The Woodlands Real Estate

Thinking about buying a home can be a bit overwhelming if you don’t know the steps to take to get there. Here are some essential tips for aspiring home buyers. 1. Find a Real Estate Agent. This is key because you will need to work with a realtor whom you trust and who can give [...]

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Putting a home on the market can be stressful, and some owners have a hard time making objective decisions when it matters most. Here are some essential tips for sellers, and make sure you lean on your trusted real estate agent for guidance and direction. 1. Price it Right! Your listing agent should do a [...]

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Although part of our daily lives, many common products kept in and around the house contain materials that are bad for the environment and are hazardous for our health. Heavy metals or chemicals that are known to be toxic, corrosive or flammable are hiding within some pretty common items in our homes. Mercury is an [...]

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According to the Wall Street Journal (7/11/11) over 35% of all American cell phone owners have a smart phone. 1 in 4 of that 35% use their smart phones to conduct almost all of their online activities (as opposed to just using it to access the intertnet daily). The 1 in 4 figure is expected [...]

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Bad news often garners a disproportionate share of media attention. With 24/7 access to global news flow, we’re just a touch of a screen or button away from the latest woes in the world. However, with so much attention focused on “bad”, a significant good-news story may have been widely looked over: The U.S. economic [...]

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Texas rocked the Milken Institute’s annual index of Best-Performing Cities, taking four of the Top 5 positions and nine of the Top 25, thanks to the state’s healthy economy and robust job creation climate. “I’m proud of the environment we’ve created in Texas that allows employers to risk their capital, receive a return on their [...]

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1. January is traditionally the month for employees to begin new jobs. Since transferees cannot wait until spring to buy, you need to be on the market during the Holidays to capture that market! 2. Some people must buy before the end of the year for tax reasons! 3. Buyers have more time to look [...]

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Fixed-rate mortgages rates were largely unchanged and near record lows, according to Freddie Mac and Bankrate mortgage surveys. The 30-year fixed dipped to 3.99% for the week ending Dec. 8 with an average 0.7 point, and at 3.27%, the 15-year, fixed-rate mortgage with an average 0.8 point, was just slightly above its all-time low of [...]

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Santa Claus will make his grand entrance on his magical floating sleigh amidst a spectacular laser light show at the 29th Annual Lighting of the Doves and the 5th Annual International Winter On The Waterway (iWOW) on Saturday, November 19. Santa Claus is expected to arrive around 7 pm to flip the switch under a [...]

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It is not an uncommon site to see runners, walkers, cyclists and the like all around The Woodlands as you drive around. You will notice that they are out at all times of the day as well. If you are one of the people riding a bicycle or jogging/running through the 190 miles of hike [...]

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