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It is a common mistake for home sellers to fail to employ the primary pre-listing rules for selling Real Estate. Rules such as a decluttering, and removing non-mission critical personal items to storage, fixing cosmetic issues, and correcting light management issues that affect buyer impression, followed by a careful review of closets, pantry, laundry room and finally a thorough clean-up, including windows and landscaping, are all checklist items that will help you get the job done.

Don't Give Away Your Hard Earned Home Equity

While a percentage of home sellers dump their homes to buy-out vendors along with their home equity profits, the vast majority of home sellers have no intention of handing over their hard-earned equity and even find ways

It is common knowledge that a great number of homes sell during the spring buying season. For that reason, many homeowners hold off putting their homes on the market until then. The question is whether or not that is a good strategy this year.

The other listings that come out in the spring will represent increased competition to any seller. Do a greater number of homes actually come to the market during this season in comparison to the rest of the year? The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently revealed the months during which most people listed their homes for sale in 2018. This graphic shows the results:

Thinking of Selling Your House? This is a Perfect Time! | MyKCM The three months in the second quarter of the year

It's a brand new month for NEW HOME DEALS in the Dallas Fort Worth Housing Market! Completed inventory home opportunities are everywhere! Builders are still sitting on inventory they want to move, and the good news is bank interest rates have fallen (more than you think), financial markets are signaling an uptick in new home sales, and affordable deals on inventory are waiting for buyers now. In fact, now may be the ideal time to invest in your future.

Keep in mind the current trend in the D/FW housing market is towards smaller lots and more basic homes. Why? Because construction costs have never stopped rising. What this means is you now have an opportunity to catch a deal on a completed new home, that may be on a larger lot, and with more

November new home sales beat expectations from CNBC.

This morning Rick Santelli reported a surprise ~17% uptick in new home sales for last November. It is my opinion that the December sales report may be even better. As real mortgage interest rates decline, and as the Federal Reserve signals it will remain neutral with future rate increases, home sales are responding positively.

Benzinga is reporting that an industry analyst is turning more bullish for builder stocks in 2019, suggesting a modest correction to the upside for home builders. 

If you put off buying, you might want to reconsider. Banks are competing for your mortgage business and that has driven rates down from their 5% peak last year. New home prices, although still

Patio Homes offer detached "Single Family Home" ownership, a convenient come and go lifestyle option (next to nothing to maintain outside of the home), making it a perfect choice to own for busy professionals, versus tossing money away on rentals. RIGHT NOW, mortgage rates for 30 year money is as low as 4.125% (I can help you find out where) and the builder has dropped the price of this model home from over $500K to $419,990, and there is a $10,000 CASH REBATE for ARG™ clients, that can be used towards final settlement costs, or a check paid the next business day after closing.

Model Home Features

• Excellent Location Near 121 US75, Custer Road, Allen, and Plano
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• PGA Golf Course
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Announcing 1930 Passionflower Road Frisco / Frisco ISD is Back on the Market and ready for a fast CLOSE! Check it Out! Loaded up Highland has what your are looking for!

And just like that, Hollyhock in Frisco now finds itself bordering the newly announced 600 acres PGA Headquarters that will host its "Grand Opening" celebration in 2022! I mean, who could have predicted this?

This new 36 hole tournament class golf course will quickly become the new epicenter for the PGA in the United States. What is planned are 2 - 18 hole PGA tournament class golf courses that are slated to host its first professional tour events in 2023. Also included, as reported on pga.com are a "short course and practice area totaling 45 holes; a clubhouse; Class AA office

Whether he knows it or not, by the time Governor Abbott leaves office, he will most likely have presided over the largest property tax increase in Texas history, unless sweeping assessment adjustments soon occur, especially in and around Texas' largest metropolitan areas. 

While Abbott generally offers support for President Trump's Federal tax reduction efforts, home ownership has become increasingly less affordable in part due to the widespread practices of Texas Central Appraisal Districts over inflating real property values, causing property tax bills to soar. And if that weren't bad enough, Federal property tax deductions under the new Federal Tax Laws are now capped at $10,000, adding insult to injury. 

As we head towards yet another

Dallas Fort Worth area home sellers just loved it a few years back, when area housing was in short supply, the Fed's printing presses were in full production, and buyer demand was sky high, but that all ended when the Fed decided to rapidly increase the cost of borrowing, slowing demand and forcing the housing market to correct. 

Today's rates, however, are the lowest going back 8 months, and buyer demand, as a result, is picking back up, showing just how wrong the Fed was to raise rates in the first place. How long this downward rate trend repreive will continue, is anyone's guess, but for sure you can save on monthly payments with today's lower mortgage rates. 

How to Succeed in a more Traditional North Texas Housing Market

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With interest rates still around 4.5%, now is a great time to look back at where rates have been over the last 40 years. Rates are projected to climb to 5.0% by this time next year according to Freddie Mac. The impact your interest rate makes on your monthly mortgage cost is significant! 

Our preferred lender, Core Team USA Mortgage, is now offering the most competitive rates to be found. The Core Team is a full-service, large mortgage lending operation located in McKinney Texas. They offer some of the fastest loan services available in the DFW Metroplex because they staff in-office underwriters and loan processors.  Learn more about how the Core Team can help you.

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