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"There's nothing in here on how to kill a mockingbird!"
LOL! Isn't this hilarious? I saw this on a friends Facebook page and couldn't resist sharing it!
I hope you all have a FABULOUS Wednesday and a great week! May you find exactly what you are looking for this week (unlike the kitty above!).
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Winterfest is this weekend and discounted tickets are still available until this Thursday, January 26 or bring a canned-good to the gate a receive $2 off admission.
If you have never been to Winterfest, then you don't know what you're missing! Each year, the Pearland Parks & Recreation puts on a day filled with rides, food, games and lets not forget the most important part: over 250,000 lbs of REAL SNOW sponsored by HEB Plus!
This year, there will also be a Green Mountain Energy Recycle Snowman Contest, an Ice Carving Demonstrations, Live Entertainment, a Sports Zone, a Dancing Horse Demonstration, Inflatables Rock Climbing, a Carnival AND MORE!
DATE: Saturday, January 29, 2011
LOCATION: Independence Park
3919 Liberty Drive
TIME: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
ADMISSION: FREE for ages 2 & under, $10 for ages 3-16, $4 for ages 17 year & older
Come out for a fun-filled day of playing in the snow, riding rides and eating great food with friends and family!
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Take a look at this great home for sale in the Brunswick Meadows Subdivision located at Beltway 8 and Hwy 288! This home offers a spacious kitchen, formal dining room, breakfast area, and all bedrooms upstairs! Call today for your appointment - 281-412-2022!
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The New Year at Lake Oconee brings an optimistic outlook for real estate in the lake area as the end of last year showed an increase in sales in the area. However, it remains a "Buyer's Market" with a large inventory of homes for sale. Thus, with a large pool of homes for buyers to choose from, it is even more important to make your listed home stand out from the crowd! That means that Staging Your Home to Sell is a must. The major tasks of staging a home to sell are sorted into the areas of cleaning, de-cluttering, and de-personalizing. The other day as I was completing the complementary staging of a new listing, some specific reminders came to mind that I wanted to pass on to those people preparing to sell their home this year.
Complete all deferred home maintenance. Even small projects such as replacing electrical outlet covers, or re-caulking a bathtub, etc., should be done before listing, as they are likely to show up on the home inspection report in preparation for closing. In the buyer's market, the buyer may ask that these repairs be done as a prerequisite for closing the sale. A home which is in good repair compares better to others that are not.
Store all weapons in a secure place, or remove from the home. A homeowner does not want the responsibility for someone's getting hurt from a weapon, or of the chance of a weapon being stolen. Even knives can be considered as weapons.
Remove all items with personal information from view in the home. Sellers often forget that refrigerator magnets, receipts or bills, and prescriptions may reveal information that could lead to identitytheft, or loss of privacy. In any case, those items are definite reminders of the current owners of the property, which may prevent the buyer from imagining himself in this particular home.
Keep all windows clean, and open to the view. The view outside the home is important for the sale. Most owners are in the habit of closing window treatments to prevent sun bleaching or heating. However, potential buyers include the view as an essential part of the home that makes it attractive. That lake view, or beautiful back yard can make the sale! Extending the view makes the home seem larger, too.
Increase the light power in every room. This is the indoor version of #4. Every home looks better with more light, and light makes people more cheerful. A seller should make sure that every light bulb is working, and that the wattage is higher than usual.
Home staging is more important than ever as there is a large inventory of properties for sale. The more you prepare your home to sell, the shorter the time it will be on the market. Another plus of home staging is that if one de-clutters and discards unwanted belongings early in the selling process, the move after the sale to a new home will be easier! A recent closing had was delayed as the seller had not de-cluttered the home even though he had not lived in it for two years, so it took longer to move! Consider home staging the first step in the sellingprocess, and the first step in the moving process.
Home Staging Before
Home Staging After
For more information about Staging Your Home to Sell, contact Suzie and Jim Hudson at RE/MAX Agents Realty at Lake Oconee. 706-347-1115. We provide complementary staging for every home we list. To search for a home in the Lake Oconee area, go to our website LakeOconee.com.
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The Houston Association of REALTORS (HAR) announced that the Houston real estate market concluded 2011 solidly in the black. "December marked the seventh straight month of increased home sales and the month contained a host of indicators suggesting a healthy start to the new year. Prices of single-family homes across Greater Houston for full-year 2011 were up slightly from 2010. The median price reached an all-time high for a December in Houston and months inventory hit its lowest level in two years."
Its also interesting to note that the December sales of single-family homes throughout the Houston market climbed 7.2 percent when compared to December 2010. Positive sales activity was recorded in every segment of the housing market except the luxury segment—those homes priced from $500,000 and above—which was unchanged year-over-year.
The average price of a single-family home was statistically flat at $219,791 compared to December 2010 while the December single-family home median price—the figure at which half of the homes sold for more and half sold for less—rose 1.9 percent from one year earlier to $160,000.
2011 Annual Market Comparison
The Houston housing market concluded calendar year 2011 with noteworthy gains in sales volume along with strong pricing. Single-family home sales rose 4.0 percent for the year while sales of all property types increased 4.3 percent. On a year-to-date basis, the average price rose 0.9 percent to $213,723 while the median price ticked up 0.7 percent to $155,000. Total dollar volume for full-year 2011 climbed 5.2 percent to $13 billion compared to full-year 2010.
This is great news and just further solidifies what we already know in Pearland: that the real estate market is good! If you are interested in buying or selling your home, give me a call! With over 17 years experience in the real estate market in the Pearland area, I can help you! Call me at 281.412.2022 or email me at pearlandhometeam@aol.com!
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Check out the great new price for 2427 Colleen Drive in Pearland, TX! Now listed at $104,900, this Pearland home for sale is at a fantastic price! Call me for more information or to schedule your showing - 281-412-2022!
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"Be Our Guest" Dinner, January 21, 2012, at 5 pm. Tickets are $25 and includes dinner PLUS a premium ticket to the January 21 performance of Beauty and the Beast. Dinner also includes a special presentation of Choir students performing the best of Disney music.
You can also have "Breakfast with Belle" on January 28, 2012, at 9 am! Tickets are $6 and includes breakfast with Belle, Beast, and the Enchanted Objects. This does not include a ticket to musical performance.
For tickets to "Be Our Guest" Dinner or Breakfast with Belle, please call (281) 412-1630 or e-mail pokela@pearlandisd.org
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Pearland Parks and Recreation has several events happening in January! Take a look and see all the great events happening in our community!
NEW! REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR "NO LIMITS" PROGRAMS
Registration is now open for "No Limits," adaptive recreation programs that provide social and recreational services to youth and adults with physical or developmental disabilities. Program highlights for January include Adaptive Bowling (begins 1/26), No Limits Walking Club (begins 1/17) and Adaptive Fishing begins 1/18). Registration is required for all program participants. Visit www.pearlandparks.com/adaptive_recreation to download a registration packet. For questions or to become involved with one of the No Limits programs, please contact Shannon Harlan at 281-412-8900 or sharlan@ci.pearland.tx.us.
BAKER'S DOZEN MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION ENDS JANUARY 15
Thinking about purchasing a membership to the Pearland Recreation Center & Natatorium? There's still time to take advantage of the Baker's Dozen membership promotion! Remember, you pay for just 12 months, but your membership is good for 13 months. That's right, you get one month FREE! Call 281-412-8900 to learn more.
FREE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 14
9AM-1PM @ the Pearland Community Center (3523 Liberty Dr). The celebration includes a tree seedling give-away with 500 seedlings available while quantities last. Varieties to be given away this year include Southern Catalpa, Persimmon, Spicebush, Southern Waxmyrtle and Eastern Red Cedar. Urban Forrester, John Walters will also be on hand to demonstrate proper planting and pruning techniques for trees at 10AM. Details on tree varieties can be found at http://www.keeppearlandbeautiful.org/files/ArborDayTreeList2012.pdf.
For more information on Arbor Day or other environmental programs, please contact Keep Pearland Beautiful at 281-652-1659 or cowles@mykpb.org.
DISCOUNTED WINTERFEST PRE-SALE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
Purchase your tickets now through January 26 and save $2 per ticket! Tickets on sale now at the Parks & Recreation main office (4141 Bailey Road) Monday through Friday from 7:30AM-5:30PM. **Another way to save: Bring a canned-good to the event and receive one $2 discount per ticket for each can donated. All food donations will benefit the Pearland Neighborhood Center.
Winterfest Event Details:
Date/Time/Place: January 28, 10AM - 5PM @ the Bailey Campus (4717 Bailey Road)
Parking at Pearland High School (3775 S. Main)
Regular Admission: $10 for 3-16 years & $4 for 17 years+
FREE Shuttle Provided; All ages welcome
Enjoy the fun with a Snow Tubing Hill, the HEB Plus! Winter Zone, carnival and midway games, rides and inflatables, the Dawson Winter Dash 5K and Family Fun Run, the TEDCU Petting Zoo & Pony Ride Zone, a live performance from "Vocal Trash", craft show, Micro Stock Car racing and rock climbing. Be sure to stop by and experience a fun-filled day of playing in the snow, riding rides, eating great food, and playing games with friends and family.
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The Houston Association of REALTORS (HAR) 
