Jill Wente, Realtor® with BHG Gary Greene, CRS, MCNE, 11x Houston Five Star Real Estate Agent - (281) 804-8626

June 17, 2010

Mortgage Rates to slowly increase

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) economists have revised their mortgage interest rates projections and are now predicting a slower than anticipated increase.  The interest rate for 30-year mortgages are still projected to be in the high 6% range by fourth quarter of 2012.  The revision is in how quickly the 30-year mortgage interest […]
June 15, 2010

Spring Texas Real Estate: Market Report May 2010

What’s going on with the,  Spring Texas Real Estate Market?  The expiration of the federal home buyers tax credits generated a 27% increase in May’s sales versus the prior year.  The expiration of the tax credits also impacted the pending sales but in the opposite direction with a 11% decrease.  Active Listings are […]
June 9, 2010

Automatic email notifications and missed opportunities

Over 90% of  home buyers are searching for Spring Texas homes for sale on the Internet.  Ninety percent of home buyers is a powerful number. But home buyers are doing much more than just searching for homes on the Internet.  They are also looking at photos, mapping locations, viewing virtual tours, viewing […]
June 5, 2010

Flood Insurance – Wise purchase or a waste of money?

Once again, hurricane season has arrived.  Hopefully, we will have another calm year like 2009 and not another year like 2008 when Hurricane IKE came barreling through the Spring Texas area.  If your house is located in the 100-year flood plain and you have a mortgage, your lender requires you to […]
May 31, 2010

Is your home’s listing on page 1 or page 200 of Google?

How do buyers find Spring Texas real estate?  They Google.  When it comes to search there is none more powerful. When home buyers are googling moving to Spring Texas, Spring Texas subdivisions, blogs on Spring Texas real estate or a home’s pysical address what will they find?  Will it be your home […]
May 28, 2010

Why does it cost more to live in a gated community?

Why does it cost more tods live in a gated community in Spring Texas and is it worth it?  The first part of the question I can answer for you.  Whether it’s worth the extra cost is one of personal opinion. We have several gated communities in Spring Texas including Estates at Creek Ends, Spring […]