It was| Discussion: 1 Comment »
Record price paid for Riviera home
August 12th, 2008 categories: Buying Real Estate, Investment Property, Market Trends, Real Estate News, Selling Real Estate
The UK's TimesOnline published a story on Monday, August 11, 2008 about a Russian oligarch who paid a record $750 million (£392 million) for a villa on the French Riviera. Villa Leopolda, a mansion once owned by King Leopold II of Belgium and Gianni Agnelli, the Fiat tycoon, is located on the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco. The previous record price for a residential property was said to be £57 million, paid by Lakshmi Mittal, a steel tycoon, for a property in Kensington Palace Gardens in 2004. Meanwhile, back in the real world, prices for College Station and Bryan real estate are much more affordable. The average and median sales prices, as reported by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University for the month of June 2008, are $168,100 and $144,400, respectively. While we do have some properties that are much more expensive than our local average, overall prices for Bryan and College Station, Texas have remained reasonable throughout the previous years' real estate boom, making this area one of the most affordable real estate markets in the nation! Our average prices have risen each year since 2002, but at| Discussion: Leave A Comment »
When You Have to Sell NOW!
August 11th, 2008 categories: Market Trends, Selling Real Estate
You might be one of those sellers who has to sell your home now. Maybe you are close to losing your home to foreclosure, or perhaps your new construction is almost complete and you can't close until you sell your existing home.
Whatever the reason, here is a summary of seven tips, courtesy of David Crook with The Wall Street Journal, that you can use to get your home sold fast! (more...)
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