http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/fullThu, 20 Apr 2006 22:58:17 +0000http://texas.realestatebn.com/Real Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/115117279554471062Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:09:37 +00002006-06-24T11:13:15.564-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Online Floor Plans and Virtual Real Estate Tools - Apex Partners With HomeSight"><br />HomeSight, a Decatur, Ill.-based company, has announced an agreement with Apex Software to expand its interactive floor plan and virtual tour services to a larger audience. "By partnering with Apex Software, HomeSight now has the resources and software tools to expand our Realtor support services nationwide and beyond," stated Tom Brinkoetter, HomeSight president. Field person draws the home using Apex software.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ourappraisal.blogspot.com/2006/05/online-floor-plans-and-virtual-real.html" title="Online Floor Plans and Virtual Real Estate Tools - Apex Partners With HomeSight">Online Floor Plans and Virtual Real Estate Tools - Apex Partners With HomeSight</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/06/online-floor-plans-and-virtual-real.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/115112221423534418Sat, 24 Jun 2006 04:06:37 +00002006-06-23T21:10:14.293-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="HUD Homes Discounted For Katrina Victims"><br />In an effort to assist families displaced by the Gulf Coast Hurricanes attain homeownership, the U.S. Dept. of Housing Urban Development will give evacuees the opportunity to buy HUD-owned properties at a discount. These families will be offered the opportunity to purchase the homes they are currently occupying at a discount of ten percent off the property's fair market value.<br /></span><p>Tagged: [existing_link:e4d1c8f2f925c9d005a154b786f16d27]</p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://therealtygram.typepad.com/realtygram_blogger/2006/04/hud_homes_disco.html" title="HUD Homes Discounted For Katrina Victims">HUD Homes Discounted For Katrina Victims</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/06/hud-homes-discounted-for-katrina.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/115112221376072238Sat, 24 Jun 2006 04:06:36 +00002006-06-23T21:10:13.806-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="ABO - Appraised By Owner: Tips For Pricing Your Own Home"><br />This requires a close look at comparable home sales in your area, as well as making an assessment of the <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">state</a> of the real estate market itself. How long should you market a home at a given price? However, this may be too short for your home if you have an unusual or very high end home for which there is a small market. If your home has been on the market for months with no offers, you have been given a clear message that the price is set too high.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://ourappraisal.blogspot.com/2006/05/abo-appraised-by-owner-tips-for.html" title="ABO - Appraised By Owner: Tips For Pricing Your Own Home">ABO - Appraised By Owner: Tips For Pricing Your Own Home</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/06/abo-appraised-by-owner-tips-for.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/115101169022072742Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:24:35 +00002006-06-22T14:28:10.273-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting"><br />When they tried to contact her to find out the status of the tranaction they would not be able to get ahold of her again. Some potential buyers met with who they thought was a real estate agent and paid down payment <a href="http://bookkeepers.near-home.com/" title="Bookkeepers Near Home">money</a> that they never saw again. “When the prospective buyer would call to find out more about what was going on, they never got an answer and figured out they’d been duped out of their <a href="http://bookkeepers.near-home.com/" title="Bookkeepers Near Home">money</a>,” Hay County Sgt.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2006/04/13/bogus-trailer-park-real-estate-scam-interesting/" title="Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting">Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/06/bogus-trailer-park-real-estate-scam.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/115043629265600663Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:34:48 +00002006-06-15T22:38:12.660-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Growth of Minority Home Buyers Initiates Changes In Industry"><br />The growth of minority home ownership is creating new opportunities for real estate agents, but it is also forcing them to develop new skill sets. But that approach has changed as agents and others have recognized the importance of making sure buyers are comfortable in their home-buying decisions.<br /></span><p>Tagged: [existing_link:e4d1c8f2f925c9d005a154b786f16d27]</p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://therealestatebloggers.com/2006/04/17/growth-of-minority-home-buyers-initiates-changes-in-industry/" title="Growth of Minority Home Buyers Initiates Changes In Industry">Growth of Minority Home Buyers Initiates Changes In Industry</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/06/growth-of-minority-home-buyers.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/115043629228150828Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:34:44 +00002006-06-15T22:38:12.316-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Live from NY"><br />New Real estate blogs <br />Steve Crossland's Austin, Texas Real Estate <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">Blog</a> <br />Tecnology for real estate and Jim Kimmons's regular <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">blog</a> from Taos, NM <br />Carollo's Blog on Queens and Long Island Real Estate <br />The complete List of Real Estate Blogs as well as Grow-a-Brain?s Extensive Real Estate Archives are Here<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/2006/05/live_from_ny.html" title="Live from NY">Live from NY</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/06/live-from-ny.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/115024572158840310Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:38:40 +00002006-06-13T17:42:01.610-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Title Unavailable"><br />A report updated for the first quarter of 2006 shows what areas have the most overvalued housing. You can view the report here. The report says it takes 3 and a half years to correct the overvaluation. For Q1 2006, they list the San Luis Obispo housing market as being 56.5% overvalued, which ranks about 30th on their list of 317 areas nationwide. The most undervalued areas are in Texas.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://www.slocountyhomes.com/2006/06/report-updated-for-first-quarter-of.html" title="Title Unavailable">Title Unavailable</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/06/title-unavailable.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114945803608018571Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:50:49 +00002006-06-04T14:53:56.110-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Water, Water Anywhere"><br />Median home prices are also a lot lower than in nearby Sedona - about $325,000 in Flagstaff, she said, which is roughly the Sedona entry price. For example, in Mountain Home (population 11,100), tucked deep into the Ozark <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">Mountains</a>, second homes made up only 10 percent of the market three to five years ago, but today it's 15 to 20 percent, said Rodney Wagner, the principal broker and owner of the Mountain Home Real Estate Company.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://uscondex.blogspot.com/2006/05/water-water-anywhere.html" title="Water, Water Anywhere">Water, Water Anywhere</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/06/water-water-anywhere.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114792934320820125Thu, 18 May 2006 05:13:05 +00002006-05-17T22:15:43.243-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Migration Patterns in U.S. Show Move to South, West"><br />Between 2000 and 2004, the South saw a net migration of 1.4 million, mostly in the South Atlantic states of Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The Northeast, and in particular the Mid-Atlantic states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, saw a net loss of nearly 1 million between 2000 and 2004.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://uscondex.blogspot.com/2006/04/migration-patterns-in-us-show-move-to.html" title="Migration Patterns in U.S. Show Move to South, West">Migration Patterns in U.S. Show Move to South, West</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/05/migration-patterns-in-us-show-move-to.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114780226364914738Tue, 16 May 2006 17:55:07 +00002006-05-16T10:57:43.723-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="How to handle 'year of the buyer'"><br />As for marketing and servicing listings, Rouda said all firms and agents do a good job in this area, but it's key to make sure the client knows this. "We recognized last fall that the market was more balanced, so we developed some in-branch training particularly for new agents to <a href="http://www.drug-rehabilitation-search.com/" title="Drug Rehabilitation Search">help</a> bring them up to speed on what new market conditions are like," said Sherry Chris, chief operating officer of Prudential California, Nevada and Texas Realty.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://uscondex.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-to-handle-year-of-buyer.html" title="How to handle 'year of the buyer'">How to handle 'year of the buyer'</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/05/how-to-handle-year-of-buyer.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114747646236542571Fri, 12 May 2006 23:25:13 +00002006-05-12T16:27:42.370-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Texas Property Tax Cut"><br />Finally some relief - the Texas House of Representatives approved, 139 votes to five, an 11% cut in property taxes. Now the bill goes to the <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">state</a> senate and the governor. If passed, the bill will give school districts around $2 billion from the <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">state</a>'s surplus. Most districts across the <a href="http://idaho.travelbn.com/" title="Idaho Travel Blog -Things to do Places to see">state</a> are taxing property owners close to $1.50 per $100, which is the maximum amount allowed by the state. Let's hope we get the relief that property owners need.<br /></span><p>Tagged: [existing_link:e4d1c8f2f925c9d005a154b786f16d27]</p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://austinrealestateguy.blogspot.com/2006/04/texas-property-tax-cut.html" title="Texas Property Tax Cut">Texas Property Tax Cut</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/05/texas-property-tax-cut.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114747646197426951Fri, 12 May 2006 23:25:12 +00002006-05-12T16:27:42.003-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Austin Housing Market Remains Strong"><br />As cities line Boston, Los Angeles and Miami see rising inventories of unsold homes, the Austin market is seeing fewer and fewer homes for sale. Central Texas job growth, the strongest in Texas, is responsible for much of the demand for homes. We saw job growth of around 4.5% in 2005. Because of that, we've seen a 14% rise in the sale of single-family homes for the first quarter of this year. We've also seen the continued trend of rising prices.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://austinrealestateguy.blogspot.com/2006/05/austin-housing-market-remains-strong.html" title="Austin Housing Market Remains Strong">Austin Housing Market Remains Strong</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/05/austin-housing-market-remains-strong.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114738766163236983Thu, 11 May 2006 22:45:13 +00002006-05-11T15:47:41.636-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Who Wins: Discount Brokers or Six Percenters?"><br />As far back as 2004, the smartest realtor I know told me he wouldn?t pay IAC for client leads because RealEstate.com referrals were always for buyers, and he had all the buyers he needed. The much more ominous thing for highly paid brokers is that now nearly a quarter of buyers, according to the head of one discount brokerage I interviewed, buy a specific home they found online themselves.<br /></span><p>Tagged: [existing_link:e4d1c8f2f925c9d005a154b786f16d27]</p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/hotproperty/archives/2006/03/who_wins_discou.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_blogspotting" title="Who Wins: Discount Brokers or Six Percenters?">Who Wins: Discount Brokers or Six Percenters?</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/05/who-wins-discount-brokers-or-six.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114738766010889186Thu, 11 May 2006 22:45:12 +00002006-05-11T15:47:40.120-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Condos Planned on Henderson St."><br />By SANDRA BAKER STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER FORT WORTH -- CityHomes, the division of Dallas-based Centex Homes that builds urban town houses, including the popular Addison Circle in Addison, has bought a small tract on Henderson Street just west of downtown where it plans a 50-unit condo development called Fronterra. The land is on the west side of Henderson Street bounded by Lexington, 10th and Texas streets.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://uscondex.blogspot.com/2006/03/condos-planned-on-henderson-st.html" title="Condos Planned on Henderson St.">Condos Planned on Henderson St.</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/05/condos-planned-on-henderson-st.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114619975323074902Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:47:07 +00002006-04-27T21:49:13.250-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="More than 1,000 arrested in illegal worker sting"><br />Executives at the company that hired them also are caught up in 26-state effort Cincinnati businessman Billy Hoskins was wending his way through Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport this week when federal agents arrested him as part of what authorities are calling the nation's biggest crackdown on employers of illegal immigrants. The one-day, 26-state blitz of arrests was meant to send a signal to American companies that hire illegal labor.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://housingpanic.blogspot.com/2006/04/more-than-1000-arrested-in-illegal.html" title="More than 1,000 arrested in illegal worker sting">More than 1,000 arrested in illegal worker sting</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/04/more-than-1000-arrested-in-illegal.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114556973749402692Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:47:03 +00002006-04-20T14:48:57.496-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Title Unavailable"><br />Consider the tax burden. When deciding where to live, or possibly where to retire, you might want to look at the tax burden. First, the U.S. Census Bureau has recently published an interesting chart: States Ranked by Total Taxes and Per Capita Amount: 2005. The Tax Foundation publishes an interesting study, ranking states by the amount of taxes one pays in that state: State and Local Tax Burdens Compared to Other U.S. States, 1970-2005.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://franandrowena.blogspot.com/archives/2006_04_01_franandrowena_archive.html#114404834053139751" title="Title Unavailable">Title Unavailable</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/04/title-unavailable.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114556973699904457Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:47:03 +00002006-04-20T14:48:57.006-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting"><br />When they tried to contact her to find out the status of the tranaction they would not be able to get ahold of her again. Some potential buyers met with who they thought was a real estate agent and paid down payment money that they never saw again. “When the prospective buyer would call to find out more about what was going on, they never got an answer and figured out they’d been duped out of their money,” Hay County Sgt.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://therealestatebloggers.com/2006/04/13/bogus-trailer-park-real-estate-scam-interesting/" title="Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting">Bogus Trailer Park Real Estate Scam - Interesting</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/04/bogus-trailer-park-real-estate-scam.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114556954160050860Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:43:48 +00002006-04-20T14:45:41.606-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Property Tax Cut Rally"><br />It is also intended to show the Texas legislature that there are thousands of Texans who support the property tax cut. Sure, there is no state income tax in Texas, but this does nothing to retirees who pay obnoxiously high property tax bills. Second, as the value of homes in Texas rises, and we have seen strong appreciation in the Austin area lately, property tax bills could price some people out of their homes.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://austinrealestateguy.blogspot.com/2006/04/property-tax-cut-rally.html" title="Property Tax Cut Rally">Property Tax Cut Rally</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/04/property-tax-cut-rally.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114556946854738682Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:42:35 +00002006-04-20T14:44:28.550-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Developers Amass Condo Building Sites"><br />And she didn't change her opinion upon learning that less than two weeks after Spreng bought her house, he sold the Capretta property for $1.19 million to Lady Godiva Investment Holdings LLC, a company in which he's a principal. Developers are "flipping things all over the place," said longtime area condominium developer Jim Mack of Volusia Properties, who recently flipped his company's Key Largo project in Daytona Beach Shores.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://uscondex.blogspot.com/2006/04/developers-amass-condo-building-sites.html" title="Developers Amass Condo Building Sites">Developers Amass Condo Building Sites</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/04/developers-amass-condo-building-sites.htmlReal Estate Prohttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/26071751/posts/full/114556946824057555Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:42:34 +00002006-04-20T14:44:28.256-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="post_body" summary="Buyer (And Seller) Beware"><br />You hear stories about sellers slashing listing prices to attract buyers, but home prices nationally have risen more than 10% over the past year. That leads people to take more risks than they should. The idea here is that if people's monthly payments to own a house are much higher than what they would spend to rent the same place, tax considerations included, then they must be banking on prices going up so they can sell for a profit someday.<br /></span><p>Tagged: <a href="http://texas.realestatebn.com/" rel="tag"><strong>Texas</strong></a></p><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://uscondex.blogspot.com/2006/04/buyer-and-seller-beware.html" title="Buyer (And Seller) Beware">Buyer (And Seller) Beware</a><br /><br/><br /></div></div>http://texas.realestatebn.com/2006/04/buyer-and-seller-beware.htmlReal Estate Pro