Looking into selling your home ? Find out how to prepare for the successful sales of your home in today's competitive market. If you're a seasoned seller or first time seller come to this informative seminar created specifically for home sellers. Topics include: Marketing and advertisin
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03/01/2011
The 2011 Cost Vs Value report is now available. The report is published by the National Association of Realtors in cooperation with Remodeling Magazine. The report includes detailed city reports and list the Top 5 projects that will bring homeowners the most return on investment. If you a
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02/21/2011
Residential home values in Houston's Energy Corridor have remained relatively strong even during the soft real estate market of recent years. One of the factors that has influenced the consistently strong home values is that West Houston's Energy Corridor is home to many of the most powerful o
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01/17/2011
FHA is a great option for many home buyers. The Federal Housing Administration was created in 1934 to help people buy homes. It is still a great option in todays market. This program as always allowed down payments as low as 3.5% and it is not just for first time home buyers. It's also no
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01/04/2011
The Terry Hershey Park hike and bike trail located in Houston's Energy Corridor in West Houston now has new mile markers. The 37 markers, which are embedded every quarter-mile along 7 miles of the trail, as well as around a 2.2 mile loop, were a gift from the 2006 Road Runners Club of America Nat
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01/03/2011
I did not grow up on a Farm and I have never milked a cow but this blog makes the most sense of almost any New Year resolution blog I have read. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Best wishes for 2011. Connie Vallone, Broker Associate First Market Realty in Houston, Tx 713 249 4177 connie@k
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01/02/2011
It always amazes me how many people buy a new construction home directly from the builder. When sitting with a builder sales person it's easy to forget who they work for. It's NOT the buyer ! It's the builder and while almost all of them are good honest people their job is to represent the bui
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12/29/2010
Builders - let's face it they are not known for throwing around extra money. Most builders are not going to just do "something extra" for the heck of it - right ? But most all of them stage their models - the reason it sells houses! Connie Vallone, Broker Associate - First Market Realty in W
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12/20/2010
If you are buying a new construction home you may think paying a few hundred dollars to have your own independent inspection is just a waste of money. Remember builders are great people and almost all of the want to sell you a good product BUT they are people and people make mistakes. Example:
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12/16/2010
A friend of mine called me today and wanted advice on how a friend of theirs should deal with their agent. Their agent does not return their calls and gives them no feedback at all. She has their home "listed". I put that in quotes because it's on our Houston MLS but in our conversation on the p
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12/15/2010
