In what is definitely the strongest showing of the year, the Houston Real Estate market continued on the positive trend that started 2 months ago. The recovery trend seems to be getting stronger as the decline in sales is now down , prices are continuing to climb, inventories are healthy and foreclosures...

Quick show of hands: How many of you think of something like this when the word “foreclosure” is mentioned? I don’t blame you. If you were to pick up your Webster’s and look up the ‘f-word” this is probably what you would find. But there’s another, much richer...

The First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit was originally established and applied to home purchases closed in 2008. Passed under the first stimulus package of the previous administration, it was basically a $7,500 interest free loan that homeowners would pay back $50 each month starting the third year of ownership...

The real estate market in the Houston Area showed further evidence of visible strengthening in the June 2009 sales figures released by HAR. Numbers moved in lockstep with a three month trend of improvements that has median sales prices rising, total sales falling at a slower pace and sound inventory...

The time has come for me to share with you a previously undisclosed Foreclosure Secret. Those that possess The Secret can not only save tons of money but they  will  be empowered to take action and start making money today. To date, I have not shared The Secret with anyone else, for fear that its power...

It is a bit counterintuitive, I’ll give you that, upfront.  It seems more rational to find the house you want to purchase first, then pursue financing options. But in this market, more than ever, the exact opposite is true. The preapproval letter from the lender is the necessary passport you must...

When the market shifts, like it did in late 2007, it is easy to get caught off guard as your decisions still take into account a market with ever increasing home values and an abundance of buyers. These decisions inevitably lead to an overpriced home that will stay unsold for months causing frustration...

ForeclosureFriday is a new weekly column we’re starting at ErionHouston.com to bring to our readers a mixture of sound advice on pursuing foreclosure properties and actual deals on Houston Foreclosures we uncovered during that week in our research. During the current economic crisis, “foreclosure”...

TipTuesday is a new weekly column we’re starting at ErionHouston.com to bring you some easy to digest, common sense real estate tips you could put to work right away. With the constant barrage of conflicting news you get in the media every single day, it can get difficult to know when is just...

On Tuesday, the Houston Association of Realtors released market statistics that amount to some of the best real estate news coming out of the Houston Area since Fall 2008. Here’s the short version: Both Average and Median Sales prices were up (0.3% and 1.6% respectively) compared to May 2008....