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Understanding closing costs By Stephen Fritz, Realtor 832-483-1839 www.BuysellHoustonhomes.com www.longpointwoods.com Everyone knows that in most cases you'll need at least a small down payment to purchase a home -- but that's not all. You'll also need to come to the transaction with money for ...
12/03/2008
Houston real estate still recovering from Ike By Stephen Fritz, Realtor 832-483-1839 www.BuysellHoustonhomes.com www.longpointwoods.com The Houston housing market continued to feel the effects of the troubled national economy in October and residual business interruptions caused by Hurricane Ik...
12/03/2008
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By Stephen Fritz, Realtor 832-483-1839 www.BuysellHoustonhomes.com www.longpointwoods.com Real estate ranks third in Texas' GDP Real estate is the third most important private industry in Texas, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The real estate industry acc...
12/03/2008
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Texas Realtors lobby for property tax relief Property taxes in Texas nearly quadrupled between 1986 and 2006. You may think population growth and inflation had something to do with that, and you'd be right. But inflation and people moving to Texas account for only about half of that increase. T...
12/03/2008
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HOUSTON (Houston Business Journal) - The Bayou City is among the nation's strongest growth centers, according to a new report from New York-based economic research firm IHS Global Insight."We still see Houston faring better than a lot of other metropolitan areas, but the outlook has been clou...
12/02/2008
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Property parts have life expectancies By Stephen Fritz, Realtor 832-483-1839 www.BuysellHoustonhomes.com www.longpointwoods.com The National Association of Home Builders and Bank of America studied the general life expectancy of the parts of a house to figure out a home's durability. Of course,...
11/10/2008
Texas economists offer alternative solutions to mortgage crisis By Stephen Fritz, Realtor 832-483-1839 www.BuysellHoustonhomes.com www.longpointwoods.com The five-year freeze on mortgage interest rates recently announced by the federal government may be intended to help responsible homeowners a...
11/10/2008
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Read the seller's disclosure By Stephen Fritz, Realtor 832-483-1839 www.BuysellHoustonhomes.com www.longpointwoods.com Before you buy a home, be sure you look closely at the seller's disclosure notice. Sellers are required by law to fill out a form that discloses material defects about the hous...
11/10/2008
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Hold off on big purchases By Stephen Fritz, Realtor 832-483-1839 www.BuysellHoustonhomes.com www.longpointwoods.com If you've chosen the perfect home and been approved for a loan, refrain from making another major purchase until closing is complete. A major purchase like a shiny new car can cha...
11/10/2008
Quick relocations don't mandate housing "fire sales" By Stephen Fritz, Realtor 832-483-1839 www.BuysellHoustonhomes.com www.longpointwoods.com Quick relocations don't mandate housing "fire sales" With families frequently relocating to follow careers, homeowners often face the challenge of ei...
11/10/2008