Diane Lipps' Blog

Live In Royse City TX! $150,000 10 acres of land ready for home or ranch.  Located in Hunt County and approximately a 40 minute commute to Dallas, TX! This tract of land is AG exempt and currently is being used for grazing and hay. AG exempt means cheaper taxes if you keep up the exemption!   Cu...

Live in the prestigious lake community of Lafayette Landing! There are 3 lots to choose from ranging from 0.5 to 0.6 acres to build your lakeview home facing Lake Ray Hubbard. Surrounded by half million - $2 million homes. Heath Texas is located in Rockwall County and is known for it's hilly char...

Jenny the Elephant from the Dallas TX Zoo has decided to make her Super Bowl 2011 predictions between Pittsburgh Steelers  or Green Bay Packers . The Dallas Zoo painted two watermelons : one for each team in their team colors.  Then Jenny decided who was going to get "stomped" by stomping the ap...

Yes, I am a Dallas Cowboys fan. Now that I have said that, I would like to congratulate the Super Bowl teams playing this year :     Pittsburgh Steelers  vs. Green Bay Packers And Welcome to TEXAS!! I have been so excited that the Super Bowl is going to be in my area this year.  All of the visito...

This is just a refresher course to reiterate the importance of making sure all parties involved  in the contract know exactly what it is they are agreeing to.  I have spoke with so many different individuals who couldn't tell me what they agreed to in a contract because nobody explained it to the...

Market report for Royse City Tx covering December 2009 - December 2010 Data does not cover land or commercial sales: The median price of for sale properties and of sold properties are both down 3%. The median sold prices varied from $100K up to around $170K     Number of properties sold: The numb...

Have you ever said that (or more like screamed) to yourself when you are trying to show a property, or have been with your agent and could not get into a house you were interested in?  I have had my share for sure.  One in particular, the house was a popular choice for many of my clients as it ha...

    Alright, we have all seen and read MLS descriptions that once the potential buyer reads it, thinks that they have just found their dream home only to be disappointed, or better yet, totally devastated when they arrive to the home.  Same thing goes for the agent that is working with a buyer, a...

    Quote out of our preamble:     "In recognition and appreciation of their obligations to clients, customers, the public, and each other,REALTORS® continuously strive to become and remain informed on issues affecting real estate and, as knowledgeable professionals, they willingly share the frui...

Below are the market reports for Mc Lendon Chisholm Tx located in Rockwall County.  It is a very small, yet desirable rural town known for its ranching and horse properties as well as some high end subdivisions.  That helps explain the fluctuation of sale and sold data. These charts cover Decembe...