It happens time and time again – a home seller skim reads the Realtor’s listing agreement and purchase contract and doesn’t pay attention to the pages of small print. Here are the five blunders I see home sellers in Austin making that they could easily avoid: 1. The window coverings Read more…
A friend of mine bought a resale home at Mueller and kept his old Austin home as a rental property. His tenants are complaining that the home is leaky, and he’s wanting to sell the home in the next few years. Should he have Home Depot come take a look Read more…
I recently listed a home for sale in the Mueller Garden Court, and the seller received an offer under the doormat of her home. The prospective buyer had decided not to use a real estate agent to put together the offer, and the seller dutifully scanned it and sent it Read more…
The Austin multiple listing system (MLS) is the system of record for many but not all home sales. In most estimations it accounts for around 60-70% of the overall sales. So some homes sell without the MLS, and buyers often ask the question: “Why isn’t that home in the MLS?”. Read more…
In a housing market like Austin where one in three home listings (per the MLS) fails to sell despite local economic indicators looking good, is University Hills faring any better? It’s certainly a different picture to the one six months ago where the number of foreclosed homes was bringing down Read more…
The Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) is an optional tax credit that income qualified first time home buyers may purchase as part of their home loan. What is it, who gets it and how do you save up to $2,000 per year over the life of the loan? What is the Read more…