I love this photo and immediately thought it would be a great analogy for the recovering real estate market. Steadily and most assuredly the Katy real estate market is making great strides.
Certain areas of Katy, especially those houses south of I-10, are experiencing a very competitive market. In most sections of Cinco Ranch, it is not a buyers market.
Public perception seems to lag behind the current market movement. Sometimes a buyer has to lose several houses when they make low-ball offers before they enter into competitive negotiations.
To tour Katy homes and work with a Realtor who can assist you in selecting a home, navigate repairs and negotiations, call me at 713-818-2404. I have sold Katy real estate for over 21 years. Experience does count!
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Beazer Homes, an Atlanta based builder, recently closed on 209 acres on FM 1463 for a development to be called Churchhill Farms. According to The Houston Chronicle, ”Named after the founder of Fulshear, Churchill Fulshear, Churchill Farms will have 550 lots, more than 40 acres of open space, a 10-acre lake and a community pool and clubhouse.” The first model homes are scheduled to open in January 2012.
The Cardiff family, one of Katy’s oldest families, retained this last tract of the old family homestead. The land was purchased by the Cardiff family in 1924 and recently sold to Beazer.
The Chronicle went on to say, “Homes will range from $150,000 to $250,000, depending on the lot sizes. The smaller lots are targeting single professionals working in the Energy Corridor in west Houston or medical professionals working in the hospitals along I-10. The larger lots will likely house move-ups.”
Beazer has announced that preliminary plans include 16 acres of retail and commercial development.
To tour Katy or Fulshear homes and work with a Realtor who can assist you in negotiations, call me at 713-818-2404. I have sold Katy real estate for over 21 years. Experience does count!
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Don’t miss the new listing in Katy’s beloved Nottingham Country, 1170 Barkston Drive. Call me for a private tour: 713-818-2404.
This immaculate home is move-in ready. Incredible details abound from the dual mahogany 8′ lead-glass front doors to the heated salt-water pool and Jacuzzi. There is an amazing French country kitchen with granite countertops, a 6-burner range top and double ovens. The study has built-ins including a bookcase with glass doors. The family room is huge; it features cathedral ceilings and a wall of windows overlooking the pool. The updated master bedroom is downstairs. The master bath has a walk-in mosaic tile shower and garden tub. The elegant circular stairwell leads to a gameroom upstairs. There is a guest bedroom and bathroom upstairs plus two more bedrooms with a Jack-and-Jill bath. See MLS for more details.
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Compliments of Inman News
Search giant Google will no longer support real estate listings uploaded to its classifed listings site on Google Maps, the company announced today.
Consumers will no longer be able to find for-sale, foreclosure, or rental properties through the search function on Google Maps, and real estate professionals will no longer be able to upload their listings to Google Base, the company’s classifieds site, which is being replaced by Google Shopping APIs and will not support real estate listings.
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I’d like to share a very interesting announcement with you.
Keller Williams Premier has been named by the Houston Association of Realtors as the #1 Katy real estate office for closed units sold in 2010.
Keller Williams Premier has also been recognized as #1 in Katy for closed dollar volume in 2010.
Keller Williams Premier is located in Cinco Ranch in the Villagio Shopping Center at the intersection of Peek and Westheimer Parkway. The address is 22762 Westheimer Parkway, Suite 430.
If you are considering a career in real estate, Keller Williams Premier is where you want to be! We are known for exemplary education and we even have profit sharing! For more details and an introduction to our Team Leaders, contact me at 713-818-2404.
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For the fifth month in a row following expiration of the 2010 homebuyer tax credit, sales of single-family homes across Greater Houston declined in November while the prices of those homes rose. Despite the lingering sales chill, the market enjoyed boosts in both the average and median price, achieving the highest levels ever seen in a November.
According to the latest monthly data compiled by the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR), November sales of single-family homes throughout the Houston market fell 22.0 percent when compared to November 2009. However, on a year-to-date basis, 2010 single-family home sales are off just 5.6 percent from 2009 levels. Positive sales activity was recorded in the low and high ends of the housing market, with declines affecting homes priced between $80,000 and $500,000.
Luxury home sales helped drive the latest pricing gains. The average price of a single-family home increased 11.8 percent from November 2009 to $219,560 while the November single-family home median price—the figure at which half of the homes sold for more and half sold for less—edged up 1.7 percent from one year earlier to $152,500.
Foreclosure property sales reported in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) Read the rest of this entry »
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I’m not allowed to identify the agents who took these hideous photos for the HAR.com website but they are sure worth a look. Enjoy!
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Ever since the “Katy Sun” did an interview with me, and it was picked up by the “Houston Business Journal”, on foreclosures and short sales, my phone has been ringing with investors wanting to buy properties. One thing I have to do, in most occasions, is explain the Freddie Mac First Look Initiative:
Freddie Mac offers homebuyers and select non-profits an exclusive opportunity to purchase HomeSteps homes prior to competition from investors through the Freddie Mac First Look Initiative program. This on-going initiative offers owner occupant homebuyers, Neighborhood Stabilization (NSP) grantees and non-profits engaged in community stabilization efforts the ability to purchase HomeSteps homes during their initial 15 days of listing without competition from investors.
The initiative supports Freddie Mac’s mission to stabilize communities and support housing recovery through the creation of affordable home-ownership opportunities.
How does the initiative work? During the first 15 days a home is listed for sale in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), HomeSteps will consider purchase Read the rest of this entry »
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- 1526 Durfey Lane
- Lovely traditional with updates galore
- Only $161,000
- Built 1979
- 2218 sq. ft.
- 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths
- 2 car detached garage with work bench, cabinets and pegboard
- New roof 2010
- New carpet
- Freshly painted
- New tile
- Crown molding
- Upgraded light fixtures
- New fan
- Wood-burning fireplace
- Vaulted ceiling
- Floor to ceiling fireplace
- Rich paneling
- Wall of windows in family room
- Walk-in wet bar
- Updated kitchen appliances
- Breakfast room looks out over wooded backyard
- Totally updated powder room with vessel sink, oak cabinet and new commode
- Master bedroom accommodates large furniture
- Updated master bath with double sinks, his and her closets, sunken tub with new surround, updated lighting fixtures and new commode
- Bay windows
- Hollywood bath upstairs with new commode and updated fixtures
- Walk-in closets with shelves throughout
- Walk-in attic storage
- AND MUCH MORE!
- For a private showing, call me at 713-818-2404. This one won’t last as it is in a beloved subdivision. Katy schools.
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