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This blog gets directly to the point. "DLPFC" controls the sale of real estate. When an MLS-listed property does not sell, one or more of the factors below are responsible.

Sellers Need to Understand the Concept of "DLPFC"

D - DEMAND. Without it, there are no buyers and no sales.

L - LOCATION. Location affects demand. Even great locations are subject to micro-location factors that affect demand and pricing.

P - PRICE. Rational price support must be generally supported by individual property facts and COMPS. Get this wrong and demand drops and listings languish on the market unsold.

F - FLOORPLAN. This is an underestimated factor. Not all floorplans have the same value. Identical homes (same floorplan), one having 3.5 baths and the

I can help you achieve maximum savings in Drees Home Communities across the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. Professional Realtor® services include reviewing contracts, general advice, negotiations prior to contract, inspections, finance, and then pay or credit you with a generous 3% cash rebate when you close. My services represent value-added savings and are in addition to all advertised builder concessions and discounts. So Drees buyers, why leave THOUSANDS behind, when don't have to? 

General Process For Buying a New Drees Custom Home

1. Get prequalified by a mortgage lender. I can offer exceptional lender referrals.
2. Become a new home client of ARG.
3. Identify a Dallas Fort Worth-based Drees Custom Homes Community - Start Your Search.

I can help you achieve maximum savings in ALL Highland Home Communities, in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. For years I have been helped D/FW new homebuyers, through a combination of negotiations and cash rebates, save more money working with me, then they could get on their own and I can do the same for you.

In addition to my money-saving services, you still get all the builder's community sales incentives, making my services to you strictly value-added. There is nothing to lose and thousands of critically important dollars to gain. If you need to sell an existing home before buying new, we offer a leading Full-Service Free Move-up that can eliminate up to your entire MLS listing commission. Think about it, on the sale of a $400K preowned

American Legend Homes June sales event communities include all advertised incentives, plus any negotiated discounts or enhancements we can obtain on your behalf. Then ARG™ clients get an additional 4% American Legend New Home Cash Rebate at the Closing of your New Home to further boost your total new home savings. 

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET PAID THOUSANDS BUYING A NEW AMERICAN LEGEND HOME

1. Register Mike Askins @ Askins Realty Group, LLC as Your Realtor.
2. Identify a Dallas Fort Worth-based American Legend Homes Community - Start Your ALH Search.
3. Choose a lot, floorplan, basic structural options, and estimated upgrade costs.
   
4. Get all Builder Sales Incentives and numbers, start price negotiations. I Can Help You.
   
5. Sign your contract, start

Here's Prosper ISD's Top 10 Discounted New Homes. Buying a new home takes a lot of thought and careful consideration, but there are definite benefits to buying a new home. Perhaps one of the most important factors to consider is the price. This website helps to give you COMPS on the fly, plus we can help did deeper in MLS to help you negotiate. Even if you don't buy a price reduced new home, aggressively priced builder inventory homes can help you bargain with the builder on a new build job. If you're just wanting a new home, view all Dallas Fort Worth New Homes here.

With the Real Estate market, the U.S stock market, and economy in fast recovery mode, home prices, per the experts, are more likely to rise than fall.

When You Buy NEW, We PAY

Drees's newest location, The Preserve at Lake Forest, will start accepting lot holds beginning on June 1, 2020.  Lot sizes are 55'x155' and offer full greenbelt private back yards. Located just a mile south of HWY 380 and just North of McKinney Boyd High School gives you a great location for your new home. Schools servicing this new community are Minshew Elementary, Dr. Jack Cockrill Middle School, and McKinney Boyd High School.

If interested in having a great lot selection, the choice of 11 floorplans and exterior elevations with the colors you want, and the builder's best pre-sale incentives then timing is important. For more information, contact Realtor®, Mike Askins at .

Get All DREES Sales Incentives PLUS a 3% Rebate or Free Move-up!

Just narrow your search to your DFW location, price, selected builders, and criteria, and get instant results! You're in full control! The market is offering excellent new home opportunities, and with affordable interest rates, your total savings will only compound over time. Price REDUCED New Homes provide savings plus a FAST CLOSE and Cash Rebates up to 4%!

I can help you SAVE more money on a new home purchase anywhere in D/FW than you can save on your own. I have saved my clients Millions over the years, and helped them avoid common buyer pitfalls, all backed by a fantastic A+ BBB record!

I can help advise, negotiate, pull COMPS, and help you know what others have paid. Today, more than ever, with information technology so readily available,

Just listed real estate gives you the opportunity to quickly locate the nicest homes before they sell. If you want to avoid going through the long process of building a pool, then finding a home with a pool is for you.

You can quickly change the MLS Location Bar inputs to suit your specific price, DFW location, and home criteria needs. You can also view all homes with pools in collin county regardless of days on market.

The DFW Housing Market is offering you excellent opportunities to find new home solutions with affordable interest rates, FAST CLOSE MAY and JUNE NEW HOME DEALS, and all sort of builder SPEC HOME incentives paid closing costs, discounted prices and ARG™ is offering up to 4% Cash Back, plus helping you find and negotiate with any builder anywhere in Dallas Fort Worth!  

UP TO 4% CASH BACK ON NEW SPEC HOME DEALS OR FREE MOVE-UP!

By acting now, you can get all advertised incentives offered by various home builders, plus whatever we can negotiate for you, then catch a historically low-interest rate, and then we pay you with a cool, up to a 4% New Home Buyer Cash Rebate for being a client of ARG™. 4% of $400K = $16,000 Cash Back, versus leaving

For years, homeownership was the one asset you could always rely upon to protect you from loss of dollar purchasing power. Historically, as the purchasing power of the dollar diminishes, the cost of building a new house increases. Today, even if a home was built 30 years ago, its current market value would be indexed to the cost of building a new home, adjusted for a home's condition and location.

For example, if a home costs $85K in 1990, (30 years ago), it might easily be worth $250K in today's market. The increase in price is mostly caused by inflation. Said another way, over time your monthly house payment shrinks in relation to your monthly income, making your house payment more affordable. Then at year 30, your mortgage is paid off, versus