The weather is warmer, trees are starting to bloom and real estate market activity is coming to life. Just how did the Collin County real estate market shake out for the February 2009? Here's a peek: Allen: 109 sales (-38% from prior yr); Avg sales price $229,051 (-7% from prior yr); Avg Days on
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03/09/2009
SAVE THE DATE!Saturday, April 4thGarage Sales 7:00 am - 2:00 pmOpen House Tour 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Start clearing out your closets, because Saturday, April 4th Stone Brooke Crossing will have its Third Semi-Annual Community Garage Sale and Open House Tour! There will be a 3-day ad in the local ne
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03/09/2009
OH NO! There's a HIGHER OFFER than ours? Guess we'll move on to another house, right? I hear this comment quite a bit when working with home buyers. The buyer found the perfect home, got their nerves together to make an offer on the home, only to find out that there are other offers on the proper
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03/09/2009
For all the First-Time Home Buyers out there - have you asked yourself lately, "Why is it a good time to buy McKinney, TX Real Estate in 2009"? If so, I've got the answer: $8,000.00! What does $8,000 have to do with it? The revised economic stimulus bill, signed 2/17/09, is offering First Time
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03/09/2009
The Real Estate industry is changing the way it does business, whether all agents know it (or like it) or not. The traditional ways of communicating and generating business are slowly becoming obsolete and the new ways of blogging and social networking are becoming the norm. In the below "re-blo
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03/09/2009
In this next secion of "McKinney's Ultimate Buyer's Guide",we'll look at McKinney's neighborhoods by price range - from $300,000 to $350,000. As of today, March 6, there are 61 homes for sale in McKinney within this price range. You could start your home search in any of these unique neighborhood
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03/06/2009
What is the Texaplex?David Winans coined the term "Texaplex" to describe the triangular region of Texas that contains 75% of the state's population. Watch the video and see why everyone is talking about the Texaplex.The Texaplex ProjectThe global financial crisis is a vicious cycle. The more we
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03/04/2009
This may very well qualify as the wierdest blog post here on Active Rain, and I'm fine with that. However, I have an intense curiosity about something that I need to have an answer for. So, I have a favor to ask. An experiment, I suppose. IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF ACTIVE RAIN AND YOU ARE READING
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03/03/2009
Last week I collected my mail at my office and began sifting through it all. I immediately looked for important items - you know, bills, and also looked for things that I could immediately toss. Then I looked at a postcard from our Texas Association of REALTORS. It got my attention. Perhaps you g
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03/02/2009