http://inmyviewblog.com Houston Real Estate Blog Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:14:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Friday, one of my favorite Houston blogs, Swamplot reported that:  FROM THE SWAMPLOT rumor mill comes an unconfirmed andsecond-hand report: that the team behind proposed HoustonTurnberry Tower — the 34-story luxury highrise planned to rest just behind the Williams Tower — “officially pulled the plug on their galleria deal yesterday.” About four days later, the Houston Business Journal reported the same thing. Kudos ... http://inmyviewblog.com/blogger-beats-business-journal-to-turnberry-scoop/ I know you want to get started with the process already, but I would like to start with a question, if I may: Why do you want to purchase a foreclosure? It's okay to say it: You want a real deal! A foreclosure that has everything you are looking for ... http://inmyviewblog.com/buying-houston-bank-foreclosure-homes/ When this question is posed, arguments begin. One one end, some homeowners view the lack of Open Houses as a sign of outright laziness from their agent. Their home has been on the market for a long time and maybe it would already be sold if only their agent had put ... http://inmyviewblog.com/do-open-houses-work/ I'm sorry to tell you that the "Home for Sale" yard sign purchased from Lowe's will not get your home sold. Neither will your Infotube brochures. Sure, if an interested buyer happens to drive around the neighborhood and sees your phone number in the sign, they will probably call it. They ... http://inmyviewblog.com/a-yard-sign-is-not-even-close-to-enough/ Photo Credit: Joe Lanman During a brainstorming session about three years ago, an idea was born within our company that is completely vital to the overall marketing strategy we employ when selling Houston homes. We were trying to find a solution to the following question: What tool could we provide to home ... http://inmyviewblog.com/selling-your-home-know-its-marketing-schedule/ Last month we were contacted by a homeowner whose Houston home had been on the market for over six months without selling. Their listing contract with the previous Realtor® had expired without producing a sale and now they were looking for a different agent to help them with the process. ... http://inmyviewblog.com/keep-your-houston-realtor%c2%ae-on-their-toes/ Source: Houston Association of Realtors According to a press release by the Houston Association of Realtors on Tuesday, home sales in the Houston Real Estate market continued their year-on-year slide for the seventh month in a row. First, the raw data: The total number of sales and (as a result) the total dollar ... http://inmyviewblog.com/houston-real-estate-sales-slide-in-march/ Discovery Green Park opened up for "business" this past weekend to large crowds who had come to see what the hype was about from local TV news and newspapers. This 13 acre, $122 million project by the City of Houston certainly did not let them down. Complete with waterworks, playgrounds and ... http://inmyviewblog.com/discovery-green-park-opens-in-downtown-houston/ Considering the extensive news coverage of housing market woes, it might be easy for homeowners to wonder exactly where their neighborhood stands. This confusion can have serious consequences as homeowners base their "housing" decisions (i.e. when to put your home on the market and at what price) on their perception ... http://inmyviewblog.com/selling-in-the-current-houston-real-estate-market/ Last week, I was showing some foreclosure properties to a client in the trendy Midtown district. For those unfamiliar with Houston, Midtown is an ever developing, young, vibrant part of town buzzing with nightlife, urban lifestyle and contemporary town homes. Something was different about this particular property, though. Unlike the many, ... http://inmyviewblog.com/a-view-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste/