Christy Bacon's (cbacon) Blog

It's a new year and we are constantly hearing about how things are going to be different in 2010 as well as what went wrong in 2009.  The media generalizes the real estate market by saturating us with stats from who knows where. Recently I read an article about Zillow.  Zillow has slowly become a...

After the winter blues everyone has a tough time bouncing back.  From what I can see as a transaction coordinator is things are looking up.  After entering listing after listing, I am finally seeing showings increase as well as contracts on those listings.  I was receiving an average of two listi...

It's the weirdest feeling.  We've been preparing all day for it.  We've watched the tv, listened to the stories, and now it's finally here, only it's late, it's dark, and it makes it much more scary.  I hear the wind and rain outside my house and we have power but now cable so I'm watching click2...

For the past week or so now, I have been contemplating starting my own business.  I am really into details and systems and I feel I can offer much needed support to mega-agents here in Houston.  After doing a little research I have concluded that busy agents need the help.  Well help is on the wa...

Single family homes sales across Houston fell again in May while the average sale price of those properties rose for the fourth consecutive month.  May sales slid 15.3% from this time last year, and May marked the ninth straight month in a row of decline.  The average price of SFH (single-family ...

It's very disappointing when you see yet another for sale sign go up in your neighborhood and yes, it's another foreclosure.  I was somewhat used to it, during our short stay in Cleveland, but didn't expect to see it as much here in Houston. Since arriving in December, in my neighborhood alone, t...

We just moved here from Richmond, VA by way of Cleveland, OH (long story) and we settled to Ashton Village.  I really like the diversity in this neighborhood and it's interesting to see the involvement of the community.  We attended our first homeowner's association meeting and there were about 2...