Category Archives: Buying a Home

How Non-Qualifying Assumptions Can Help Reduce Foreclosures

Bringing back non-qualifying assumptions will help stabilize the real estate market, increase property values, and help to build back equity in the investment and local real estate markets.

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All Real Estate is Local

Does the current home selling market favor buyers or seller? Sources may give you different information but here are the facts:
The North Texas Real Estate Information System (NTREIS) reports 34,803 sales for the first two quarters in 2010. This is up 9 percent from the same period in 2009, with a total dollar volume exceeding [...]

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Colleyville TX Homes for Sale Featured on Real Estate Website

Everything About Colleyville Homes features Colleyville, TX real estate listings and homes for sale. This website showcases the city of Colleyville and different types of properties for sale right at the user’s fingertips. Detailed property searches include gated communities, luxury homes, new constructions, homes for rent or lease properties, horse properties, golf course communities, commercial [...]

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Dallas-Fort Worth Housing Market Still Strong

Don’t let the recession affect your production. In 1969, I was laid off at Bell Helicopter and chose to enter the real estate profession. The average priced home was $8,000 to $10,000. I was on a 50/50 split. The total commission on the listing or sale side was $480 to $600. During my first year [...]

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Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act

If you live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and are at least 30 days behind on your mortgage, your mortgage company may be willing to forgive a portion of your mortgage debt. The portion they forgive under HR3648 is NO longer counted as personal income and will not be taxed by the federal government.
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The Texas Real Estate Market - One of the Strongest in the Country

The real estate market in Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex remains one of the strongest in the country. Money magazine named Keller and Mansfield as two of the top cities to live in the entire United States. Congratulations to Keller and Mansfield!
CENTURY 21 Mike Bowman, Inc. is constantly adding new innovative programs that attract buyers and [...]

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A Unique Technology in Marketing Your Home

See How Single Property Websites Can Increase Your Marketing Exposure
 
“CENTURY 21 Mike Bowman, Inc. agents average 20 closed transactions annually in comparison to the national average of 8”
 
As a leading innovator in real estate technology, we offer a single property website on each of our listed homes. This exclusive and comprehensive single website solution [...]

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First-Time Homebuyers Eligible for $8,000 Tax Credit

On February 17, 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was passed, which includes a $8,000 tax credit that would be available to first-time home buyers for the purchase of a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. The credit does not require repayment. Most of the [...]

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