Archive for the 'Market Trends' Category
How Has The Brazos Valley Been Affected By What Is Happening Nationwide
February 28th, 2011 categories: Market Trends
It has been said that in order to help the housing market recover in The Brazos Valley we need at least 2% job growth. For Texas this is not bad because for the first time since May of 2006 we are seeing job growth and it is approaching 2%. With the high job loss that has been occurring nationwide many believed The Brazos Valley would experience a great deal of loss too, and have an extreme effect on the housing market. Against the odds Bryan/College Station has grown each year even with the national recession. According to the 2010 US Census, six states exceeded 1,000,000 in population growth. For the population increase for 2000-2010, Texas came in first with a 20.6% increase. National Issues: Over the last few years the value of homes are heavily increasing and even doubling (especially one the west coast). This problem must turn around or no one will be able to afford a home. Regrettably homeowner’s house payments began to and still are increasing to high to where they could not make their payments. These people could not refinance or sell because they did not have enough equity in their homes and the market was beginning to correct....| Discussion: Your Comments Please »
What to Expect in Bryan College Station Over the Next 5 Years?
November 20th, 2010 categories: Market Trends, Texas A&M University
There are many opinions about what we should expect to happen over the next 5 years in Bryan College Station regarding real estate, development, investment properties as well as overall general growth. They may not all agree on the details but they all seem to agree that growth is coming and so are the people! In addition to an increase in our RGP (real gross product - output in dollars) the population is expected to increase by almost 20,000 (more...)| Discussion: Your Comments Please »
Where Are the Home Buyers for Bryan College Station?
November 17th, 2010 categories: Market Trends
Where are the buyers of homes in Bryan College Station? What happened to our steady ever growing real estate market? It looks like we have a few things combining together to make our market feel 'really bad' right now. We have: Significantly higher than normal home inventory Foreclosure moratorium Fall (normally the lowest quarter for homes going under contract) First time home buyer surge the first part of the year pushing more sales in the first half of the year (more...)| Discussion: Your Comments Please »
Available Homes in Bryan College Station MLS 2010
November 11th, 2010 categories: Market Trends
The number of properties available in Bryan College Station continues to rise. Did you know? Does it affect you? [tomatoframe]https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AhP4AnDTuGz1dHVjMnhScklreWVadjJFUVdhV01oMkE&hl=en&single=true&gid=1&output=html[/tomatoframe] Susan Hilton Century 21 Beal, Inc. 979-764-2100 Bryan College Station Real Estate Market Trends 2010 Foreclosures in Bryan College Station College Station Real Estate Career Information| Discussion: Your Comments Please »
Bryan College Station Real Estate Market Update for January – October 2010
November 11th, 2010 categories: Market Trends
What has the real estate market been doing over the last few month? Tell me what YOU think! [tomatoframe]https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AhP4AnDTuGz1dHVjMnhScklreWVadjJFUVdhV01oMkE&hl=en&single=true&gid=1&output=html[/tomatoframe] Susan Hilton Century 21 Beal, Inc. 979-764-2100| Discussion: Your Comments Please »
Exclusive Interview with Josh Benn Attorney in Bryan
November 4th, 2010 categories: Career in Real Estate, Community Events, Market Trends, Real Estate News, The Realtor's Life
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwvtdx4egtA[/youtube] Kristi Fox, Realtor® interviews Josh Benn, a local attorney in Bryan College Station. Josh Benn is also a Real Estate and Business Law Professor at Blinn College. Check out this video for exclusive footage from the interview. For more news updates, visit www.kristifox.com or follow us on our blog at kristifox.wordpress.com| Discussion: 1 Comment »
