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

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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

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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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Work hard, play by the rules, buy a new home and become a victim of cybercrime? Here is my advice, NEVER wire money, unless you follow specific and VERIFIED instructions from your BANK, and never from an email, which is the mechanism used by cybercriminals to gain access to your bank.

$2.65 million was the average daily cybercrime theft in 2017, according to the FBI. Real estate buyers lost $969 million to wire fraud in 2017, up from $19 million in 2016. That is over a 5000% increase in this form of theft in just one year.

From the Texas Association of Realtors:

Help your clients stay safe by warning them about wire fraud and recommending these tips:

• Be suspicious of any message with money-wiring instructions. Red flags include changes

This Dallas Fort Worth home seller checklist by no means is complete. It is just an opening introduction. We can help you understand a proven low-cost lighting strategy that we have developed, that will shorten your days on market, and enhance the all-important impression value of your home. Additionally, we offer an experience-based assessment of your home's cosmetic and staging needs.

Remember, living in your home is one thing, but selling your home is quite a different story. Selling requires a totally different frame of mind. Once you decide to sell, your home, figuratively speaking, belongs to someone else and the better you prepare your home to stand out, the faster you'll find a buyer.

Yes, the general DFW housing market has changed

Attention North Texas Homeowners far and wide! This "Leaktolber" weekend forecast is the perfect time to inspect your roof from inside your attic for water leaks. The best leak detector combines mother nature and your eyes, but you can contact any number of roofing companies in the area or a good residential home inspector licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). Roof repairs are not as costly as prolonged water damage. So if you find leaks, take pictures, and document so proper repairs can be made.

Efficient one story floorplans are experiencing a lot of buyer interest. Whether you're younger and wanting a wow-factor single story home or perhaps downsizing and desiring a floorplan that gives you the best usage of floor space, a modern one-story is often hard to beat. Many floorplans claim to have that special panache but, this floorplan for sure offers a lot of modern functionality in just under 2400sf. This new Highland Home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, Study, Large Master Suite, Media Room, and 3 Car Garage.

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Even before this year's hurricane season started, Americans were already feeling the effects of diminishing home affordability. Last year's devastating hurricanes, Harvey, Irma, and Maria added an estimated 282 billion dollars of added material and labor demands to an already stretched thin housing sector. With Hurricane Florence, and perhaps other storms yet to run their course this hurricane season, the U.S housing market will once again become burdened with additional supply and labor demands resulting from disasters, all working against affordable housing. Housing and Hurricane Florence.

The questions to ask is, has affordable housing, compounded by rising taxes, interest rates, and expensive natural disasters become increasingly part of

The numbers above don't take into consideration rising rent costs over time. When you buy you lock in your cost basis, and begin to reduce the balance of your loan with each passing month. For most people, every year you put off buying, is one more year you'll have to work to pay off a home before you retire. I think we all can agree that time is the one fixed parameter in life, that you can't redo, and that makes every year an important year for paying off your home before your retirement.