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

March 22, 2009

Sellers Leaseback – Should you get one?

What is a sellers leaseback?  A sellers leaseback is a temporary residential lease between the sellers and buyers whereby the sellers lease back the home they sold from the buyers for a short period of time. Why would a Spring Texas home seller want a sellers leaseback? – If you need the funds […]
March 17, 2009

How to come up with a down payment for your first home

You have heard about the first time home buyer tax credit and you want to take advantage of it by purchasing your first Spring Texas home.  But there is only one small problem, 100% financed mortgage loans are no longer available and that means you need to come up with […]
March 15, 2009

Spring TX Real Estate: Market Report February 2009

The latest MLS numbers for the Spring TX Real Estate market have been released and the numbers have provided no real surprises. Buyers were just not in the home buying mood during the month as evidenced by 32% less sales versus the previous year.  The months of inventory in the […]
March 8, 2009

Spring Forward

Today starts daylight savings time. Time to Spring Forward and turn your clocks ahead 1 hour.  An extra hour of daylight means I can show homes after my clients get off work during the week without stumbling around in the dark. And that is a good thing.  Not because Spring Texas homes are spooky but […]
March 2, 2009

Top 5 Questions Realtors can’t or won’t Answer

As Realtors®, Rick and I get asked all kinds of questions from home buyers relocating to Spring Texas.  The majority of the questions we know the answer to and gladly provide an answer. But there are some questions that if we answered we could potentially be in violation of Fair Housing […]
February 27, 2009

Spring Texas home sellers: Tips for success

With the busy Spring selling season almost upon us, I thought it would be a great time to share some tips with potential Spring Texas home sellers on how to become a successful seller. Tips for success: 1.  Staging is essential.  Buyers do not get excited about homes that look “lived […]