frisco real estate: HGTV Show "My First Sale" is looking for Dallas,TX area 1st time home sellers! - 06/01/10 06:19 PM
If you're thinking of selling your home soon, you may have a golden opportunity to have tons of exposure as well as free professional staging advice from Karen Otto with Home Star Staging!
Check it out!!!
Via Karen Otto, Home Stager, Plano, TX 469)964-0516 www.homestarstaging.com (Home Star Staging):
I received an email tonight from an Associate Producer with HGTV regarding candidates for their show, "My First Sale". As a special incentive, Home Star Staging would be willing to provide your potential home seller a free home staging consultation should they be chosen to particpate in the show. Please call me to schedule should you … (1 comments)
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frisco real estate: Dear Seller - Ten Sure Fire Ways to Distract Buyers from Focusing on Your Home. - 04/15/10 02:48 PM
Trying to sell your home? Can't quite figure out why you have showings but no offers? One reason could be the price, another the condition, but Noelle Blazevich lists 10 ways to distract buyers and help to guarantee they won't make an offer...
Via Noelle Blazevich (John L. Scott):
This may seem a bit harsh but it is just plain speaking honest commentary regarding my experience as a buyer's agent. The statements below are taken directly from the comments and behaviors of buyers viewing homes for sale. It not meant to be negative but rather is meant to give sellers a bit … (1 comments)
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frisco real estate: Home Inspections for Buyers - 03/22/10 03:56 PM
Buying a home? Well I'm sure you know that you should have it inspected to make sure of the condition before you are locked into buying the home. Jerri McCombs may be a Realtor from North Carolina but what she has written about home inspections applies here too! Thanks Jerri for spelling it out so well!
Via Jerri McCombs (Keller Williams Realty Mtn Prtnrs):
What is Involved in Home Inspections For buyers
As a buyer, you may be asking yourself whether you really need to spend the money for a Home Inspection. I would have to say that there is no … (3 comments)
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frisco real estate: Do you want a home or are you fishing? - 03/22/10 02:49 PM
Please Mr/ms buyer give it to me straight! If we find a home you like and want to live in are you willing to pay fair market value for the home or are you wanting to low ball the sellers and hope to get a "great deal"?
Whats that? Low balling can't hurt the negotiations and should get you a lower price you say?
In fact submitting an offer that is well below the realistic value of the home absolutely can hurt! The seller will likely be upset with you and not want to negotiate as much as they would … (3 comments)
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frisco real estate: Dallas area home prices up 3% - did you miss buying at the bottom? - 02/24/10 09:21 AM
Standard and Poor's/Case-Shiller's home price index was released yesterday, in it was data showing that the Dallas area home prces were up 3% over December sales last year. In November prices were up 1.4% - resulting in the first 2 month stretch of gains in more than 2 years! In fact Dallas was #2 behind San Francisco (+4.8%) in December price gains - and beating out Washington D.C. where there was a 1% improvement.
D'Ann Petersen - a business economist for the Federal Reserve of Dallas was quoted in the Dallas Morning News as saying:
The gains in local prices … (4 comments)
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frisco real estate: Must see Christmas Lights in the Frisco Texas area! - 12/14/09 01:37 PM
For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed driving through neighborhoods to see how wonderfully decorated some homes were and marvel at all the work that had gone into the display. I set up a display on my home but its pretty much alone on our street. Since we have lived in the Frisco area we have found a few truly remarkable places that are definitely worth the time to go see and I thought I'd share them with you!
1. The Frisco "Christmas in the square". This is an elaborate setup of computerized/synchronized displays that cover the Frisco … (1 comments)
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frisco real estate: home buyer tax credit update! - 10/30/09 09:29 AM
Everyone should know by now that the current "First time buyers tax credit" is going to expire on Dec. 1st. People have been wondering if it is going to be extended, modified or left to go away.
THE LATEST WORD OUT OF DC IS THAT IT MAY BE EXTENDED PLUS MODIFIED TO INCLUDE OTHER BUYERS AS WELL.
The "other buyers" I am referring to are existing home owners! To meet the conditions as they currently are written in the bill, you have to have been owning/living in a home for a consecutive 5 out of the last 8 years.
"And eyes continue … (3 comments)
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frisco real estate: Credit scores - FICO scores for mortgages - I need a 700 credit score? - 09/15/09 04:11 PM
Not sure about whether or not your credit score will allow you to qualify for a home mortgage? With the looming deadline for the $8,000 tax credit you don't have a minute to waste! Read up on Jeff Belongers information and then get yourself pre qualified and lets go find your new home!!!
Via Jeff Belonger -- The FHA Expert.com -- FHA Loans -- FHA mortgages - USDA loans (Infinity Home Mortgage Company, Inc):
Yes, credit guidelines have gotten tougher, but NO, you don’t need a 700 credit score.
Here we go again, with realtors making things … (2 comments)
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frisco real estate: TAKE YOUR OWN AERIAL PHOTOS! - 09/08/09 02:12 PM
I'm a lifelong RC airplane fan and have always wanted to be able to take photos from up high in the sky, but the practicality of placing a camera in your usual RC plane is only good if you want to take photos of the clubs flying site. What if you want to take an aerial shot of your house? You can't use a regular RC plane for that because they all fly too fast, and can actually be dangerous to other people if you have an accident. Also taking off or landing on a residential road is not only difficult … (5 comments)
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frisco real estate: Are you really going to miss this chance to buy a home in Frisco Texas? - 08/18/09 12:49 PM
I'm seeing this more and more these days - the people who a couple of months ago who were saying
"Yeah, I'm going to buy a home now to take advantage of the great prices and the first time buyers tax
credit, I'd be crazy not to!" Well, its starting to become clear - you are going to miss the boat! It is
already past the middle of August, you haven't started talking to a Realtor, you don't really know what
your credit score is or if its going to be high enough to get you a mortgage approval, you may … (3 comments)
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frisco real estate: Notice anything different? - 07/27/09 11:25 PM
I remember several months ago there were many posts dealing with the housing market asking "are we
there yet?" meaning have we hit bottom and are we about to start seeing a turnaround and improvement
in our lively-hood? Recalling many posts there seemed to be optimism that the bottom was upon us and
better times were right around the corner. Well, I think for most of us we were wrong and the down turn
has lasted much longer than we expected. For me it has thats for sure! I thought by spring things would
start looking up - noticeably. It hasn't happened. … (12 comments)
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frisco real estate: 8000 Reasons Get Your Butt In Gear: Deadline for First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Looms - 06/25/09 04:05 PM
Think there's plenty of time to wait before you need to take action about buying a home and getting the $8,000.00 tax credit? Janet Guilbault lays out some excellent points here about why you may want to rethink your plan...
Via Janet Guilbault California Mortgage Banker/Broker:
First time home buyers: Are you still at the computer, doing endless "research" on how to snag the $8000 TAX CREDIT for buying a house this year?
Does the November 30th deadline seem like a million years away as you think about fireworks (not turkey leftovers)?
First time home buyers: Get your butts in gear. … (2 comments)
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frisco real estate: Dallas - Fort Worth housing 3rd best in the nation! - 06/18/09 01:00 PM
A recently released report by the Brookings Institution ranks the housing market in the Dallas/Fort Worth
area as the 3rd best in the nation! #1 is Houston (another Texas city) and #2 is Buffalo! Local home
prices have stayed relatively level so far during this recession, and in fact according to home valuations by
the Federal Housing finance agency's quarterly price index which tracks loans mortgaged by
Fannie/Freddie prices are up in the DFW area slightly from the first quarter of 2008. If we include other
housing price factors, home prices have declined in the DFW area by about 4% from a … (8 comments)
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frisco real estate: The Price of Procrastination - 06/05/09 03:17 PM
If you're still waiting for home prices to drop just a little more or for interest rates to go down more (can anyone say Historic lows right now?) you should really checkout this article by Darrell Walters of Integrity Mortgage Funding. Waiting can and will cost you money!
Via Integrity Mortgage Funding:
Everyone Wants a Lower Price, But What About the Impact of Interest Rates?When shopping for a home, the natural tendency of any buyer is to want to pay the lowest price possible. It's important to keep in mind, however, that the sales price is not the only factor that … (1 comments)
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frisco real estate: Frisco TX is NOT stopping on red! - 06/04/09 05:11 PM
Red light cameras that is. A few days ago I had a post that Frisco was stopping on red light cameras - well, the Texas legislature did not pass the bill that would have made the red light cameras outlaw'd. Frisco did not renew its monitoring contract because they wanted to wait and see if the bill was going to pass. Well, since it didn't Frisco is now going to be looking at proposals to monitor the lights again and soon they will be back up and running. At the moment there are only 2 intersections with the monitors - Gaylord … (2 comments)
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frisco real estate: $8,000 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit - Approved by FHA/HUD 5-29-09 - But buyer BEWARE !!! - 05/29/09 11:53 AM
Need cash to help with closing costs? Yes you do! You actually need 3.5% down payment cash if you're financing FHA (98% of our clients loans are FHA) and closing costs on a $140,000 home here in the DFW area (buyers side) can be around $7,000.00 or so! Usually there is a way to negotiate having the seller pay some or all of the closing costs (never the down payment) but there is an option becoming available - I'll let the Super Lender Jeff Belonger fill you in...
Via Jeff Belonger -- The FHA Expert.com -- FHA Loans -- FHA mortgages … (1 comments)
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frisco real estate: FHA Loans vs Conventional Loans - 5% down - Things you need to know !!!! - 05/02/09 07:57 PM
We feel that its of utmost importance for everyone to have as much accurate information as possible about everything related to buying a home. That is why we've put Jeff Belongers FHA vs Conventional comparison here for you! Check it out! When you're ready to buy you need the best information you can get!
Via Jeff Belonger -- The FHA Expert.com -- FHA Loans -- FHA mortgages - USDA loans (Infinity Home Mortgage Company, Inc):
For several of you that read my blogs, I try and do a FHA vs Conventional purchase comparison once every few months.
FHA loans have been … (1 comments)
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frisco real estate: Whataburger in Frisco Texas! - 04/21/09 02:22 PM
Ok, we've been super busy lately, not much time to blog but I wanted to get the word out that one of our favorite hamburger places is opening soon in Frisco! Whataburger! Since we moved to Frisco in early 1998 we've seen the place grow from a one stoplight community to a truly fine city with sports, arts shopping and whatever else you might be looking for! But wait! - Where is this new Whataburger you ask? well they're trying to be a little sly and low profile but if you travel north on preston from hwy 121 and cross Lebanon, … (3 comments)
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frisco real estate: The heaviest glass of water ever! - 03/13/09 10:47 PM
A good friend of mine shared this little treat with me today. It holds many little gems on how to help deal with stress in our lives and heaven knows being a Realtor can certainly be a very stressful life!
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frisco real estate: Just Call The Listing Agent - 03/13/09 03:31 PM
Are you thinking of looking for a home but aren't sure if you should use a Realtor? Do you think Realtors aren't looking out for you? They just want your money right? Well, Realtors are 100% here to help you! Find one you like (ie The Spray Team) and make them work for you! Greg Nino from the Houston area wrote this blog post and it sums up many good points to consider when you are house hunting! The bottom line here is to be up front and honest when dealing with important things like buying a home! Having a hidden … (0 comments)
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