Archive for Buyers
An Open Letter to Buyers…
Dear San Antonio home buyer: I’ve been looking at some older posts and found this one that I thought I might share with all of you. Originally written for my blog at ActiveRain, I was still quite new to the industry when I wrote it. Even with the passage of time, I found myself nodding [...]
Tax Credit and National Flood Insurance Program Extended.
Bills split from Jobs Bill and passed. After being denied as part of H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, the first time home buyer tax credit has been extended (please see details below) and the National Flood Insurance Program is reinstated. Both (originally amendments to H.R. 4213) were split off as stand [...]
Tax Credit Paperwork Extension Denied
Senate filibuster kills extension. ** UPDATE July 2, 2010 – Congress separated the first time home buyer tax credit and National Flood Insurance Program extensions from their original bill and passed them as H.R. 5623 and H.R. 5569 respectively. President Obama signed them into law on July 2, 2010. ** ** Please note: the first [...]
Open House – 6747 Spearwood in Live Oak
Saturday and Sunday 12-3 I’ll be conducting an open house at 6747 Spearwood in Live Oak 78233 (map) today and tomorrow from 12-3PM. Located in the Auburn Hills at Woodcrest subdivision off of O’Connor Road and I-35, this three bedroom, two and a half bath home has just recently been completed (except for the sod [...]
Tax credit “extension” – just the facts.
Another round of misunderstanding. ** UPDATE July 2, 2010 – Congress separated the first time home buyer tax credit and National Flood Insurance Program extensions from their original bill and passed them as H.R. 5623 and H.R. 5569 respectively. President Obama signed them into law on July 2, 2010. ** ** Please note: the first [...]
This should be an interesting week in real estate.
A whirlwind of activity. Well folks, this is it. The final week of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit (unless you qualify as a service member of the military with “official extended duty”). We’ve been talking about it for what seems like forever, but the time has rushed by and now it’s here. The [...]
San Antonio MLS – What is it?
The San Antonio MLS Read any real estate blog and you’ll quickly learn that Realtors® love acronyms and abbreviations. One you’ll hear more often than not? MLS. Short for multiple listing service, it’s what agents use to help you find a home in San Antonio (or wherever you may live). Simply put, it’s a giant [...]
Don’t let the “noise” interfere with your home search.
Quell the noise. Something that happened yesterday reminded me of the constant barrage of “noise” that has a tendency to interfere with the things we want to do. We all have those moments, where the “noise” in our life drowns out any semblance of focus and we tend to go into a bit of a [...]
Appraisals, Appraised Value, and the Fair Market Value of Your Home
How many different ways are there to determine value? The words appraisal and appraised value are thrown around a lot in real estate. You’ll hear them non-stop when you buy or sell a home. Add in fair market value (sometimes just said as market value and suddenly your faced with a swirling cloud of words [...]
The First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Is Winding Down
April 30th is approaching fast. ** UPDATE July 2, 2010 – Congress separated the first time home buyer tax credit and National Flood Insurance Program extensions from their original bill and passed them as H.R. 5623 and H.R. 5569 respectively. President Obama signed them into law on July 2, 2010. ** ** Please note: the [...]
