Becky Washam's (bwasham) Blog

            Congratulations to Paula Turner!  In less than 24 hours Paula received an offer on her new listing at 1317 Todd Drive in Plano.  It just goes to show that with the right agent and the right pricing/marketing stragedy real estate in N. Texas can still fly off the market!  Visit our Pl...

As an agent with the BW Home Team, you will be part of a select few agents chosen to service our buyers and sellers.  Who You Are Passionate: You have a deep seated passion to serve your clients and a goal to keep them as clients for life. You always do the right thing. Real: You are a real pers...

A new bill was introduced to the House of Representatives late last year. This bill, titled "The Borrowers Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009" was co-sponsored by Reps. Melissa Bean, D - Ill., and Shelley Moore Capito, R - W. Va. The bill, if passed, would require that borrowers recei...

As an agent with the BW Home Team, you will be part of a select few agents chosen to service our buyers and sellers. Coverage Currently Needed: Plano/Frisco/McKinney area  Who You Are · Passionate:  You have a deep seated passion to serve your clients and a goal to keep them as clients for life. ...

More good news on the housing front to be released in tomorrow's Dallas Morning News! 2010 has a bright outlook for a shiny new year! Dallas-Fort Worth preowned home sales skyrocket as homebuyers take advantage of tax credit By STEVE BROWN/ The Dallas Morning News The North Texas housing market c...

I just read a great article entitled "When Will Your Housing Market Recover?" This article goes into detail about how to find out if your own local market is recovering and where to find the information. They mention researching the supply of for-sale homes, median home prices and volume of homes...

According to the latest Realtors Confidence Index (RCI), one out of every 10 recent homes sales has been a short sale. What's a short sale you ask? A short sale is when the lender agrees to let the homeowner sell their home for less than what they owe that lender to avoid a foreclosure, which can...

Obama has officially signed the bill that extends the first time homebuyer tax credit of up to $8,000 through June 2010 as long as the homebuyer executes a contract by April 30, 2010. This new legislation expands the tax credit program to include an up to $6,500 tax credit for existing homeowner...

Yesterday, with expected low turn out, Texans approved all 11 Texas Constitutional amendments on the ballot Tuesday. Voters approved three amendments related to Texans' property taxes that the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association said will lead to "the most signifigant property tax reform in ...

Senators agreed yesterday in an 85 - 2 vote to extend the $8500 tax credit for first time homebuyers through April 2010 to a final vote. Senior members of congress expect the bill to pass next week. Even bigger news is the tax credit may expand to repeat buyers that have owned their current home ...