Thanks for coming back! Hope you’re finding value here. Please feel free to request an appointment to discuss your residential real estate needs, or to see homes. I’m committed to your success! Hate the economy? Having trouble making mortgage payments? Our Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, recommends calling the mortgage company before you miss a payment, [...]

Make some easy changes and save big. There’s a new tool from the EPA called the Energy Star Home Advisor. It can give you customized recommendations for improvements based on a few past bills. You can see the energy savings for each improvement, as well as associated greenhouse gas reductions. Suggested improvements can include sealing leaks [...]

If you’re in trouble with your mortgage, ask for help, but not necessarily from your loan servicer. Questionable practices by loan servicers are being investigated. Allegedly mortgage servicing companies have been known to file false or inaccurate claims, assess unreasonable fees, or fail to account properly for loan payments after a bankruptcy has been discharged. [...]

Homes are now available in the first section of the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, previously closed unless you were lucky enough to be one of the early lottery winners. Prices begin at around $240,000 for 1400-1500 square feet, and range to $750,000 or so for 3600 square feet. Mueller is going to be a [...]

My husband Jon and some of his colleagues who are involved with the Digital Convergence Initiative created an installation about the Do It Yourself (DIY) Home of the Future for Maker Faire Austin. A regular columnist at Worldchanging.com, Jon contributed a column explaining the DIY Home’s characteristic, as conceptualized by futurist Derek Woodgate:

Immersive. [...]