When respected observers like the editors of Barron’s are able to report that more than 10% of the country’s residential sales are now due to house-flipping, it’s a clear indication of the con...
Last month, Cypress self-employed, mortgage prospects who own their own businesses got a shot of welcome news: a long-overdue innovation that should streamline their application process. For those who’ve been frustrated in the past...
For as long as I can remember, it’s been an unchallenged prediction for real estate—in Cypress and throughout the nation. Sooner or later, the great postwar population bulge known as the “Baby Boomers” will decide...
A few years ago, the Realtor® website weighed in with some ideas addressing a question that Cypress house hunters face all the time: what ideal house size should they be aiming for?
I have one appr...
If Cypress homeowners search the web for anything like “surprising things that decrease your home’s value,” they will be answered with literally millions of links. Some of the “surprises” are anythi...
The game of golf remains a leading participation sport across Texas—but over the past decade, its growth as an industry has rolled into a hazard. According to a sobering report in The Wall Street Journal,...
A couple of storylines have dominated national real estate news outlets for more than a year. Cypress homeowners who are less industry-focused have been hearing the same thing from the national news media, too. Last week, they both stage...
“Good fences make good neighbors” was among poet Robert Frost’s most memorable lines. Quoted by rote by his rigid neighbor in Mending Wall, it illustrated an unchallenged notion, handed down for gene...