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        <description>A blog about Houston real estate from the MyHomeHouston team.  Get Houston's latest news, market updates, builder incentives and more.</description>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (The MyHomeHouston Team)</author>
            <title>Carolyn Capalbo And the Other Carolyn</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ So what happens when you are a realtor and your name appears in a scandal but it has nothing to do with you? Carolyn Capalbo is a realtor but the &quot;other&quot; carolyn was involved in a scandal with Eliot Spitzer. Carolyn now has to deal with lots of questions that have nothing do with her. You can read more here Carolyn Capalbo and here Carolyn Capalbo... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:49:13 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (The MyHomeHouston Team)</author>
            <title>January Stats for the Houston Real Estate Market</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Their were 2788 sales this month in the Houston real estate market. This is down 10% from this time last year. This was a pretty low month for Houston. In fact this is the worst month we have seen since January of 2000 when we saw 2653 sales. January was a pretty slow month across the country. It&rsquo;s hard to determine exactly what led to the slowdown. We saw brisker sales in November and December even after taking into account seasonal fluctuations. The average and median price were both up ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:59:16 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (The MyHomeHouston Team)</author>
            <title>Getting A Loan Just Got Tougher: Fannie Mae Changes Debt To Income Ratio</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ So the government is offering an 8k tax credit to help the real estate market recovery. There have been a lot of debates back and forth about whether the government should be spending this much money to help bolster the troubled real estate market. I don't want to get in to those arguments here. Suffice it to say that the 8k tax credit is very expensive but at the same time it is helping the housing market. So why would the government spend all this money and at the same time allow rules to be p... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:23:05 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (The MyHomeHouston Team)</author>
            <title>Houston Real Estate Sales Surge in September</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Seasonally adjusted Houston home sales rose drastically in September. There were 5,315 sales in September 2009. That is up from 4068 in September 2008 (a rise of 31%). In August 2009 there were 5,478 sales this was down 12% from the year before. While the national real estate market seems to be improving Houston seemed to do especially well this month. If we look at the year to year sales in different markets we seeCityCompared to A Year AgoHouston Up 31%San Antonio &nbsp;Down 3% Dallas Down 7% ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:39:59 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (Steve Castaneda)</author>
            <title>Master Planned Communities and Zip Codes</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ We added a couple of additions to the site yesterday: a list of all the master planned communities in Houston, and a page dedicated to detailing most of the major zip codes in Houston.

Master Planned Communities
Houston has quite a bit of these types of communities.&nbsp; They're not too much different than regular communities, except that they're usually planned from the get-go rather than randomly built on like subdivisions used to years ago.

A new town, planned community or planned cit... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:43:57 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (Steve Castaneda)</author>
            <title>$20,000 Off Lots in Swan Landing</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Looking to live in Swan Landing off the Gulf Coast?&nbsp; It's not really our market, but we just received word of a promotion they're offering, and we wanted to pass it along to our readers.If you're looking to visit Swan Lakes soon, be sure to call us at 281-213-0032 to let us know.&nbsp; We'll call ahead and let them know you're coming for the lot promotion.Even Better - Take another 1.5%* off for YouThey're offering us higher commissions on these properties as well, so we can afford to pass ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:45:11 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (Steve Castaneda)</author>
            <title>The Nicest Parts of Houston</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ We get asked this question a lot.&nbsp; &quot;Where are the most desirable places to live in Houston?&quot;.&nbsp; It's a really tough question to answer, because I instinctively want to answer that question from my point of view.&nbsp; However, it's important to remember that what may be nice to me, may not be nice to someone else.Staying objective is one of the primary concerns for a real estate agent.&nbsp; I'll provide some numbers, market information, school reports, crime statistics; anyth... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:09:50 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://www.myhomehouston.com/blog/latest-community-page-pearland.html</guid>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (Steve Castaneda)</author>
            <title>Latest Community Page - Pearland</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ We've just released a new page dedicated to Pearland; a suburb South of Downtown Houston.&nbsp; We've dedicated this community page to showcase homes for sale in the various communities in the area, along with a bit of information on schools and market information.I think that pretty much covers the major communities in and around Houston.&nbsp; We're going to start concentrating now on showcasing many of the communities within these suburbs, focusing more on new communities under development no... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:00:52 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (Steve Castaneda)</author>
            <title>The Woodlands Single Family Market - Year to Date Charts</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ I'm going to start keeping track of various markets in Houston.&nbsp; There's one thing I love; charts!&nbsp; The charts below will update you on The Woodlands real estate market for single family homes.As you can see, 2008 was a better year than this year so far.&nbsp; Home prices have fallen, thus resulting in a lower price per square foot across the board.&nbsp; Fortunately, the demand for homes hasn't changed a bit since you see about the same number of homes selling this year than last.

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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>rhouston@agentcoordinate.com (Steve Castaneda)</author>
            <title>The Woodlands July 2009 Market Report</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ In the month of July, The Woodlands saw a steep decrease in single family home prices, while townhomes, condos, and rental sales were strong.

Single Family The number of homes going on the market in July were roughly the same as last year; we saw an increase of 18 more homes listed for sale on the market.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the average sales price and days on market both took a turn for the worst.&nbsp; Average sales price per square foot plummetted by $16.70 down to $122.62/sqft on average... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:00:49 -0500</pubDate>
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