Built by Morning Star Builders and marketed by the Prudential Gary Green Realtors Builder Marketing Division, the Houston Southern Living Showcase Home will be going on tour to benefit two local charities beginning today.

The anxiously awaited Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) application for the Android was launched on September 19th. The app is now available for download in the Android Market.

Mari Montomery, CRS, GRI
Keller Williams Realty
Serving: Lake Conroe, Huntsville & Lake Livingston
Mari@singingrealty.com

What was your first job in the realty industry? Full Time Realter.Where did you grow up? Central PA. In a steel mill town founded in 1888.What is your favorite free-time activity? Singing, singing, singing……then more singing.
If you weren’t a Realtor, what would you be? A women who hadn’t fulfilled her destiny.
If you could have lunch with a well-known figure (living or not), who would it be? Ebby Halliday.
Where is your favorite place to hang out? On one of …

The Houston Business Journal (HBJ) recently published a list of the most expensive Houston-area homes sold in 2010. The list is made up of 51 homes altogether.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has found that the desire for environmentally sustainable buildings is an ongoing trend, constantly gaining momentum, especially since the initiation of the Green Designation program in late 2008.

Zillow found that home values have been on the decline for 57 consecutive months, despite the National Association of Realtors tracking a rise in home prices in over 20 percent of metropolitan statistical areas, according to Wall Street Journal

Beach-front condos with resort-style amenities will be auctioned off next month for half of their original asking price. On June 5, 22 condominiums at Diamond Beach, originally priced from $445,000 to more than $1 million will be auctioned off starting at $195,000.

Freddie Mac’s net income gain for the January-March quarter marks the first quarterly gain in two years, with the last gain in April-June 2009, earning $676 million according to NPR.

Short sales can take months to approve, but with the help of a potential new bill, homeowners may find themselves receiving a response to short sale requests within a mere 45 days.

Bank of America plans to open 28 new help centers, for a total of 40 help centers across the U.S., in order to accommodate troubled homeowners in need of mortgage specialists.