Plano Residents Among Richest in America

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In case you missed it, here is a sumary of an article in Saturday’s Dallas Morning News about Plano residents’ income and spending habits in 2009.  An online company Bundle which focuses on expenses and savings trends of Americans compiles an annual report using credit card transaction information as well as federal government data and [...]

Foreclosure Storm Far From Over

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While the good news is that the number Plano homes for sale and the whole county for that matter is way down from last year, we are still not out of the real estate woods yet.  According to todays DMN Collin County foreclosure postings are up to 807 postings a 16% increase over [...]

Protect Your Credit When Buying a Home

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This information will protect you:
We are in the real estate business and would like to earn your business.   So, we try to do that by providing pertinent factual information that will make buying or selling a home easy.  Keeping you aware of identity fraud, illegal credit reporting and providing access to Home Buyers [...]

Prosper Tx Building Permits on the Increase

As many of you know, Prosper added about 1800 to its population in 2009 bringing it to 9000+.  A 25% increase in a deep recession would indicate that Prosper is a place where people want to live. I wonder if there are any towns in Texas or the country for that matter who can boast  25% growth last [...]

Big Time Saver Contacting Clients Via Email

If you operate a business where you deal with leads and are always emailing them for various reasons, I learned of a big time saver for you.   I am not a techy guy so maybe everyone knows about this big time saver except me.  If so, pardon my indulgence.  If not, you’re going to love this.
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Why Isn’t The House Selling

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It is absolutely amazing the number of homes for sale that never get sold.  Some owners are mystified as to why their home doesn’t sell.  During the past month, I have been busy with 3 active buyers.  I have personally shown about 70 homes in Frisco, McKinney and mostly Plano.  Maybe 10  homes truly showed [...]

Prosper Chamber Slashes Member Fees

At yesterday’s Prosper Chamber of Commerce meeting  held at  Gentle Creek Golf Club, new chairman Andy Thomas announced that membership fees will reduce by nearly one third effective April 1, 2010.  This move is in line with one of the Chamber’s primary goals which is to help local businessmen  reduce expenses.  These reduced fees also [...]

New FHA Rules Pinch Would Be Home Buyers

FHA New Rules Pinch Would Be Buyers
When mortgage underwriting rules change making it more difficult to obtain an FHA loan, no one likes it.
In January; the FHS tightened lending requirements in order to shore up their capital reserves and help the agency to do a better job of managing risk.  Many of us complain about [...]