Ron's Lake Conroe Real Estate Blog

Things I learned today while browsing through some websites I frequent to stay, hopefully, knowledgeable about the housing market and other various nonessential things. •  Home improvement spending will increase this year. The forecast calls for an almost 5% growth as compared to last year. This...

I work with a couple of great mortgage bankers on frequent deals. Recently one of these mortgage bankers and I had one of our deals go "BUST" because our mutual client made a couple of mistakes while their loan was being processed. As we were sitting around crying in our soup about our lost deal ...

Please take a look at this fantastic value priced new listing in Huntsville. This would be a great purchase for the parent of a freshman about to enter Sam Houston State University. Just think your college student child could live here along with two roomates in a quiet and safe part of Huntsvill...

Now taking registrations for the next SCUBA class at the Conroe YMCA. Please give me a shout if you or someone you know is interested in learning to be an open water SCUBA diver. Ages 12 and up. I can take 10 and 11 year olds depending on the size of the class. SCUBA is a lifetime adventure!! Her...

Yes it is that time again. Time to think about hurricanes. After Hurricane Ike almost two years ago I have promised myself I will be more prepared. So in my search to become more prepared in the event that another major storm bears down on this area here are some websites I found useful. Take a c...

Have you asked your lawn person, maid, pool cleaner and any other household helpers you may use or employ what they think your listing or your house is worth? I will guess you probably have not. I haven't either. Should you? No probably not, again. However it may be a good idea to at least talk w...

I live on Lake Conroe and as you might expect I spend part of my time on the lake. Like most of us who use the lake I admit that I do not often, nor if I were to admit it, have I ever thought about the rules and regulations that govern the use of the wonderful lake. I just go hit the lake and do ...

The first quarter real estate sales results just came out today for the entire Houston area. By early next week I will have extracted the Montgomery County data and prepared a review of the first quarter 2010 as compared to the first quarter 2009. In the interim just in case you missed my 2009 Si...

The residential rental market in my part of the world right now is pretty hot. It seems like I am getting five rental calls for every buy or sell call. I get these calls because I have a few rental listings. This past week has been a little frustrating with some potential rental clients. So I tho...

The weather is perfect for my favorite sport - GOLF!! Okay I am not very good at the game however being outside in this beautiful spring Texas weather more than makes up for the deficiencies in my golf game.  And besides I really make my partners laugh with some of the shots I hit. I have only br...