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The Taste of Union Park in Little Elm is coming back on April 29th! This is the perfect time, if you are considering a new home. Union Park in Little Elm offers amazing resident amenities and excellent new home pricing from 6 New Home Builders!  The Taste of Union Park is a wonderful way to have a close look at what makes Hillwood communities different, get to share time at a community social event, talk to residents and even take a peek at new homes, all in one productive afternoon! 

Union Park, is a Hillwood Communities, Perot Company, Masterplan and like all Hillwood Communities, this Masterplan is loaded with resident amenities, social events and a growing list of new additions that might surprise you in a very good way, especially when you

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 between 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. What's 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 doesn't 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

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

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 year's builder's 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

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!

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

At the end of the day, every home has a price the market will agree with and knowing that approximate price tag is the first order of business for any successful home sale. Over the years ARG has listed and sold 100's 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 client's listings and that is due to a careful understanding of value. Read ARG's 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%.   

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%. March's 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, today's 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

Looking for a new home in Dallas-Fort Worth? Here are the top 10 new home price drops in DFW for the week of February 19, 2017. You'll see they range from 24% to 10%, and if you buy from Askins Realty Group, will qualify for our rebate. This is just a snapshot of our favorite deals, check our DFW Price Reduction Page to get the entire list.

This luxurious Frisco 4 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath, 3 Car Garage home with Game-Media-Study is a modern home with a Digital (Binary) Address! This home offers a private over-sized backyard with an amazing Foley Pool-Spa surrounded by an in-laid Travertine Marble Multi-level decking. The outside is essentially a "Resort-Styled" retreat. In the morning you can view amazing sunrises and literally see for miles! A pool lighting system, sets the mood at night!

Modern Home offers 3 living areas plus upstairs loft area, and a master closet that walks through to the utility room. Upstairs includes 2 nice sized bedrooms on a Jack and Jill bath configuration with large walk in closets. Upgrades includes upgraded soft close Cherry cabinets with cabinet hardware, built-in