Home Buying Tips

December 12, 2012

North South East West … which is best for resale?

North, South, East, or West which direction of a house’s front door is best for resale?  The answer depends upon geography and ethnic break down. In Spring Texas, we average 207 days of sunshine in a year which is a lot of sunshine. The high quantity of sunshine days, its intensity, coupled […]
December 9, 2012

If it sounds too good to be true ….

A Spring Texas house listed for sale at $300,000 also available for rent at $900 a month.  Does the monthly rent sound too good to be true?  Then it probably is. Recently a scam artist had copied the pictures and the description of one of listings and placed an ad for it for […]
October 25, 2012

New developer breaths life into Discovery at Spring Trails rebrands it Harmony

Discovery at Spring Trails once touted as the first ecomagination community in Northwest Houston never really got off the ground.  The plan was to develop an 1,100 acre community in a prime location off Riley Fuzzel (path of the proposed Grand Parkway) include resort style amenities and add a green […]
October 4, 2012

The three words every buyer wants to hear – Clear to Close

Buying a Spring Texas house is a series of steps and upon the completion of each and every step the anticipation and excitement of move-in day builds. The most stressful and the least fun step in buying a Spring Texas home has to be getting a mortgage. The mortgage process […]
July 17, 2012

Just because it’s new doesn’t mean it was built correctly

Should you have the Spring Texas home you are buying inspected?  Yes.  But do you need an inspection if the home is new?  Most buyers think the answer is No. But the answer is still the same – Yes. Just because the home is new doesn’t mean it was built correctly. I know … the builder […]
May 3, 2012

Mortgage rates hit new record lows

Freddie Mac has announced mortgage rates have hit new record lows with the average 30-year mortgage rate being 3.84%.  No, that’s not a typo.  It is 3.84%. But with the 3.84% being an average rate, it makes you wonder if any home buyer / borrower is ever able to get the low average […]