Houston Real Estate of the Union
Houston Real Estate Blog by Erion Shehaj
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2007
OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY 12:00-3:00NEW!!! Over $20,000 of upgrades in this beautiful 1600 SF home in Missouri City, conveniently located near Texas Parkway and Independence. Completely remodeled this open floor plan home features granite countertop and back splash in the large kitchen, custom interior...
05/09/2007
OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 12:00-3:00Over $30,000 in upgrades in this beautiful three bedroom two and a half bath home located in Huntington Village near Dairy Ashford and Bissonnet. Walking distance from schools and shopping, granite countertops and cultured marble backsplash in the spacious kitchen, imp...
05/09/2007
I found this particularly funny since last week I found out about Google's new SMS service. If you haven't already try this when you have some time. Send a text message to GOOGLE and ask about anything: restaurants in your area, definitions of terms etc etc. and Google will text you right back wi...
05/06/2007
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CNN reports that the so-called Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett attended the annual shareholder meeting for his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway where he was asked about his opinion on the housing market troubles. He expressed considerable concern about the large amount of no-money-down mortgages ...
05/06/2007
If you've ever gone shopping to Wal Mart or somewhere and have seen (or bought) a 50-pack box of Kleenex that was on special for $4.99, this post will make a lot of sense to you. Home builders, just like grocery stores have inventories and when those inventories age, meaning when those already bu...
05/05/2007
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As any other new development, the rising number of foreclosures has fueled the creation of hundreds of companies offering help to homeowners with their home in the foreclosure process. Often called "loss mitigation", this service costs anywhere from a few hundred dollars to over a thousand. These...
05/05/2007
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About three weeks ago I put a home on the market that has been completely redone, new everything, neutral everything, no clutter whatsoever. And it started showing quite well. I would get three to four calls a week from fellow realtors wanting to show the home. But no offers! And I would call eve...
05/05/2007
This past week the Houston Chronicle reported that according to some index the new housing starts fell by 14 percent in the Houston Area.Really?... Oh.. so that's what those 1200 emails that I have been receiving from builders in the past month about thousands of dollars in buyer incentives AND t...
05/05/2007
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A few days ago as I was floating through the blogosphere I ran into a very interesting blog written by a real estate investor who after spending $35,000 in real estate "education" tapes and courses had fallen into hard times after having acquired eight different properties in four different state...
05/04/2007
A significant portion of my company's transaction volume in the first quarter of 2007 was investment properties, i.e. bank foreclosures and HUD homes. I must say that I have had day and night experiences dealing with those two types of properties. On the one hand, dealing with the bank foreclosur...
05/02/2007
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Erion Shehaj
Houston Real Estate Broker