I will give you my opinion of what caused the Nationwide housing issues. It is not Allen Greenspan, it wasn't insurance companies, Osama Bin Laden didn't do it either! It was PMI...that's right...mortgage insurance caused the housing crunch especially in places hard hit like Florida and Californi
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01/31/2008
I must tell you right from the start...I do not care for drip e-mail systems. They are canned and because the message you are sending will be in part not relevant for the client, I feel they can do more harm than good to your business. That being said, I was just on a panel of high producing real
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01/29/2008
My favorite time of year is Spring. To me nothing yells Spring more than PLAY BALL! Every year I look forward to the day pitchers and catchers report to spring training in both Florida and Arizona. The days begin getting a little longer, and everything seems new again. It also signals the beginni
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01/29/2008
The Houston Association of Realtors puts out its hotness index every month. The Katy area south of I-10 rated number one for the month of December...in fact Katy has been number one for 10 of the last 12 months. The index is based on the number of listings that are sold or under contract in relat
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01/27/2008
I had a client today from the midwest. All she could talk about was living down south in the warmth of Texas. I have other agents in the office talking out the mountains or the woods or the beach or...well you get what I mean. It seems that we have turned into a society of people always believing
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01/26/2008
We started this about two years ago. We realized that post cards, magnets, seeds for spring really do not work. It is old school marketing and those using it are wasting dollars better spent elsewhere. We started a neighborhood directory. Here is what we did: we mailed out to the 125 homes in our
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01/21/2008
President Bush is getting ready to offer a tax relief program that at its core is designed to give about $1600 to married couples. The question we are posing is "Can the tax relief help real estate?" We need to think about the real estate market in sections. I do not think this can help the marke
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01/19/2008
The Stars at Night Drive-In Theater will be opening in Spring 2008 just west of Katy. In addition to first run movies, the drive-in will have miniature golf, an arcade, live entertainment, and a full snack bar that will include hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, nachos, ice cream, candy and popcorn. Co
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01/18/2008
We watched the Today Show this morning and the so called EXPERTS said only two zip codes in the entire Country are doing OK. Our area of Houston and specifically Katy TX is doing quite well (and of course was not mentioned). So I decided we need to have a poll of areas that area doing OK or Poorl
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01/10/2008
Our real estate market has in most cases bucked national trends and held (even increased) in value. The issue we and other areas of the Country face is the mortgage meltdown. In some cases it does not matter how many potential buyers want your home...it matters how many are in a financial positio
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01/09/2008