Ron's Lake Conroe Real Estate Blog

I will have the April and YTD Montgomery County sales figures for you on Tuesday. They just came out and I will digest them over this long weekend. In the interim I would like you to ponder the following.There are four major resources that monitor home sales and prices. They are NAR (National Ass...

I didn't realize that you had money to throw away during these almost $4.00 per gallon gasoline days. But from what most of you are telling me you do. Congratulations you are richer than I am.What am I talking about? I am talking about your desire to buy a home in six months with a credit score b...

Many years ago we used to think that anyone who bought a house using an FHA loan was a bad credit risk or a first time home buyer with limited resources. Although that really was not true that was the prevalent thinking at the time. Today FHA loans may be the way to go. The interest offered are g...

Do you have thoughts about selling your home and buying another one or possibly moving out of your apartment into a home? Is the lack of information about your subdivision or the subdivision you would like to move into keeping you from making the decision? Well look no further. Information on mos...

Prior to the release of the April sales numbers I thought it might be interesting to take a look at more of the numbers and see if people are still moving and to try and see if the market really has dropped or because of the credit crunch has the market just shifted a little. Here is what I found...

The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University in its' recently released quarterly LIRA (Leading Indicator for Remodeling Activity) report predicts that homeowner remodeling activity will continue to fall through the remainder of 2008 at an annual rate of about 4.8%. When I read this ...

Are you a veteran or serving member of the armed forces of the United States? Were you or are you currently a member of a reserve unit or National Guard unit?Why do I ask the questions? Because most of you are missing out on some great opportunities that are available to you when it comes to real...

Okay I missed last Friday. Sorry about that but I hope you will forgive me when I tell you I got rear ended in an auto accident the previous and was trying to find a new car. By the way he got the ticket.Today let's talk about submitting a contract to buy a home. It is not, as most people think j...

As a lot of you know the annual NFL college draft was last weekend. Prior to the draft almost all sports writers published a mock draft. In some cases they published several versions changing them on an almost daily basis. From the mock drafts I read and the actual draft results I saw, few if any...

I learned my first lesson on blogging. Never promise to do a blog three times a week and then get sick. Sorry but I was down and out with a cold/flu. A real bummer with this great spring weather.We were going to talk about the price volatility index and the price appreciation index. I could give ...