Ron's Lake Conroe Real Estate Blog

I'm back. I know that may not be a good thing but here I am anyway. It has been a hectic two months since I last wrote. I promise I won't vanish for that long again. So what is on the horizon now that i am back? What else but my annual Montgomery County Single Family Residence Real Estate Review....

Here are some facts, predictions and bits of information I have stumbled across the past couple of days while catching up on my reading. You may or may not find them interesting but you just might be surprised. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) predicts existing home sales of 5.02 millio...

I am off to the races!! That's right BMX racing at Armadillo Downs in Conroe. The BEST BMX racing around. This is where I recent olympian Kyle raced. I will pass along a race report tomorrow. My grandson is racing!! Best wishes to all the racers! Hey they even have an over age 50 group. I think I...

  I have a question for the almost 56,000 real estate agents, the almost 9,000 loan officers on Active Rain and all of the consumers who read it. I will tell you in advance that I do have my own self-interest in mind when asking this question. Honesty is the best policy. My question is: “Why are ...

The new interest rates for loans through the Texas Veterans Land Board for housing and home improvement loans this week are as follows: 6.12% Base Rate applies to all loans with a term greater than 15 years. Available Discounts to Base Rate* Discount for loans with a term of 15 years or less: Non...

  It is Texas tax free weekend and all of the families are out shopping. I was talking with another agent in the office today and she had stopped by one of our area malls to browse before coming into the office. She said it was packed. (She then started talking about shoes and I left the conversa...

I finally got the June sales numbers. I know it's August and they are a little late. I apologize but it really wasn't my fault. HAR.COM was having some problems with the recent Tempo upgrades. As usual no software change is a good thing when it is initially made. I hope I get used to the new Temp...

It is that time of the year again. School starts in twelve days and that also means it is time to sign-up for fall sports. I highly recommend the Conroe Family YMCA Fall Youth Sprots Program for all kids ages 3 - 15. This fall the Y is offering tackle football, soccer and volleyball. Almost all o...

I have been asked by several people who have read some of my credit restoration blogs to provide some additional resources. This particular blog will take care of those requests. Below you will find three links. The first link is to our short seven minute video on credit repair. The second link c...

I was just reading a bulletin from Freddie Mac dated July 8, 2008 that described their new fee structure as it concerns conventional loans. This does not affect FHA/VA and certain other type special loans. For those of you who don’t know who Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae is they are the entities that...