One of the most important services we provide is advice for new home buyers. In this blog we discuss common issues, tips, things to avoid, and builder info. Whether it's builder related, 'must have' features or common pitfalls, we'll try and cover it here.
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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.
The February new homes sales push is on! Select Dallas Fort Worth Builders are offering extra incentives, in the form of special price reductions (not shown in MLS), and increased closing cost incentives for February contracts in select communities. You don't need to close in February, but you need to get your deal on paper to lock in special discounts.
The housing market is a constantly changing dynamic, when sales are slower, as they often are during winter months, builders increase incentives to maintain contracts and closings. For a prospective home buyer, this is what is referred to as "being in the right place at the right time." Additionally, pre-owned inventory for sale is near record lows, and so now would be an ideal time to list and sell
…You've spent thousands of dollars and countless hours fixing your home up not to mention all the other upgrades you've added and expenses you've borne maintaining your home. You're particular with your home's look and if the truth be told, proud of all your efforts. If that describes you, then the last thing you want is to list your home with an agency that can't tell your home's individual story using well composed professional MLS photography.
Poor quality MLS photos can work against your listing, bring fewer showings and increase your days on market.
If you carefully view the slideshow below, you'll first see what the camera saw, followed by post processed RAW images by ARG
This handy property tax information form sent to us courtesy of our friends at Republic Title in Stonebridge Ranch McKinney offers contact information for various Dallas Fort Worth Tax Appraisal Districts and basic information regarding filing an exemption application. Now is the time to consider filing for homestead exemptions, over 65 exemptions, disabled individual or veteran exemption or even a agriculture land exemption.
David Weekley Homes in Hollyhock, Frisco offers new home buyers a brand new floorplan concept that is sure to be a hit. From the outside, the "Northington Plan" looks typical, but once you take the full tour, you quickly realize how unique and untypical this space efficient floorplan is.
For example, the Master Suite is large and open via cool interior windows that offer expansive views to the outdoor living area. Then there is the detached living area/flex room in the back of the home (easily missed if you're going too fast!), that offers a private second game room, or special flex space that is not connected to the main floorplan from the inside, but is under the same roof. A great room to have if you're needing some quiet time or solitude or need a
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Many builders across the DFW Metroplex are notifying Realtors® of price increases starting in January 2017. Special non-MLS advertised year-end pricing is still available for contracts written in December. Historically, Q1 begins the busy corporate relocation season and DFW is currently one of the top U.S. corporate relocation destinations in 2017 and demand is expected to rise.
Currently, there are deals near the $5 Billion Dollar Mile in Frisco, special pricing in Light Farms, Mustang Lakes, Castle Hills as well as many other major DFW master planned communities such as Canyon Falls, and along the Alliance corridor in Fort Worth.
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2016 is down to the last handful of days. DFW Builders are still scrambling to contract their last inventory homes and or aggressively offer discounted deals on inventory that are in various stages of construction and will be ready to close in late Winter or early Spring. Once we flip the Calendar page to 2017 on January 1, builders will once again be in a new fiscal year and special Q4 deals will be gone.
With ARG we make it easy for you to find new homes anywhere in DFW such as, American Legend Homes, Darling Homes, David Weekley, Drees Homes, KHOV, Horizon, Highland, Huntington, Shaddock Homes and more! You'll love the level of critical MLS listing information designed to put you in complete control of your new home search. You can even view
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Well, you do have choices. You can find a home close-in to work in Plano and local hot spots and find an older fixer-upper (nearly all homes are going to be fixer-uppers), or in rare events even find a new and close home, but at a price premium. It really comes down to family, schools, if you have children, then lifestyle and commute times if school districts and suburbia are not a concern. If you are in the latter group, and having no yard is an option, there are super cool PATIO Homes, Condos and Town-home choices that allow you to come and go with next to no external maintenance. Sure you can rent, but the problem with renting is that you can't replace the TIME you lose by putting off the underlying task of needing to pay off a home before you hit
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O.K., you're part of the Toyota relocation to the hot Plano, Frisco, Allen and McKinney area, but are still waiting receipt of your individual relocation package. You may have already visited the area and have found the new home community you want to live and would like to sign your new home contract, but you also don't want to risk or lose your relocation incentives. Well, I may have a work around solution for you to consider.
A well respected, top area DFW/Texas home builder is offering to allow relocating Toyota employees the ability to contract now and will allow you to amend your contract prior to stage 5 of construction (~4-5 months from contract date), to include your relocation company, once you are in receipt of your official Toyota relocation
…We can't keep up with the price drops on new homes in Dallas-Fort Worth. The Fall is by far the best time of year to purchase a new construction home and DFW builders are dropping their prices to keep their inventory moving. Here is the latest hot sheet for top price reductions for DFW homes for the week of November 13, 2016. Visit our price reduction page to get a complete view, or Contact me for more information.
