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  Does the Appraiser Care How Neat Your Home Is? The short answer is: it depends, maybe or yes. Most of us know that when you put your house on the market, it needs to look and be as spiffy as possible. For this reason, many of the resale homes we appraise have been de-cluttered and carefully org...

  Downtown Round Rock: There IS such a thing When most of us think of Round Rock, we think of new subdivisions, Dell and, well, new subdivisions. More specifically, subdivisions built since 2000, clustered on either side of I-35, North and Northeast of Austin. According to the city’s web site (wh...

What is the Texas Option Period for Real Estate The standard contract for buying a single-family home in Texas contains a clause for an Option Period. The Option Period is the time during which the buyer can cancel the contract for any reason, without penalties. What You Need to Know About the Op...

Home Inspections are Necessary for Buying a Home You're buying a home. Your Buyers Agent says it needs to be inspected, during the option period for buying a home in Texas. You may be thinking, "$300 for a home inspection? Why can't I just have my brother take a look at it?" You Need to Hire a Li...

The Ranch at Deer Creek: Real Estate Sales Update for June 2011 Homes in the Ranch at Deer Creek in Cedar Park Texas are selling quickly for the first 5 months of 2011. What are the Homes like at The Ranch at Deer Creek? Of the 635 homes at The Ranch at Deer Creek at the western edge of Cedar Par...

Square Footage of a House, What Counts in Austin Texas? Some spaces count. Some spaces don't. You Need to Know Your Austin Texas House Size When: Your property is showing as bigger than it really is in the property tax records and you want it corrected and/or you want to appeal your property taxe...

Buying a For Sale By Owner (FSBO) Home Think you are going to get a better deal if you buy a FSBO? Think again. 5 Reasons Why a FBSO Won't Save You Money When you think For Sale By Owner, you might be thinking you'll save yourself a real estate commission, and get a better priced house in the pro...

Northwest Austin Homes: Gracious Living in Austin, Texas Northwest Austin Homes are selling at a nice clip this year. For the first 5 months of 2011: 196 homes SOLD in area NW (designated by the Austin Board of Realtors MLS) 102 are in Pending status (under contract) 200 are Active With an absorp...

Selling a House "As Is": The Cold, Hard Truth Selling house "as is" might get you out of a lot of work. It will also get you off the list of most home buyers, and may cost you more than fixing what needs to be fixed. 8 Reasons Not To Sell a House "As Is" in Austin, Texas You know all of that wor...

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