Buying Houston bank foreclosure homes...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 06 9th, 2008 | No Comments
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 in a home plus some good built in equity so... 
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Do Open Houses work?...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 06 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment
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 some efforts into some weekend Open... 
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A yard sign is not even close to enough...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 05 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
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... 
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Selling your home? Know its marketing sc...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 04 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment
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... 
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Keep your Houston Realtor® on their toe...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 04 19th, 2008 | No Comments
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. From the start... 
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Houston Real Estate Sales Slide in March...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 04 16th, 2008 | No Comments
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... 
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Discovery Green Park opens in Downtown H...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Neighborhoods, Houston Real Estate on 04 15th, 2008 | No Comments
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... 
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Selling in the current Houston Real Esta...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 04 13th, 2008 | No Comments
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... 
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A view is a terrible thing to waste...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 03 27th, 2008 | No Comments
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... 
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Ashby Highrise going forward with origin...
Posted by Erion Shehaj in Houston Real Estate on 03 19th, 2008 | No Comments
A little over a month ago, I went over a feud between developers of a proposed highrise condominium [ASHBY] project in Southampton and opposed surrounding homeowners. At the time, the developers had agreed to delay permit requests to find a possible compromise that would make everyone happy. In such... 
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