Finding your perfect home is not an easy thing to accomplish.  It will take time and patience, but the first step is to identify your top criteria.  These include such things as number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and garage, minimum year built, finished basement, neighborhood, school district, etc.. We recommend to our clients to pick their top five criteria in order of preference, and we will do our best to show you properties that meet all five. But depending on your criteria, and your price range, we may only be able to meet your top three or four.

Once you know your criteria, and you are serious about buying a house, it is important to work with a highly trained agent that can develop a custom property website using the Colorado Springs MLS and the form below.

With such a website, you can receive property updates as frequently as daily, with new listings, new pictures, and price reductions.

Checkout the sample website.

Fill out the form at the link below and in less than 24 hours you will start receiving listings automatically and will continue to receive them without any additional effort! Happy House Hunting!

http://www.academydistrict20homes.com/perfect.html

There are currently 3,377 active listings and 932 total sales in the Colorado Springs for the month of April.  The number of active listings is about the same over one year ago with the number of sales up 26%. The inventory for April is down to 3.6 months making this a very competitive market for buyers.  With the low inventory we are seeing new construction taking off because buyers are having trouble finding suitable resale properties. New construction in Colorado Springs is up 38% over one year ago.  We need more homes on the market, call 719-964-4810 for your complimentary market analysis for your Colorado Springs home.

The average sales price in Colorado Springs for April was $235,161 and median sales price is $214,925 up 6% and 13% respectively from one year ago.

New home starts for Colorado Springs are up 38% from one year ago and 21% over March.

For additional details visit Colorado Springs Real Estate Market.

Other links:

Search new homes or new construction in District 20.

Market Reports for Academy School District 20 neighborhoods:

Briargate to include Cordera, Pine Creek, and Wolf Ranch

Northgate to include Flying Horse and Gleneagle

Northwest to include Peregrine and Rockrimmon.

http://gazette.com/military-roundup-happenings-at-colorado-springs-bases-and-beyond/article/1500299

Since that time, we have PCS’d twice more with pets. If I had known then what I know now, I would have done the following:

1. Make sure all shots are up to date and keep copies of EVERYTHING with the records you are travelling with
2. Check if your pets need to be licensed at your new place of residence
3. Micro-chip! Pets have been known to wander off  and get lost when they are enroute or at the new location. And don’t forget to update your contact information.
4. Find a good kennel and vet in your new town. Word of mouth is the best way to identify these. Feel free to drop me a comment if you want to know more about those in my area.
5. Get pet prozac if you think they’ll need it! You can take the edge off your pet’s anxiety with a quick trip to the vet for a prescription.
6. Be sure you plan your route carefully – stay in pet friendly hotels. This one is a biggie because not all base lodging allowed pets when we made our trek cross-country. Here is a helpful link

Those are my top six! In addition are the obvious – enough food for travel, water bowls & bottled water, & don’t forget their leashes! Happy Traveling!

So, what does the future hold as San Antonio enters its most active military PCS and residential sales season?

The following market indicators might hold the answer in that they all trend toward higher home prices,  quicker sales, and keen competition for the best listings.

Here are the specifics for homes currently on the market the first week of May 2013:

available inventory is down 12.94% (9003 vs 10341),

average list price is up 8.78% ($308,230 vs $283,339),

average cumulative days on the market is down 8.6% (149 vs 172),

homes under contract are up 12.55% (2726 vs 2422).

For the most recent home sales -

average sales price is up 5% ($202,955 vs $193,287),

average cumulative days on the market is down 17.52% (113 vs 137).

There’s only a 5.3 months supply of newly constructed and resale homes on the market and the best homes are selling very quickly, with many receiving multiple simultaneous offers.

It’s easy to see why San Antonio’s realty market is so active this month.

San Antonio and most of south Texas is economically and demographically healthy,  mortage interest rates are very low, the area is attracting many new businesses, and the nearby Eagle Ford shale oil fields are bringing new money and manpower into the region.

The bottom line is this.  Although the news is exceptionally positive for  San Antonio’s Air Force home sellers , it’s still favorable for relocating  Air Force home buyers because, despite the recent price increases, San Antonio homes in the communities nearest San Antonio’s Air Force bases are still very affordable.

That’s all for our May 2013 San Antonio realty market report.

Wishing you a beautiful spring, we’re Stephanie and Randy Kelley, Realtors® at Keller Williams Legacy, San Antonio, Texas.

Our SanAntonioHomeQuest.com Realty Solutions Team specializes in helping uniformed services families with their home buying and selling needs. If you need San Antonio realty or mortgage loan advice or assistance, or just want to chat a bit about our wonderful Alamo City, please call us at (210) 863-2661 (Randy) or (210) 867-8743 (Stephanie).

In a recent article in the San Antonio Business Journal, Mike Thomas reports “Oil production in the Eagle Ford Shale was up 74 percent in February compared to one year ago to set an all-time high.”

San Antonio’s  Lackland and Randolph Air Force Bases are close enough to the Eagle Ford Shale  oil fields to feel the economic impact of what is fast becoming one of North America’s major oil finds.

The signifigance to San Antonio’s Air Force families is that there’s higher demand for homes in the communities near the bases.  This, in turn, has caused a dramatic increase in residential property sales, higher home sale prices, and elevated residential property tax values.

If you are planning to buy or sell a home soon near Lackland or Randolph AFB, contact Randy Kelley (210) 863-2661 or Stephanie Kelley (210) 867-8743 for advice and assistance.  Their goal is to help you get the best price, terms, and conditions for your residential real estate investment.

Randy and Stephanie are Realtors ® at Keller Williams Legacy, San Antonio, Texas.  Their website is sanantoniohomequest.com.

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?

If you’re seriously in the market to purchase a San Antonio area home and have wisely engaged a real estate agent to help you, then he or she should provide the following information about every property that looks promising.

A complete listing report.

A tax history report.

A listing history report.

A comparative market analysis that estimates what the property should be worth as opposed to what it’s listed for.

An explanation of an acquisition strategy designed to optimize your chances of getting the property for the price, terms, and condition most favorable for you.

A layout of the steps you can expect to take along the way starting with preparing and submitting your offer through closing on your purchase.

If you need a highly qualified buyer agent to do the work for you, then contact us.

We’re Randy Kelley  and Stephanie Kelley , Realtors®

 Keller Williams Legacy, San Antonio, Texas.

Call us at  (210) 863-2661  or (210) 867-8743 or visit our website at sanantoniohomequest.com

PROUDLY SERVING SAN ANTONIO’S MILITARY COMMUNITIES 

 SINCE 1992

 Nancy Murray

http://www.PCSColoradoSprings.com
Demographics for Zip Codes in Colorado Springs
  DIRECT:      719-964-4810
  FAX:            866-748-9878
  NancyMurray@kw.com
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Every year I conduct an analysis on the homes sold in January across the three school districts located on the north end of Colorado Springs.  Districts 11, 20, and 49.  Having this information available helps my clients in making a decision for their next home purchase.

Visit the full article at Housing Analysis Based On School District

 Nancy Murray

http://www.PCSColoradoSprings.com
Demographics for Zip Codes in Colorado Springs
  DIRECT:      719-964-4810
  FAX:            866-748-9878
  NancyMurray@kw.com
  http://www.facebook.com/ASD20Homes

Below is a link to the  monthly newsletter from Murray & Associates with Keller Williams Clients’ Choice in Colorado Springs. The newsletter includes market reports for Colorado Springs and popular Academy District 20 neighborhoods as well as recent real estate news.

http://www.academydistrict20homes.com/market-update.html

 Nancy Murray

http://www.PCSColoradoSprings.com
Demographics for Zip Codes in Colorado Springs
  DIRECT:      719-964-4810
  FAX:            866-748-9878
  NancyMurray@kw.com
  http://www.facebook.com/ASD20Homes