New Year Resolutions For Buyers
Like many, I have plans for 2017. Some big, some small. If one of your bigger plans is to buy a home this year, you've picked a great year to do so. Mortgage rates are around 4%, and despite recent…
Specials Drive Houston Rents Down
About a year ago, I wrote a blog titled "Can You Really Get A One Bedroom In Houston For $1000?" Here we are a year later and the market has shifted. While, I wouldn't say we have an excessive surplus of…
9 Inspections Every Buyer Should Consider
You have made an offer on a beautiful home and it has been accepted. Congratulations! You're on the way to being a homeowner. Now, the real work begins. During your option period, it is suggested that you get the home…
Zander Homes Builds Custom Homes in Houston Heights Area
Working with buyers, I tour a lot of homes and meet a lot of builders. It isn't often that I see a home that really does something different, but Zander Homes wowed me from the moment I walked into a…
4 Staging Tips For Listing Photos
In the digital era that we live, the photos of your home are the most important component of the marketing plan. More and more buyers and agents are using online resources to research and share listings. If buyers aren't impressed with what…
High Rise Apartment on Montrose Boulevard
The new high rise apartment on Montrose Boulevard is nearing completion and the first resident moved in this week! The latest product by Hanover (the same developers that introduced to Houston the mixed use building in Rice Village, Hanover Rice Village)…
Free Application Fee When the Houston Texans WIN!
Football season for Houston Texans fans realistically started on July 31st with training camp, but this weekend marks the second pre-season game. The NFL team and my favorite player (let's face it, he's everyone's favorite player), JJ Watt are taking on the…
Why Do Apartments Have Breed Restrictions?
You may be one of the many individuals in Houston, Texas that owns a pet, shopping for a new apartment. During your search, you have probably noticed that many apartment communities have pet restrictions. These restrictions often include the number of…
What Does a Home Inspector Check?
When buying a home, a home inspection is an essential step in the process. Shortly after your offer is accepted, you will want to conduct your due diligence to make certain the home you have chosen is a good fit…
Is Zillow Accurate?
Buyers and renters have more and more resources available to them now than any time in the history of real estate. There are apps for the smart phone and tablet that help users search for homes, estimate mortgages and taxes,…
Ten Reasons to Use A REALTOR When Apartment Hunting
We go by many names: apartment finder, locator, real estate agent, miracle worker, and REALTOR®. Regardless of the nomenclature, any person that assists others in finding an apartment to lease is a licensed Real Estate Agent. A licensed Real Estate…
8 Hot Apartment Deals In Houston Right Now
Summer is here and Houston moving season is in full swing. People are relocating to the area from all over the country (and world) as they finish college and start new jobs, medical programs and graduate school. Others are being…
Home Buying Checklist
Today marks the start of the busy season in Real Estate. School is out for summer and families are shopping for their next home to buy or lease before fall classes start. Sellers are also taking advantage of the increase…
Houston’s Most Desirable Neighborhoods
The greater Houston area is huge, and with all the annexations, the sprawl is overwhelming. The whole city is a whopping 627 square miles, for crying out loud! However, that includes a large portion of the city that an urban…
When The Appraisal Comes In Low
When you buy or sell a home, and a mortgage lender is involved, an appraisal is required. The appraisal is an estimate of a property's value and is required by the lender to make sure that the value of the…
Houston’s Top Dog Parks Inside the Loop
Houston is an ever-changing city and becoming increasingly dog-friendly is just one way that the bayou city has grown. Just 5 years ago, apartment communities capped weight limits for dogs at 25-50 lbs, and we didn’t have many options to…