Texas Rangers, TCU Football, and Halloween in Fort Worth, Texas

Cliff Lee, Ranger's Pitcher

How about those Texas Rangers playing in NY, Yankee Stadium! Wow, you would have to be a zombie to not be excited about the success of the Texas Rangers who are at home just 15 miles from my Fort Worth Keller Williams office!  We are so proud of the success and of Cliff Lee's fabulous pitching!  He is my new sports hero!...And, the hero of the Texas Crowd watching..........at least until the next game when another great pitcher will be showing what the Rangers and Texas are all about!...........And speaking of other great Fort Worth area sports teams...........

TCU GAME AGAINST BYU ON SATURDAY..ANOTHER WIN

T-C-U  IS THE WORD! The Horned Frogs are fast and have been the exciting team to watch in College Football this season!  It is so exciting to live, work (sell homes) here in such a dynamic city.  Lucky are the folks who call Fort Worth home.........I am one!  Go Froggies.....let's take it to the top!

Fort Worth is alive and well............we have lots of great homes on the market and there are lots of great buyers out there who need to know what to do to by a home.  There are several steps to follow to make your home buying experience easy and stressfree.  I invite people to my website http://www.diannearnette.com/ to see what first time homebuyers need to know before just going out to look at homes.

Each week I am out looking at homes and visiting with homesellers and showing prospective buyers what is available on the market (home seach at my http://www.diannearnette.com/ site).  While driving this week I came across a great Halloween yard decoration...........If this is your yard, call me for a Starbucks card!


Yard in North Fort Worth

How fun this yard is!  I stopped my car and snapped the photo.  I just thought about the lucky kids in the neighborhood and how excited they must be to play in this yard all during the month of October........

Call me if you would like to buy or sell real estate in the next 30-45 days here in Fort Worth, Tarrant County.  I work in all areas.........and I really WORK for my clients.  Also See my other blog at http://daahomes.blogspot.com/

You want HOW MUCH for this House?

Attention all sellers...........REAL ESTATE IS AREA SPECIFIC!

We are so lucky here in the Fort Worth/Dallas, especially Tarrant County area of our great state of Texas. We never really had the runaway price boom, so we are also not having the bottom drop out of our market to the extent that some areas have had.

The other side of the coin is that with our area being a high growth area, we have had some challenged subdivisions making values area specific. Buyers always buy the home that they feel an emotional attachment towards. That is how they make their decision. Fast forward to 18 months out and a job change which is requiring a move....and not a dollar of corporate help for their move. Picture this: Their home is only 3 years old and their subdivison is 5 years old and phase 6 and phase 7 are now being built ...with 3 or 4 more phases left to build.

Ring, ring,...hello DiAnne. Our friend told us that when we got ready to sell our new Buildmore Homes, home, that you would be the agent who can help us. Of course, I am delighted to have the referral from one of my past clients. However, when I pull the stats of September 2008 and see that 75% of the sales in this new prospective seller's subdivision were new builds...i.e. purchased from the builder, BuildMore Homes, INc., I know that my new client is in trouble.

I have an appointment for 6:30 and while I really want to do a great job for them, I know that I must show them the situation. The real truth is that as long as new homes are available in their subdivision, they cannot price their home to make any money! If they price for what the house should be worth, they are just helping to sell their competition. In plain terms, who do you think will pay $180,000 for the same plan than has had 3 years of living in it as can be bought brand new two blocks over for $175,900 and the appliances and wood blinds will be included.

This concept is so hard for the seller because he believes that he has been "gaining equity" and increasing in his market price. After all, homes are supposed to be increase in value over time. So in my head, while I am showing my listing client what the market is telling us, I am also sensitive to the feelings that these buyers have while hearing this truth.

I have found that there are buyers who only buy new homes, and buyers who only buy homes in established areas. It is a buyer profile. However, as a protective agent for my clients, I always try to show them that it is highly likely that unless they can stay in their newly built home for at least 5 to 7 years, they may not make a big profit on their home sale.

...........So you can see why..........I am thinking sometimes, "You want how much? for this home?"!

To get more information about the Fort Worth/Tarrant County real estate market, I can be contacted from my website: www.diannearnette.com