Susan Hilton College Station Real Estate
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Madeline Stiles Recognized for Quality Service in College Station with Century 21 Beal
March 31st, 2009 Categories: Award News
Ongoing Commitment to Service Earns Madeline Stiles the Quality Service Pinnacle Award
Madeline Stiles Century 21 Real Estate College Station
Madeline Stiles Recognized for Ongoing Commitment to Customer Satisfaction
Michael Beal, broker/owner of Century 21 Beal, Inc. announced today that Century 21 Real Estate LLC, franchisor of the world’s largest residential real estate sales organization recently recognized sales associate Madeline Stiles with the CENTURY 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award for 2008.
“The Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award is an integral part of the CENTURY 21 System’s commitment to excellence and recognizes Madeline’s dedication to making each and every client interaction a positive one,” said Thomas R. Kunz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Century 21 Real Estate LLC.
The annual award is based on results from the CENTURY 21 Quality Service Survey (QSS) which is e-mailed to consumers immediately after the purchase or sale of a home through a CENTURY 21 System office. To earn the CENTURY 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award, an agent must receive completed customer surveys for at least 30 percent of their transactions from January 1, 2008 - October 31, 2008, with an average survey score of at least 95% or better for 2 consecutive years.
“Madeline provides her clients with knowledge and advice related to their real estate transaction and offers them peace of mind and confidence during what may be the most significant purchase of a lifetime,” said Michael Beal, broker/owner of CENTURY 21 Century 21 Beal, Inc.
Stiles will receive a beautiful customized glass trophy, in addition to Read the rest of this entry »
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So How Big Is Texas Really?
March 29th, 2009 Categories: Market Trends
Texas is the largest state in the continental United States. (Of course Texans will also say that Texas is bigger than Alaska if you melted all their snow!
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Texas covers 268,000 square miles which is 7.4% of the nation! If you added up New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio AND Illinois… Texas is still Bigger! The airport at Dallas (DFW airport) is bigger than Manhattan!
Of the top 10 most populated cities, Texas has 3! Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Wonder which state has the largest population growth rate of any state in the US? TEXAS of course! Texas is growing by over 1,000 people a day.
Wonder which state has the #1 fastest growing metro area in the nation? TEXAS of course! The Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex wins.
In the Texaplex (triangle connecting Houston, Dallas and San Antonio) we have the majority of the population. In fact over 70% of the state’s population lives within 200 miles of Austin (the capital of Texas). That means that 4 out of 5 of the 24 million Texas live in the Texaplex!
And, Texas is growing very fast. Forecasts tell us that the Texaplex will add another 12 million people by 2030. That is like taking the current Texas population and adding another Houston metropolitan area, Austin metropolitan area and Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area and San Antonio metropolitan area all inside the Texaplex.
So if you could live anywhere in the United Stated (and you CAN!), where would be the BEST Read the rest of this entry »
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College Station Easter Egg Hunt April 2009 – Join Us!!!
March 28th, 2009 Categories: Kids, Family & Personal Stuff
Each year we have an Old Fashioned Bryan College Station Easter Egg Hunt. We invite our past clients, future clients, friends, family, the community and especially the children of the Brazos Valley Rehab Center. If you are reading this and would like to join us, or would like to forward this on to someone else who would enjoy it please do so. We have over 3,000 eggs with prizes and have LOTS of fun! There are more eggs than Read the rest of this entry »
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Survey says…… 85% Consider Home Prices Affordable – Imagine If They Were in College Station!
March 27th, 2009 Categories: Market Trends
Century 21 surveyed First-Time Buyers and found optimism in the market! With prices falling throughout the country (Except Bryan/College Station) and additional buyer incentives, first-time home buyers are encouraged even with all the doom and gloom news.
Century 21 Real Estate LLC surveyed 1,000 potential home buyers and found that they think it is a good time to buy a home. 68% said they think prospects have improved for purchase over the last 6 months and even better… 85% consider home prices affordable!
Can you imagine if these buyers were in Bryan or College Station? Our prices haven’t seen great drops but WOW what a great home you can purchase for the money!
56% of the people polled were considering purchasing a foreclosed home and 77% said they are “more than likely to purchase a house in the next 6 months” thanks to the $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time purchasers.
The Top Reasons these buyers gave for buying real estate are:
- taking advantage of current housing prices (73 percent),
- moving to a bigger living space (60 percent), and
- having a more suitable place to start or raise a family (56 percent).
I received information about this survey from Century 21 but then Read the rest of this entry »
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Bryan College Station Real Estate February Single Family Market Report 2009
March 25th, 2009 Categories: Buying Real Estate, Market Trends
Single Family Real Estate Monthly Market Stats
February 2009
2009 2008
# Listings in Inventory 1, 188 1, 351
Down – 12.1%
# Closed Sales 91 132
Down – 31.1%
Average Sales Price $172,928 $169,261
Up – 2.2%
# Volume $15,736,430 $22,342,476
Down – 29.6%
Days on Market 130 126
So what is really going on in the Bryan/College Station real estate market? The numbers don’t look good but what you see above is the effect of the fear in the market in November, December and January with the elections, stock market decline and horrible national news. We are in a bubbled community but we still see some of the effects of the national news.
So what is going on right now? It depends! We are seeing the higher priced homes being Read the rest of this entry »
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