Filed in Blog, Mortgage, News on Aug 15th, 2011. 
Yes, you did read that correctly. There is a new state program for first time home buyers and veterans that can provide a no-interest $10,000 loan for gap financing, closing costs, or down payment help.
This assistance is offered under the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs state-financed Housing Trust Fund.
There are income requirements that must be met and all participants must complete a homebuyer education class.
More information can be found at the following links (links open in a new window):
Housing Trust Fund Homebuyer Assistance Program
Homebuyer Education Providers:
Be sure to contact me to help you get that new home!
Filed in Sugar Land Homes for Rent on Aug 7th, 2011.
Leasing is a very good option for many people today. Perhaps you plan to be in the Sugar Land area for a short time. Maybe you want to lease first, get a feel for the area, then purchase a home. Whatever your reason, it is a good one! And here is a beauty in Telfair you don't want to miss if you are going to lease. Check it out below!
Filed in Homes for Sale, Sugar Land Homes for Sale on Aug 7th, 2011.
Beautiful Custom home with recent upgrades. Shows like a model. Big open floor plan. Cul-de-sac with park size backyard. Huge updated island kitchen. A true master suite. Huge upstairs game/media suite. One bedroom has a loft. Estates of Sugar Mill. Great freeway access. Close to all schools, library and shopping and the best Chinese Restaurant in town!!! Come see this spacious 2953 square foot home, with 4 to 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths, and live near to the soon to be build Skeeters minor league Sugar Land baseball stadium!
Filed in Homes for Sale, Sugar Land Homes, Sugar Land Homes for Sale on Aug 2nd, 2011.
If you drive down Burney Road, near St. Theresa Catholic Church, you might be familiar with the vacant lot on the corner of Harmon and Burney. Its the lot right next to that newly built home at 919 Burney listed currently for $1,395,000.
According to the agent listing the vacant lot, the builder will have a home on it by December 31, 2012, so you have plenty of time to make moving plans. The agent states the home will be within walking distance to the new Skeeter's baseball stadium. The master bedroom is 1150 square feet, which is all by itself bigger than 7 entire homes listed for sale in Sugar Land today, that is a big bedroom! Next time you drive down Burney, picture a home twice as big as the one at 919 Burney, the listing indicates it is just that, at over 10,000 square feet!
Filed in Blog, News, Sugar Land, Yelp, Zillow on Jul 30th, 2011.
So you want Sugar Land, TX local area information? As you might know, only a Realtor has access to real time information about bought and sold real estate.
Having said that, information provided by third party companies can be useful in your real estate research.
And now in Fort Bend County, there is no reason to look all over to find all the resources available!
FortBendBuyersAgent.com is now your resource for all the popular resources online. You can find information for every city and zip code in Fort Bend County from Zillow.com, Education.com, WalkScore.com, TeachStreet.com, NileGuide.com, MatchCollege.com, and Yelp.com. Its all right there.
Let us know below if this resource is helpful to you! Thanks!
Filed in Blog on Jul 13th, 2011.
FortBendBuyersAgent.com already performed the search for you, see various quick searches for Sugar Land Homes for Sale here.
Filed in Education.com, News, Sugar Land, Walk Score, Yelp, Zillow on Jul 13th, 2011.
Only a Realtor® can provide you the most accurate information about home sales in and other real estate related information. Having said that, Zillow has interesting information that might be helpful. And now, from a single resource, you get accurate real time information about homes for sale in Ft. Bend County from a Realtor® (Me!) and Zillow data by city and by zip code for Fort Bend County. Just look right up there, near the top of my site, hover your mouse over "Information" and you will find it there. Isn't it refreshing to get all the information you need from the same source?
Filed in Homes for Sale, Sugar Land, Sugar Land Homes, Sugar Land Homes for Sale on Jul 11th, 2011.
Homes in Sugarmill sell FAST!
If you are looking in Sugarmill, you will want to call me about this one. And pass the word around, likely, someone you know wants a home in Sugarmill before school starts!
"Beautiful home in the sought out subdivision of Sugar Mill, this two story home has formal dining, study, gameroom plus a wet bar!! Large living area with hardwood floors, Large kitchen with breakfast room. Master suite is large in size with master bath with his n her sinks, separate shower and garden tub. Huge backyard with covered patio, sitting areas, and lots of room to roam. Come by and see it will not last long!!"
Filed in Blog on Jul 10th, 2011.
The Sugarmill Connection, the neighborhood newsletter for Sugarmill, published an update to the Imperial Sugar Redevelopment, also called the Sugar Land Sugarmill Redevelopment. In their July 2011 issue, Bill Cure, President, Sugar Mill HOA Member, IRC committee, writes in part:
"The Imperial Sugar Re-development Committee (IRC) has continued to work on behalf of all residents of Sugar Land — especially those folks in North Sugar Land — to understand the full ramifications of the proposal that the developers (Johnson and Sueba) will be submitting to the City of Sugar Land Planning and Zoning Committee in the near future."
Filed in Blog, News, Sugar Land on Jul 10th, 2011.
Did you know that Union Pacific plans to double the number of train tracks through Sugar Land and all of Fort Bend County?
You might think that this means twice as many trains, right?
Well, according to officials at Union Pacific, the extra tracks do not mean more trains, but it does mean the trains we experience will move through the area more efficiently. If this is true, this is good news for residents "on the other side of the tracks", north of Highway 90, like Sugarmill, Misty Lake and Covington Woods.
In a news article published in the Independent (opens a new window) on July 6, Barbara Fulenwider writes in part that UP states they want to add more train tracks in an effort to alleviate train traffic much like making a freeway wider. It lets the traffic flow more smoothly.
You can read her entire article here (opens a new window) to learn the details.
