Clear Lake Texas Real Estate – Focus on Bay Glen

Bay Glen Homes

Sales in Bay Glen have started off with a BANG this year.  Finally!
The average turnover in Clear Lake is a little over 6%, meaning that in any given year, 6 out of every 100 single family homes will sell.  Last year in Bay Glen, that number was 70 out of the 1,389 [...]

Clear Lake Texas Real Estate – Focus on Brookwood

The numbers seem to be getting a little better in the Clear Lake Texas real estate market. 
Last year in the Brookwood subdivision of 904 single family homes, there were 14 home sales in the first 2 quarters.  This year there were 22.  And prices of Brookwood homes are actually UP!  That’s great news for Brookwood homeowners.  [...]

Brazos Bend State Park

Okay, I’ll admit it; I’m not a “real” outdoors person.  It’s not that I don’t like it, I just never really got into it like some of my friends.  Today however I decided that it was too pretty outside to pass it up so off to Brazos Bend State Park I went.  I’m by myself as my [...]

Clear Lake Texas Real Estate – Bay Knoll Statistics

Clear Lake Texas Real Estate – Bay Knoll Subdivision Neighborhood Statistics 

Bay Knoll in Clear Lake has 660 single family homes built from 1986 to 1989 with an average sales price of $181,633 this first quarter of 2009.  Built by four builders, Ryland Homes, Village Builders, Weekly Homes and Brighton, these homes range from about 2,000 [...]

Houston Texas Real Estate – the $8,000 Tax Credit

Expanded Tax Break Available for 2009 First-Time Homebuyers 
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that taxpayers who qualify for the first-time homebuyer credit and purchase a home this year before Dec. 1 have a special option available for claiming the tax credit either on their 2008 tax returns due April 15 or on their [...]

Houston Texas Real Estate – Tax appraisal versus the Sold Price what’s the REAL deal?

 
 
Tax appraisal versus the Sold Price what’s the REAL deal?
 
I was asked this question today.  This is a great question and asked by many buyers.  The value that the county tax assessor does not reflect the selling price of that home.  Tax assessors do not go into the property to see any improvements (or lack [...]

Clear Lake Texas Real Estate – Clear Lake Foreclosures

Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t ask me about foreclosures in the Clear Lake area.  With news from the national media, foreclosures are certainly a hot topic.
It’s important to remember; all markets are LOCAL.
In the last quarter of 2008, of the 568 single family homes sold in the Clear Lake area, 56 were foreclosure sales according [...]

Short sales in Houston Texas

Houston Texas Short Sales Updated December 19th, 2008.
Short sales less than $100,000
Short sales $200,000 to $300,000
Short sales $300,000 +
Short sales occur when a mortgage company agrees to take less than what the current homeowner owes on the property. While they can be challenging to purchase, they can also represent instant equity for the new purchaser. [...]

Real Estate Update

Check this video out by Dave Jenks of Keller Williams Realty on Affordability

League City Texas homes for sale: August Market Statistics 2008 Vs 2007 Focus on Cedar Landing

 
 
 
League City Texas homes for sale: August Market Statistics 2008 Vs 2007 Focus on Cedar Landing
 
For this report we wanted to focus in on League City Texas homes for sale in the Cedar Landing subdivision.
 
August 2008 Sold Properties
 
In August of this year, there were 3 homes sold in the Cedar Landing subdivision in League City, [...]