Home Buying Tips

June 10, 2009

Letters of the Real Estate alphabet – P and PS

In the real estate alphabet the letter P is for Pending and the letters PS is for Pending Continue to Show.   There are more commonalities than differences between the P and PS statuses that I decided to discuss them together. Spring Texas real estate listings in a P or PS status are: Under Contract – the sellers […]
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June 3, 2009

How to buy homeowners insurance for Spring Texas homes

Shopping around to get the best deal on homeowners insurance for my Spring Texas home is not the type of shopping I like to do.  But if it means I can save myself some money I have no problem switching insurance companies. Previously I had not been a shopper of insurance. […]
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May 28, 2009

Letters of the real estate alphabet – OP

When searching for homes buyers will find not only Spring Texas homes in an A status returned in their search results but also homes in an OP and PS status.  The A or Active status is the easiest status for potential home buyers to understand.  Its the other letters of the real estate alphabet that create all […]
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May 22, 2009

Are you keeping secrets?

We all have secrets we are keeping. There are secrets we have with our spouse. Secrets we have with our girlfriends. Secrets we have with our family.  We keep secrets with people we can trust and keep secrets from people we can’t trust. There are certain relationships in which you should have no secrets. They are […]
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May 20, 2009

What’s in your credit reports?

If you are planning on purchasing a Spring Texas home in the near future you need to know what’s in your credit reports.  Not only can the reporting errors hiding in your credit report mean the difference between loan pre-approval and loan denial but reporting errors can cost you hundreds of dollars a year due […]
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May 6, 2009

Spring Texas home builders going out of business

Over the last two years, we have seen several Spring Texas home builders including Kimball Hill Homes, David Powers, Royce Homes, and Newmark Homes go out of business. Did the builders inefficiently manage their inventory and that was the cause of their demise? Or was the drying up of the […]
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