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        <description>Dallas-Fort Worth New Homes, Find DFW home builder sales promotions, price reductions, and housing news.</description>
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        <author>mike@askinsrealtygroup.com (Mike Askins)</author>
        <title>Wow ~$96 Per/SF Under $350,000 3630SF Game-Media-Study-3-Car </title>
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Please Note, this home is temporarily off market for Roof Replacement, Painting and other cosmetic improvements and will be relisted in mid-May 2017.


Exceptional Value, plus great West McKinney location in betweennbsp;Virginia Parkway and Eldorado Parkway and West or Hardin Blvd


Home Features a traditional 4 Bedrooms up floorplan, so mom, dad and the kids can all be on the same floor. Whats really nice is the 4 LIVING AREAS, and at just $96 p/sf, this is the best priced home especially when you consider all features listed below, in the West McKinney area, and it doesnt hurt to be on a hillside cul-de-sac street too


Energy bills are very reasonable for a home this size (see below), and with LOW $390 Annual HOA Fees and NO MUD Taxes, you can only pay more, for a home offering the features shown below. 


Home Features for 3809 Landsdowne Drive


GENERAL




Energy Efficient Radiant Barrier Decking in Attic


Energy Efficient Tip-in Vinyl Low E Double Pane Windows


NEW ROOF - Being installed in next 7-14 days


Monthly Electric Average Bill = $114.56 / Gas = $62.49


2 New High Efficiency Gas Water Heaters


~75 of Lighting are LEDs


4 LIVING AREAS amp; 2 DINNING


Large Study


Gameroom with Walk-out Composite Deck Balcony


3 Tiered Media Room with Surround Sound, located over GARAGE and away from Master Bedroom


Huge Master Suite with 2nd Walk-out Composite Balcony, Sitting Area and Bay Windownbsp;


Screened in Covered Patio with Gas Sub-out for Grille


3 Car Garage Tandem Rear Entry Garage with Painted Floors


Separate Utility Room (not a pass through from garage) with Sink


Wood Floors in Living, Dining and Family Rooms


Wrought Iron Staircase Balusters


Full Exterior Rain Gutters


Full Rainbird Sprinkler System with Rain Sensor


Furniture Grade Cabinets, Double Sinks and Doored off Bath / Toilet area in Secondary Bath


Lots of Crown Moldings


Ceiling Fans in all bedrooms, game room, family room, study and Family Room


Exterior Hardiplank cement boards for long lasting exterior elements.


Lots of Storage Closets and larger bedrooms


LOW LOW HOA Fees


NO PID or MUD Taxes




KITCHEN 




Double Stainless Ovens


Island Kitchen


Satin Nickel faucet, cabinet pulls and door hardware


New Crushed Granite under mountednbsp;sink


Granite Counters


New Gas Cooktop


Breakfast Bar


Walk-in Pantry


Large Breakfast Area with Door to massive under-stair storage area


Butler Pantry between Kitchen and Formal Dining




MASTER BEDROOM




Corner Jetted Garden Tub andnbsp;Large Stand Alone Shower in Master


Furniture Grade Cabinets in Master with sitting area for the misses


Medicine cabinet in Master


Walk-out Balcony in Master


Bay Window with Sitting Areanbsp;




NEWLY REPLACED ITEMS




Both 50 Gallon Hot Water Tanks Replaced 6 Months Ago


5 Burner Gas Cook Top Recently Replaced


Sink Disposal replaced and upgraded to 1/2 HP


Kitchen Faucet and Sink Replace. Sink is Crushed Granite


Garage Door Spring Just Replaced with New Spring and Garage Door Serviced


Many interior Lights upgraded to LED Lighting




Are You a Serious Buyer? Call Mike NOW  for Complete details


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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <author>mike@askinsrealtygroup.com (Mike Askins)</author>
        <title>NEW Search Dallas Fort Worth MLS Listings by School Attendance Zones</title>
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ARG is proud to announce a brand new uber cool website search feature that will quickly display ALL MLS LISTINGS for any DFW School name found within a specific county, city or subdivision. This new feature allows you to cut through hours of trial and error searching and find ONLY those specific listings that matter to you.


START SEARCHING DFW MLS LISTINGS BASED UPON SPECIFIC SCHOOL NAME


When you click DFW TOWNS on the Main Navigation Bar, you can quickly search for MLS Listings that report to a specific school name within a specific County, City or Subdivision only. For example, if you want to live in McKinney, but want to send your kids to FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, you can quickly find just those MLS Listings for sale in McKinney that send students to Frisco High School. On the other hand, if you want to find ALL MLS LISTINGS for Sale for a SPECIFIC SCHOOL, regardless of County, City or Master-plan name, then just scroll down to item numbers 3 and 4 below.


Folks, this is way too easy, but just another small example how the dedicated professional DFW Realtors at ARG are helping you to connect to the home of your dreams Have Fun


1. Simply click DFW TOWNS on the Main Nav, and select a City on the Left, or Master-Plan Community, or County on the Right side of the drop down menu.





nbsp;2. After the next page loads, click the SCHOOLS TAB near the top of the page (circled below) and then scroll down to search for your School of Interest and click that school name to view MLS Listings for Sale.





3. If you want to view ALL MLS LISTINGS, regardless of CITY or SUBDIVISION, that one is even EASIER Simply Access the Location Input Bar from the HOME PAGE (first screen shot directly below), or you can click, DFW MLS on the Main Navigation Bar (circled below in second screen shot). Then click on Dallas Fort Worth Real Estate, to open the MAIN DFW MLS Search input page. You can also perform the same search for just new homes, by clicking on the main New Homes link on the main navigation bar.








4. Then simply start to type in the School name of interest into the LOCATION BARS INPUT FIELD (circled just below in screen shot), and as you type a drop down will appear with suggestions based upon your input. Then CLICK TO SELECT your School Name in the Drop Down to view ALL MLS LISTINGS for Sale within that Schools attendance zone.





There you have it Click-click-Done
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 19:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <author>mike@askinsrealtygroup.com (Mike Askins)</author>
        <title>Wow HOT BUY 8 Month OLD 4/4 3232SF KHOV in Stonebridge Ranch $449999</title>
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This 2016 built, corner lot (~75x120 - irregular dimensions) 1.5 Story home with 4 bedrooms down plus a Study and 3 full baths, plus a large game room up, large closet and full bath (could be a Media Room or even large bedroom suite), and is priced below market (currently $40,000 below next lowest priced listing) to sell quickly.


Still under a full one years builders warranty until 6/10/17, plus remainder of 2 year mechanical, plumbing and electrical plus 10 year structure warranty. This home is Energy Star 3.0, and the bills per owner are ridiculously low


North Texas No.1 Master-Planned Community, Could Be Its Own City


With almost 5500 Acres and 73 villages, Stonebridge Ranch is like no other DFW area Master-planned Community and is the largest master-plan community in North Texas. Additionally, this featured listing being part of Stonebridge Ranch, McKinney, is not subject to MUD or PID assessments and the HOA fee is only ~$740 per year.


With 30 miles of hike and bike trails, 15 catch and release lakes, restaurants, retail, fitness, multiple on campus schools, parks, 3 golf courses (2 country club courses), tennis, medical and dental offices, and minutes from the new Baylor Trauma care hospital, and so much more.







This Home (6501 Rabbit Hill Road) Features $82,786 in Builder Upgrades




1.5 Story Floorplan


Stone and Brick Elevation


Cedar Garage Doors


Extensive nail down hand-scraped wood floors everywhere except in bedrooms and bathrooms amp; half story.


Gorgeous Kitchen Cabinets with Large Furniture Grade Island (Dark Stained Cabinets, White Painted Island w/ Pendent Lights)


Under Cabinet lights in Kitchen


Stainless Appliances


Double Ovens and externally vented gas cook-top


Archways amp; Rounded Corners


6 Floor Moldings amp; Crown Moldings


Stone FP Surround to Ceiling


Oil Rubbed Bronze Hardware


Surround Sound


Covered Patio with Gas Sub-out


More features available on Builder Change Order


Energy Star 3.0 Certified


HERS 0-85 Rated




VIEW N. TEXAS MLS FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS LISTING






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View Current MLS Pricing for Wynn Ridge Listings in Stonebridge Ranch















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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
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        <author>mike@askinsrealtygroup.com (Mike Askins)</author>
        <title>American Legend Homes Grand Opening Melton Ridge Stonebridge Ranch Special Savings</title>
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Come see Stonebridge Ranch, North Texas Largest Master-planned community Melton Ridge is now open Find the perfect lot, or an inventory Home (SPEC Home), that is under construction. Find out more about American Legend Home and Melton Ridge in Stonebridge Ranch.


Need more savings? ARG offers a cool 4 buyer cash rebate that can up to double your builder incentives, or offer a fully commission FREE Move-up



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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
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        <author>mike@askinsrealtygroup.com (Mike Askins)</author>
        <title>Moving to Union Park? Del Webb Says, Bring Grandma and Grandpa Too</title>
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Union Park, located off Hwy 380 in Little Elm, has just announced that Del Webb will begin building new homes in the summer of 2017, with new homes ready beginning in 2018 For families that want to bring Grandma and Grandpa with them to Union Park, Del Webb offers the perfect solution for seniors Del Web at Union Park will have a dedicated 8,000SF Clubhouse with Fitness Center, and various multi-purpose rooms. Additionally, Del Web Union Park Buyers will have their own exclusive outdoor pool, tennis courts, bocce ball courts, pickleball courts and a sport court.





Want more information? Thinking about making the move? ARG offers a Low Cost, typically less than a 3 Listing fee which is HALF the typical going rate for Senior Citizens wanting to be part of the new Del Web community at Union Park in Little Elm. IF you dont have a home to sell, ARG offers Del Webb new home buyers a 2 new home buyer cash rebate, plus you receive all the builders special sales discounts and closing cost incentives,



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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
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    <link>https://www.texasnewhomerebates.com/blog/why-accurate-preowned-home-pricing-matters-view-latest-mls-sold-to-unsold-statistics-for-collin-coun.html</link>
        <author>mike@askinsrealtygroup.com (Mike Askins)</author>
        <title>Why Accurate Preowned Home Pricing Matters View Latest MLS Sold to Unsold Statistics for Collin County</title>
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At the end of the day, every home has a price the market will agree withnbsp;and knowing that approximate price tag is the first order of business for any successful home sale. Over the years ARG has listed and soldnbsp;100s of area pre-owned homes for our Free Move-up buyers and today, after nearly 13 years, ARG enjoys one of the highest success rates selling our clients listings and that is due to a careful understanding of value.nbsp;Read ARGs Marketing Plan.


Also, many ARG clients enjoy up to a fully commission free sale of their home, meaning even if they must sell for less than list price, their NET proceeds from the sale of their home would still be thousands of dollars higher than if they listed with a traditional full cost broker charging up to 6.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;


All Homes are Sellable Whennbsp;Priced Right


If you carefully consider home pricing as a science problem to solve, itrsquo;s hard not to conclude a cause and effect relationship with regards to pricing, and that is, when you price right, you sell, and when you price wrong, you donrsquo;t.


It should be no surprise, that everyone is looking for a good deal. I cant ever recall a buyer not wanting to try and negotiate to get a lower price. While sellers want more, buyers want to pay less. However, when listingsnbsp;dont sell after months of MLS exposure, the number one reason is the listing price is too high, but whynbsp;do so many sellers get their homes market value wrong? Well, to many, pricing a home is personal, emotional or attached to thenbsp;money they need to buy another home. To some, the idea of speculating on a higher sales price is just too good to pass up. Some sellers may be just trying to recoup what they spent.


Sure, there are exceptions for exceptional homes. These are the special listings that have been professionally remodeled, updated or on exceptional dream lots. When this occurs, we are the first to agree to go higher than Comps.


nbsp;Infographic: Collin County Pre-owned Sold/Unsold MLS Data, Last 180 Days





Data shown reflects raw MLS statistical data only and does not account for any expired or canceled listing that may have been relisted and sold. Data does not reflect new construction. The percentage figures shown reflect current seller expectations and corresponding buyer behavior. As percentages change, general market direction can be better understood.




A Total of 150 Pre-owned MLS Listings SOLD in Prosper.


A Total of 83nbsp;Pre-owned MLS Listings Expired or Canceled in Prosper.


That meansnbsp;~55 of Prosper Listings Expired or were Canceled.


In Frisco, ~34 of pre-owned listings Expired or Canceled  (1160 Sold vs. 405 Expired or Canceled)


In Plano, ~29 of MLS pre-owned listings Expired or Canceled (1399 Sold vs. 408 Expired/ Canceled)


In McKinney, ~28 of MLS pre-owned listings Expired or Canceled (1355 Sold vs. 387nbsp;Expired/Canceled)


In Allen, ~24 of MLS pre-owned listings Expired or Canceled (630 Sold vs. 153 Expired/ Canceled)




What Factors Do Sellers Need to Evaluate Concerning Their Homes Market Value?


I think we can all agree that no two homes are identical. Each home will have a unique combination of factors that will identify its unique value. The following key factors can either contribute to a more positive (more valuable) or a less positive impression (less valuable).




Location


School District, or specific school attendance zones


Lot Characteristics, lot size, landscaping, proximity to noise and roads, etc.


Condition, updates, upgrades and or degree of obsolescence


Floorplan layout affects value




Perhaps, if there was a visual way to rate individual homes on a 0-10 scale for the purpose of comparing individual homes against relevant closed Comps, it might then become easier to properly pricenbsp;pre-owned real estate more accurately. In the example below, you would not price this home based upon community COMPS that scores with 8s and 9s. Todays buyers, thanks to information technology, can easily compare homes that sold to homes that are for sale and draw general conclusions about how they should price their homes.





A Common Mistake, Comping Your Home With the Wrong Floorplan


If you are going to sell your home, then you must attract a buyer, and that means your homesnbsp;price must be justifiablenbsp;when the buyer agent pulls anbsp;market comp report. For example, if youre trying to Comp your home, which has a floorplan withnbsp;1 bedroom down, and 3 bedrooms up, with similar sized homes having 2 bedrooms down and 2 bedrooms up, you would not be using the right Direct Comps. The same would apply if your home has 3 bedrooms up, but only 1 bathroom. In that instance, you would need to Comp with other sold listings having 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom up, or make an appropriate price adjustment reduction reflecting the floorplan difference.nbsp;


The fact is, not all Square Footage is worth the same price per square foot dollar value. Over time, you can see the measured difference in pricing based upon floorplan style.


Your Home is Not Officially Priced Until The Fat Appraiser Sings


If you thought your Realtors CMA Report seemed low, you could be in for a shock when the appraiser issues their report. Thanks to 8 long years of over-burdensome regulatory red-tape, todays appraiser, who is now at an arms length from all parties, is meaner than ever. Their job is to crunch COMPS and compare values so that their value determination is not overvalued, or they risk going to jail. Thus, appraisers are more likely to under appraise. When a home appraises for less than contract sales price, for many buyers, that becomes an automatic contract out, especially when the seller is not willing to renegotiate. What this points to is the need for accurate CMA Reports, and listing your home for the correct price.nbsp;


That is why job number one is always getting your home priced right prior to listing. Agents who do this, have the highest success rates selling their clients homes. Agents who toss darts at values, the lowest success rates.


Fornbsp;Listings that Linger on the Market Too Long, Other Problems




You listing risks becoming stigmatised and more frequently avoidednbsp;due to too many DOM (Days on Market).nbsp;


Appraisers will note the excessive days on market and may use that number as a negative indicator of value.


Your listing increasingly becomes the target for Low-Ballers looking for a deal.


You wind up reducing your price to a level that is below what you could have sold for had you priced correctly day 1.


Showings start to become a major headache and nuisance to accommodate.


Open Houses dont work, but these are mostly marketing tools for Realtorsreg; to find future clients.


Your listing finally expires or you cancel.




Facts Dont Lie. Statistics Dont Lie Either, Rather They Teach


If youre considering selling your home and want to gain a general pricing parameter for what your Prosper, McKinney, Frisco, Allen or Plano home might be worth, then try our handy online home evaluation tool. If youre looking for experienced Realtorsreg; who understand the market and who will offer an honest market evaluation so you can have the facts you need to properly price your home for a successful sale, then the Realtors at ARG stand ready to serve your real estate needs, and if youre buying a new home, we offer low cost to 100 commission free listing services too, so you can keep the largest closing cost expense, the agent commission in your pocket.
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    <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
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        <author>mike@askinsrealtygroup.com (Mike Askins)</author>
        <title>U.S. Interest Rates Expected to Rise in March</title>
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The monthly cost of home ownership, via higher mortgage interest rates, is expected to rise later this month when the Federal Reserve convenes to review current economic activity and interest rate policy. Experts anticipate the Fed will have no choice but to raise rates again. Since September, the Federal Funds Rate has increased by 0.5. Marchs increase will mean the Federal Funds Rate will rise to 1. During the recession of 2008/9, the Federal Funds rate dropped to just 0.25.


Historically speaking, todays mortgage interest rates are still very low, however with economic forecasts heating up, price inflation becomes a threat to economic stability and hence a higher cost of borrowing is generally the tool used to combat inflation. Experts are signaling that a series of interest rate increases in 2017 can be expected.






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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2017 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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