http://www.cyfairrealestate.com Your Source for Northwest Houston Real Estate Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:53:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I checked out the recently opened pool area at Bridgeland, and I have to admit I am very impressed. In a single pool area, they incorporated an Olympic-size lap pool, water volleyball area, two separate kid play areas, and two largeCricket free free cell phone ringtones service. ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2007/07/15/bridgeland-pool/ Here is a good article on InmanNews about the best order to do things when you are looking to move to a new house. http://db.inman.com/inman/content/subscribers/inman/column.cfm?StoryId=050502JG&columnistid=guttentag In short, the order that Mr. Jack Guttentag recommends is: Get a contract on a new house List old house Get an unconditional contract of sale on your existing home ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2007/03/31/sell-buy-sequencing/ I found a very nice mapping tool today called Backcountry Maps. http://www.backcountrymaps.com The idea behind the site was to "to map out the spots we've been in the backcountry and the spots we'd like to hit." The appeal for me is that it is the first site that I have found ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2007/02/12/topography-maps/ Zillow just released a new intriguing feature to their arsenal this week. "Make Me Move" will allow home owners to post a price on their house without officially putting the house on the market. So in other words, if a potential home buyer decides that he or she loves your ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2006/12/08/make-me-move/ I took a brief tour around Towne Lakes recently. I realize it is difficult to picture the grand vision of a subdivision when it is in its infancy, but I am always perplexed when fledgling subdivisions make it more difficult for themselves than they have to. In the case of ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2006/10/31/towne-lakes-part-2/ I noticed this evening that Coles Crossing does not use the "To the trees" slogan on their website. The slogan they are using now is "come and see". Come and see?!?! What does that mean? To be honest, I'm not sure if that is better or worse than "To the ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2006/07/20/coles-crossing/ Cy-Fair is getting a rather large master planned community designed around a series of interconnected lakes, and I am not talking about Bridgeland! The Houston Chronicle had an article a few days ago about a new 2400 acre master planned community called Towne Lakes that is going in on the south ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2006/06/26/towne-lakes/ Summerwood is a beautiful tree-lined master planned community in the northeast part of Houston. FACTS: School District: Humble ISD Approx. Size: 1500 Acres Amenities: 2 pools in different sections of the community both with play areas for the kids 150 acres of nature preserve / 17 acres of lakes Tennis Courts Community Center Park on ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2006/05/22/summerwood-community-profile/ Houston's Channel 2 News ran a two part story over the past couple of days about convicted criminals getting real estate licenses which in turn gives them access to essentially every house on the Houston market via a SUPRA key. Story According to the story "general counsel Loretta Dehay ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2006/05/02/supra-key-in-the-wrong-hands/ An area that a real estate blog can bring value to potential consumers is community (or subdivision) profiles. At the time of this writing, I have not found single website that included community profiles for multiple subdivisions in and around Houston. I am hoping that CyFairRealEstate.com supply this for the ... http://www.cyfairrealestate.com/index.php/2006/04/19/community-profiles/