Michael Ibarra's (realtor70) Blog

  San Antonio Home Appraisals Down for 2010 For the second year in a row, the San Antonio area has seen its residential appraisals decrease.   Unlike other areas of the country, San Antonio's dip has been small in comparison.  In 2009, the overall reduction in appraisal values went down by about ...

Tucker Hill is one of those neighborhoods you would think only exists in the movies.  This traditional custom home neighborhood is located in charming McKinney, Texas, just north of U.S. 380, and north of Dallas.  From charming Craftsman style homes to stately manners, the custom choices from Fla...

San Antonio is full of magnificent new master planned communities, and one that is sure to impress is Alamo Ranch.  This sprawling new development in Northwest San Antonio is nestled at the edge of the hill country in true serenity just outside Loop 1604 and Highway 151.  Away from the true hustl...

  Cibolo Canyons, a four star community, may not just be the place to live. It may be much more than that! Most of us are finding it harder and harder to squeeze in a relaxing, vacation these days with all the scheduling issues- missing important meetings at work or our son's championship basebal...

            Zillow does not work for appraising homes in Texas. A research study conducted by University of Texas at San Antonio's business faculty members Daniel Holles, Ron Rutherford and Tom Thomson was published in the 2010 Winter issue of The Appraisal Journal  and the professors found that ...

                     Should I buy a house in this economic recession? After all, "timing is everything". People are concerned that now may not be the time to buy. However, they would be surprised to hear that many experts believe that now is the perfect time to buy a house.  Ron Insana, CNBC cont...