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TEXAS GULF COAST WATERFRONT – AND NOT STORM DAMAGED - $125,000   Canal front home located right off Galveston Bay in Bayou Vista.  If you are waiting for the lowest prices, your wait has paid off!  Great vacation home conveniently located on the waterfront within minutes of Galveston Island beach...

WONDERFULLY MAINTAINED AND UPDATED IN SANTA FE, TEXAS    Wonderfully maintained and updated! Beautiful shaded lot with huge oak trees in Santa Fe, Texas.  3 bedrooms, 2 baths, brick home w/2 car attached garage. Many updates include new paint, wood laminate flooring in living room, carpet, kit ca...

  “BEST TIME TO SELL IS MARCH THRU AUGUST”    HOLDS TRUE IN ANY MARKET !!   “BEST TIME TO SELL IS MARCH THRU AUGUST” IS A STATEMENT THAT HOLDS TRUE IN ANY MARKET, WHETHER BOOM OR BUST.  Recently I was researching property statistics for the last few years looking for anything that could be consid...

BAYOU VISTA REAL ESTATE MARKET UPDATE.  Although we sold 50 homes within our small community in 2010, the current MLS listings of 57 properties translates into well over a year's worth of inventory.  As you can see from the graph (2008-2010) above from HAR's MLS statistics, sales prices were con...

CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE! AND HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS ARE IN FULL SWING.  1st Place '09 Bayou Vista Christmas Boat Parade Photo by www.bayouvista.com A few of the upcoming events are listed below: All of December - Moody Mansion and Bishop's Palance decorated with authentic 1900's lights and ornaments....

WAITING FOR THE PROVERBIAL "BOTTOM" IN THE HOUSING MARKET While the PROVERBIAL "BOTTOM" for most of the GALVESTON  area HOUSING MARKET was in 2009, there are still some great investment opportunities in the Bayou Vista waterfront area.  Recent pending contracts include 6 properties ranging from a...

WONDERFUL WATERFRONT! PRICES WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN YEARS!!! Don't miss the boat!  With interest rates historically low and prices we haven't seen in a decade, call me today to find your perfect home. Whether your looking for a great place to vacation or wanting to move into the waterfront lifestyle,...

I am reblogging this post from Rhonda Heaslip, because I think she said it very well!  It is so true that some buyers think they're somehow at an advantage by not finding an agent that they connect with, and sticking with them.  Over the last couple of years, with the available info on the inter...

BAYOU VISTA TRICK OR TRUNK - GREAT TIME FOR KIDS. Celebrating Halloween, Bayou Vista residents will again dress up the trunks of the cars, trucks, golf carts or tables at the city parking lot on October 31st and fill them with candy to hand out to the kids. All are welcome for the trick or treati...

IF ALL FORECLOSURES WERE HANDLED LIKE HUD PROPERTIES, THERE WOULD BE NO BACKLOG! I haven't closed a HUD property in years, and this one was the first to get accepted on the electronic system.  I have to say I was surprised how well it worked. Easy input, essentially a one page contract, contacts ...