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Janet Buff
World Wide Realty,LLC

Check Your Floodzone

3 May, 2013| Home Buying, Homeowners Insurance, Houston Living

Check to see if your home or the home you are thinking about purchasing is in a flood zone at....http://www.freeflood.net/ read more

Valery Smith-Blank
RE/MAX Integrity

Boomerang Buyers

29 April, 2013| Home Buying, Home Selling, Houston Living

It's estimated that 10% of the homes sold in 2013 will be to buyers who lost a home in the past five years. Approximately 500,000 buyers who may have thought they wouldn't own a home anytim... read more

Carol Nagel
JPAR - The Sears Group

Captivating Crape Myrtle

25 April, 2013| Home Selling, Houston Living

Captivating Crape Myrtle Crape myrtles are a southern favorite with their vibrant blooms. The downside to the standard varieties is their need to be pruned down each year to keep to a manageab... read more

Susan Greer rating star

4.82/5 (63 surveys)
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene - Sugar Land

Taking the Plunge Into Home Ownership

24 April, 2013| Affordable Housing, Home Buying, Houston Living

What was the emotional impact on you and your spouse when you purchased your first home? A recent survey says... the investment of home ownership comes with significant relationship benefits that... read more

Renee Leslie
RE/MAX Elite Properties

Breaking up is hard to do

18 April, 2013| General, Houston Living

Recently I had to make the very difficult decision to leave a brokerage. It was a decision I struggled with for the past year and a half. Change is so hard to begin with, but when you are really... read more

Valery Smith-Blank
RE/MAX Integrity

When to Sell the Temporary Rental

18 April, 2013| Home Selling, Mortgage & Finance, Houston Living

Some homeowners, who were not able to sell during the recession, chose to rent their homes instead. In some cases, they didn't need to sell their home at the depressed prices and opted to r... read more

Jessica Harless rating star

4.94/5 (135 surveys)
Paragon Property Group

Bridgeland Holds 6th Annual Nature Fest - April 27...

17 April, 2013| Houston Living

Bridgeland Nature Fest - April 27th 10:00am until 5:00pmNature Fest will be a hoot as event-goers attempt to break the Guinness World Records® title for the most people giving a simu... read more

Lorena Merlo
Keller Williams Realty The Woodlands

78 Merryweather Cir, The Woodlands TX: Home for sa...

17 April, 2013| Home Marketing, Home Selling, Houston Living

Tamborrel Properties has just added one more home to its list of beautiful homes. This time, it is a home in the Village of Alden Bridge, in the northern section of Texas' best master-planned c... read more

Michelle Ray
Red Lux Properties

Houston's low home inventory poses challenges

17 April, 2013| Housing Market, Relocation & Newcomer, Houston Liv...

There are many people moving to Houston from other states, coupled with Boomerang Buyers and Millennials also flooding the Houston real estate market; with Houston's housing inventory so low, it's a s... read more

Denise Hulse
RE/MAX Southwest

5 Emotional Mistakes Made by Sellers

15 April, 2013| Home Selling, Housing Market, Houston Living

Fortunately, when it comes to emotion, what’s predictable is avoidable if you’re willing to acknowledge and correct for your own feelings and how they can foul up your decision-making. This list... read more

Valery Smith-Blank
RE/MAX Integrity

More changes coming for the FHA Mortgage Insurance...

10 April, 2013| Home Buying, Mortgage & Finance, Houston Living

I received some great information from one of my Preferred Lenders and wanted to pass it along. Currently FHAs Mortgage Insurance Premium will cancel after the loan reaches a 78% LT... read more

Terri Aubain
Carter Signature Properties

STRATEGIES FOR BUYING IN A LOW INVENTORY MARKET

6 April, 2013| Home Buying, General, Houston Living

We’ve come a long way since the darkest hours of the bottom of the home market. Now, buyers are finding the competition for homes surprisingly stiff. The days of touring twenty homes and deliberating... read more

Jennifer Stence rating star

4.98/5 (89 surveys)
Coldwell Banker Realty - Katy

Angel's Trumpet

4 April, 2013| Home Marketing, Houston Living, Country Homes / Ac...

Angel's trumpet is a pretty addition to the garden and grow well in our Houston climate. They have large trumpet shaped blooms and some varieties can become quite large. Their botanical n... read more

Greg Bennett
Greg Bennett Fine Properties

Sugar Creek: remains the jewel in a sea of mediocr...

30 March, 2013| Luxury Homes, Property Taxes, Houston Living

In the 1970's Jack Kaman and a few other well heeled and successful entrepreneurs had a vision. They wanted to create a Master Planned community outside of the city (of Houston) where all the h... read more

Ronald Espinoza
Martha Turner Sotheby's International Realty

Houston named a top destination for young adults

28 March, 2013| Houston Living

Houston named a top destination for young adults Houston is one of the top markets in the U.S. for young adults to live and work in, according to new research.The Business Journals’ On Numbers bl... read more

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