plano homes for sale: Security Consciousness Protects Dallas Homes
- 10/07/14 01:11 AM
Ahhhh! At the end of a busy day, who doesn’t look forward to the surge of well being that comes with closing the door behind you, finally able to relax now that the world is at bay. Whether living in apartments or homes, everyone deserves that feeling of safety and security. Yet, like most everything else, real security has to be earned. In the area of home security, we’ve come across both good and bad news. The good: the most recent FBI report shows that the number of burglaries is decreasing across the nation. The bad: burglaries are still responsible for … (0 comments)
plano homes for sale: Lending Tools Bridge Dallas Foreclosure Opportunities
- 10/01/14 01:31 AM
The mortgage industry has changed substantially since 2007, when the opportunities for “house flipping” as an investment strategy were widespread. Today, for investors seeking to take advantage of short sales and foreclosures in the Dallas area, those changes are especially meaningful. One of the aftereffects of the subprime mortgage meltdown is the way banks now treat mortgage lending. Every banking organization has developed new approaches for handling foreclosures and short sales, but in the non-distressed portions of their loan portfolios, other changes have become evident, too. Banks have grown increasingly reticent to lend to investors with multiple properties on their books -- even … (0 comments)
plano homes for sale: First-Time Home Buying in a Recovering Market
- 09/29/14 12:59 AM
Many eager first-time homebuyers were sidelined by the worldwide economic recession. It’s hard to commit to any decision – much less such a major one – when you read almost daily that the market is falling or downward pressure continues. Who needs any kind of pressure? So it’s not surprising that, after such an exceptionally lengthy period of down or nearly flat economic expansion, the optimism that drives sales of all kind has been slow to reappear. But for the home buying public, and especially for first-timers, that hesitation could prove costly if, as it now seems likely, the market is entering its recovery phase. … (2 comments)
plano homes for sale: Making the Most of Your Dallas Virtual Tour
- 09/23/14 12:25 AM
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words might a video’s flood of pictures be worth? The scientists at George Washington University approached the topic a few years ago in connection with real estate virtual tour s. To those of us whose profession is helping our clients buy and sell homes in the Dallas, their findings were --to say the least-- interesting: They arrived at this conclusion: “Adding a virtual tour decreases the expected marketing time by about 20% andincreases the expected sales price by about 2%." I’ve added the italics, but you get the idea: those are some serious stats. Since … (0 comments)
Ahhhh! At the end of a busy day, who doesn’t look forward to the surge of well being that comes with closing the door behind you, finally able to relax now that the world is at bay. Whether living in apartments or homes, everyone deserves that feeling of safety and security. Yet, like most everything else, real security has to be earned.
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