Ron's Lake Conroe Real Estate Blog

I was shocked. Actually I was probably more like astounded than anything at what I had just read. On this rainy dreary morning on the gulf coast of Texas, currently suffering the hangover of Hurricane Dolly, I needed to refill my coffee mug, grab a cigar, yes I smoke those when I need to contempl...

The new interest rates for loans through the Texas Veterans Land Board for this week are as follows: 6.18% 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: -.25%Qualified Veterans with Disabiliti...

The new interest rates for loans through the Texas Veterans Land Board for this week are as follows: 5.75% 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: -.25%Qualified Veterans with Disabiliti...

New Housing Dynamic - Pt 2 The first person I would like to address in what I called in my last blog the "New Housing Dynamic", is the home buyer. Without the buyer we have nothing. You can have all of the sellers you want, a million real estate agents, a million loan officers, a million appraise...

In the past two weeks we have been flooded with news about mortgages, home ownership, the four keys to our housing market recovery, more foreclosures to come and a ton of other housing related news. Let's take a moment to review some of this news. Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Sys...

The new interest rates for loans through the Texas Veterans Land Board for this week are as follows: 5.93% 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: -.25%Qualified Veterans with Disabiliti...

As some of you know besides being a full time real estate agent I also represent a national membership organization that assists consumers with credit improvement and restoration. In doing some research on how credit scores are calculated I found and interesting article from the Electronic Privac...

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July. A day to celebrate our freedoms and the founding of our country. It seems many of us (myself at times included) are focused on our current problems such as $4,00/gallon gas, a crashing airline industry (not the visual I want of that industry), rising food prices, a...

Here are this week's interest rates for Texas veterans eligible for loans from the Texas Veterans Land Board. Base rate: 5.95% Discount for 15 year loan or less:<.25%> Disabilities discount: <.35%> Service era discount <1.49%> If you have any questions please send me an email or visit the website...

Is it to early to say Bah Humbug?? Yes, sales were down again in Montgomery County. The results for May, 2008 versus 2007 and 2006 are shown below. Our year-to-date sales are down almost 19% (gag). Yet even with the decline in sales the average sales price continues to increase. (All Right!) Need...