The Super Bowl And San Antonio Real Estate
February 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The stats don’t lie. The passing of Super Bowl Sunday heralds the dawning of San Antonio’s most active real estate season.
Yes, spring usually comes early in South Texas and the advent of longer and warmer days rarely fails to significantly heat up the area’s realty market.
So, if you’re planning to sell your San Antonio area home this spring or early summer, don’t delay. Get it listed right away.
Seek out an experienced listing agent. Ask for an analysis of your property’s current value accompanied by a customized marketing plan designed to optimize your chances of quickly attracting buyers and a timely sale.
If you are planning to purchase a home, consult with a seasoned buyer agent right away.
An experienced buyer agent is expert at harnessing the search power of the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) to identify the best properties meeting your needs, analyzing neighborhood and individual property values, and preparing and negotiating your home purchase offer.
Remember, both the listing and buyer agent share common goals.
First and foremost is to serve your realty needs and protect your interests as a consumer. Second, is to work hard to get you the best possible home sale if you are the seller or the best possible home purchase if you are the buyer.
Through experience and training, seasoned buyer and listing agents have acquired the negotiating skills needed to bring a seller and buyer to a mutually acceptable win-win agreement.
So, if you’ve been thinking about purchasing or selling a home, this is the best time to get started by engaging the realty expert who is best qualified to help you meet your home buying or selling needs.
We offer our services. Call or email us if you want to talk about your situation or to ask about things like the Super Bowl that impact on San Antonio’s realty market.
We’re the sanantoniohomequest.com Realty Solutions Team, Keller Williams Legacy, San Antonio, Texas
Contact Stephanie Kelley at swkrealtor@aol.com (210 867-8743), Randy Kelley at kelleybus@aol.com (210 863-2661), or Missy McBee (se habla espanol) at missymcbee@kw.com (210 288-9810).
San Antonio Texas Area Property Tax Rates
February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Recently, a home buyer asked for information about the real estate taxes in the popular Comal County bedroom communities north of San Antonio close to Randolph Air Force Base and Fort Sam Houston.
Here’s our answer:
Tax rates in Comal County vary from subdivision to subdivision and are generally higher for incorporated areas than for an unincorporated areas. Consequently, these rates are generalizations:
Garden Ridge inside city limits: 1.997%
New Braunfels inside city limits: 2.083%
Spring Branch area: 1.833% (note - Spring Branch is a community and post office, but isn’t incorporated)
Bulverde, inside city limits: 2.012%
Comal County outside incorporated areas: range from approximately 1.7% to approximately 2.0%
If you want more information about San Antonio area taxes, call or send an E-mail. Our forte is answering questions and we specialize in serving the realty needs of active and retired uniformed services families.
We are the sanantoniohomequest.com Realty Solutions Team, Keller Williams Legacy, San Antonio, Texas
Contact Stephanie Kelley at swkrealtor@aol.com (210 867-8743), Randy Kelley at kelleybus@aol.com (210 863-2661), or Missy McBee (se habla espanol) at missymcbee@kw.com (210 288-9810)
Don’t Waste Your San Antonio BAH On Rent?
February 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
Home ownership is still the great American dream, but, for most military members considering buying a home for the first time, the real estate market can be overwhelming.
Also, the recent “great recession” has clouded many a prospective military home buyer’s vision of owning a home. This is particulary true for service members worrying about holding a home long enough to build enough equity to overcome an unexpected housing market downturn.
So, here’s some advice for the military member destined for a permanent change of station (PCS) in the San Antonio area.
First, don’t approach buying your primary San Antonio residence as an investment unless you intend to keep it as a rental property when you make your next move. Simply, the recent recession wiped away the concept of owning a home as an investment. Now, be advised to consider your home only as a place to live with the possibility of making some money when you sell it.
Second, when weighing the pros and cons of home ownership, keep in mind the exceptional value of the government’s BAH contribution to satisfying your housing needs. Even after considering the risk of losing money because of economic conditions or being forced to sell early because of an early PCS, most experts agree that it’s better to use your BAH to buy a home instead of paying it to a landlord.
Third, before deciding to buy instead of rent, consult with an experienced Realtor® who can refer you to the most a reputable local lender specializing in VA mortgages. Realtors® and VA qualified lenders are held to extremely high ethical standards in Texas. They are duty bound to give you fair and honest advice.
Finally, consider this. The San Antonio realty market has favored buyers over sellers for many months. Mortgage interest rates remain close to historic lows. The San Antonio home market is highly stable and offers some of the best values in the nation. So, why rent when so many factors favor your becoming a San Antonio home owner?
Talk to us. We specialize in representing active and retired uniformed services families.
We are the SanAntonioHomeQuest.com Realty Solutions Team, Realtors® at Keller Williams Legacy, San Antonio, Texas.
Contact Stephanie Kelley at swkrealtor@aol.com (210 867-8743), Randy Kelley at kelleybus@aol.com (210 863-2661), or Missy McBee (se habla espanol) at missymcbee@kw.com (210 288-9810)
