31 Oct 08 
Dallas-Fort Worth New Home Communities - Real Estate Bargains
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The Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas ranked #8 on MSN’s 2008 list of “Best Real Estate Bargains” because of the area’s affordable housing and available jobs. Dallas/Fort Worth is home to many large corporations with employment in different industries, in addition, the area offers homes for sale in many sought after, and affordable, new home communities. Below is information about active communities offered by Cheldan Homes, Mercedes Homes, Grand Homes and Perry Homes.
Model Home at Boswell Ranch
Boswell Ranch by Cheldan Homes is a new home community located in Fort Worth, Texas. New homes in Boswell Ranch feature yards with full sod and sprinkler systems, Energy Star® efficiency, impressive standard features and ACME brick. The Boswell Ranch community is close to Eagle Mountain Lake, 2 marinas, employment centers, commercial centers and major highways. Boswell Ranch offers eight single-story floor plans available from the $120s. These floor plans range from 1,450 – 2,314 square feet and have as many as four bedrooms and two bathrooms. For more information about Boswell Ranch, or Cheldan Homes, visit www.CheldanHomes.com.
Rendering of a Traditions of Frisco Elevation
Traditions of Frisco, a Mercedes Homes community located in Frisco, TX offers Texas new homes from the $220s to the $400s. The Traditions of Frisco community has a home for every family… first-time homebuyers, move-up families and empty nesters can all find a home that meets their wants and needs. There are nine single-story and two-story floor plans ranging in size from 1,970 – 4,180 square feet with up to four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. For more information about Traditions of Frisco, visit www.MercedesHomes.com.
Rendering of an Enclave on Midway Elevation
Enclave on Midway by Grand Homes is a new home community located in Dallas, Texas. This community is positioned near downtown Dallas, shopping centers, dining and entertainment. Homes available in Enclave on Midway give homebuyers a choice of Classic Country, Traditional, Old World and Grand Castle architectural home styles. These Dallas, Texas new homes start from the $535s and have between three to five bedrooms with as many as four bathrooms. For more information about homes available in Enclave on Midway, visit www.GrandHomes.com.
Photo of Homes in City View at Farmers Market
City View at Farmers Market, a Perry Homes community located in Dallas, Texas offers buyers new homes from the $310s. City View at Farmers Market is located in Downtown Dallas situated near dining, entertainment, and a brand new five-acre park, Uptown Dallas, Victory Plaza and the Arts District. These attached homes range in size from 2,400 – 3,100 square feet and have three bedrooms and between two and a half and 3.5 bathrooms. There are seven different floor plans available in City View at Farmers Market. For more information about this new home community, visit www.PerryHomes.com.
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28 Oct 08 New Home Sales Q4 Economic Outlook
With consumer spending steadily decreasing from mid-2007, sparked from the housing meltdown, experts have estimated that consumption will likely fall more than 4 percent annualized this quarter. To add fuel to the fire, the deteriorating credit market has negatively influenced all three major determinants of consumption.
New homes sales will likely remain suppressed well into 2009. Not good news considering the housing sector is already suffering from the rising unemployment, tightened credit conditions, declining household wealth, and in some markets, the affects of recent severe weather.
What does this mean for you?
This will directly affect your access to credit, not to mention your credit rates; and will indirectly affect both real disposable personal income and household wealth. In regards to the economy as a whole, this means that for the remainder of the year, and leading into 2009, we can anticipate diminishing consumer confidence and business confidence, which will cause further payroll cutbacks and additional suppression of real disposable personal income.
So here we are. We’ve witnessed declines in consumer spending, beginning in 2007, employment gains gradually diminish, soaring energy costs, oh… and let’s not forget the significant declines in household wealth and the continued declines in real estate values.
The experts have stated that even with the recent decline in energy prices, it’s not nearly enough to overcome our waning consumption concerns; mainly caused by the large decline in personal wealth.
There is some good news in all of this if you are a homebuyer, or at least a buyer who can meet the criteria to qualify for a loan, and that is new home costs have declined significantly. The fact is that many home builders are reducing pricing, increasing incentives, adding better upgrades, all in an attempt to attract buyers and shrink their inventories. I know what you’re thinking… and yes, there is a good chance that if you buy now your new home may decline in value while the market works its way towards recovery. But if you’re thinking long-term, the declines will be insignificant compared to your gain over the next five to six-plus years.
Tags: 2009 economic outlook, consumer confidence, home builder news, Home Builders, housing meltdown, housing sector, housing sector news, new home incentives, new home sales, real disposable personal income
27 Oct 08 LOHPF Charity Event
So, as I said on Friday I was going to the Pasta, Poker and Pets party. I remind you that it was my first event and for those of you that live in Arizona, the event was located in North Scottsdale 
on Union Hills Drive. I didn’t know what to expect and was a little nervous, but I had a great time.
Once we got there we signed in and were given a packet of information and two drink tickets. We sat down and talked to some people and had a small dinner at one of the 10 tables in the community center. I would say that there were about 80 people at the event; it was a pretty good turnout. After dinner, an auction was held and everyone was participating so I was happy to see that.
After the auction the games started. The goal was to have the most chips by the end of the night. If you did you would have won an entertainment system. They had several tables of mixed games which included Poker, Black Jack and my all time favorite Craps. Unfortunately, the poker table was full so I made my way over to the Craps table and rolled the dice! I didn’t win though lol, I busted out after 30 minutes.
All and all it was a very entertaining and successful night; I was excited to be a part of it. I was happy to see everyone participating. I was rushed for time and forgot my camera but some picture were taken so I will see if I can get my hands on them. Congratulations to everyone in the Lost Our Home Pet Foundation for a great event!
