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Houston Rodeo, the world's largest livestock show, hosts the 2009 World Championship Bar-B-Que Contest! The Lone Star State hosts a colossal, Texas-sized picnic.

(the BBQ Cook-Off was February 26-28, 2009) Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is March 3rd- 22nd, 2009

The Houston Rodeo is in town ... here is part of the Trailride going right through downtown Houston!

More than 350 teams join in this competition of eating, dancing and drinking! This year drew record crowds of 217,640 people. The teams have fun and raise BIG BUCKS for charity scholarships.

Here is the Continental Airplane Cooker:

Lots of FUN at the Houston Rodeo BBQ Cook-off!

Here is the largest Cooker/Smoker:

Texas Cowboys in a Fur Coat and a Wolf Hat.

Pippa MAC - Real Estate Selling Agent and Relocation Specialist with REMAX, The Woodlands and Spring, Texas

Rated number #1 featured Woodlands Realtor on Localism.com and #2 featured on Active Rain.com. For more information about Buying or Selling HOMES in The Woodlands and Spring area go to www.PippaMAC.com.

The Woodlands, Texas is 27 miles North of Houston. I can help you sell your home or find your dream home! Prices range from the mid $100,000's up to millions.

TEXAS ECONOMY (The Woodlands, Spring & Houston) STILL AHEAD OF NATION

COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) - The Texas economy is cooling but continues to create jobs. While the U.S. economy lost more than 2.8 million jobs from December 2007 to December 2008, Texas gained 154,600 jobs over the same period.

The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 4.2 percent in December 2007 to 6 percent in December 2008. By comparison, the U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 4.9 percent to 7.2 percent during the same period.

Recent decreases in oil prices have begun to adversely affect the Texas oil and natural gas industry's ability to generate jobs. The industry's employment increased 3.7 percent from December 2007 to December 2008, a drop from 7.1 percent for the period November 2007 to November 2008. Even so, the industry ranked first among Texas industries in employment growth rate.

The professional and business services industry and the leisure and hospitality industry posted annual employment growth rates of 3.3 percent from December 2007 to December 2008 and ranked second among Texas industries in job creation.

All Texas metros experienced positive employment growth rates from December 2007 to December 2008. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ranked first in job creation followed by College Station-Bryan, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, and Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood.

The state's actual unemployment rate in December 2008 was 5.7 percent. Midland had the first lowest unemployment rate followed by Amarillo, Lubbock, Odessa and College Station-Bryan.

The complete Texas economic report is available on the Real Estate Center's website.

this article is from RECON (Real Estate Center Online News, Feb 3, 2009)

Pippa MAC - Real Estate Selling Agent and Relocation Specialist with REMAX, The Woodlands and Spring, Texas

Rated number #1 featured Woodlands Realtor on Localism.com and #2 featured on Active Rain.com. For more information about Buying or Selling HOMES in The Woodlands and Spring area go to www.PippaMAC.com.

The Woodlands, Texas is 27 miles North of Houston. I can help you sell your home or find your dream home! Prices range from the mid $100,000's up to millions.

First Time Real Estate Home Buyers Loan in The Woodlands ~ Shenandoah, Texas, REMAX REALTOR

I had the priviledge of working with First Time Home Buyers in The Woodlands / Shenandoah, Texas!

They had relocated here from Colorado and were looking for something with a POOL! Not a lot of options but staying within the budget we found a gorgeous, updated home, with a pool and a hot tub!

First of all we started with the LOAN PROCESS:

As a first time HOME BUYER you may feel a little overwhelmed with the entire process of buying your first home! You need all the information and resources necessary to give you the confidence and financial help needed to make the dream of buying your first home become Real!!!!!!! The more you know about the home buying process, the more likely you will be able to purchase the home of your dreams. For instance, the largest hurdle most first time home buyers face is saving the funds necessary for a down payment. Did you know that nearly every state has a program to help first time home buyers with the down payment? Some of that help is in the form of outright gifts: grants that never have to be repaid. In addition to state programs, there are also Federal programs available. I want you to be able to buy your first house and enjoy all the wonderful benefits that home ownership brings.

Here are a few Mortgage Brokers that I HIGHLY recommend:

Alan Bailey, Manager of Network Funding: (281)895-9960 .. Alan handled these first time home buyers with a WONDERFUL AND SMOOTH LOAN ...

Saundra Capps, Mortgage Broker and specialist: (936)760-9766

The CLOSING went smoothly and the sellers were so easy to work with!!!!!!!!!

I had to take a picture of the buyers driving into their driveway for the FIRST time ...

This was a very, very HAPPY moment ...

Holding the keys to their NEW HOME in Shenandoah, Texas!

SOLD ..........

OK, so we had to settle for an Eskimo kiss ... (she had a cold)

There is a WONDERFUL JOY with your first HOME purchase!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would love to help you find your FIRST HOME in The Woodlands & Shenandoah, Texas!

I'm adding the buyers comment after my article (of course I'm a bit teary adding this into this article , I wish everyone was like them!)

"As the first time home buyer in the picture above, I can not express enough gratitude towards Pippa!!!!! Although both my husband and I are working, we chose to look at houses that we could afford on just one income. We had 3 other agents, prior to Pippa, who kept pushing us to look at houses that were in our 2 income range. Not Pippa!!!! She honored our request and never pushed us to look at anything outside of whatever range we chose. She was a FANTASTIC listener and brought us only to houses that met our criteria. She is so HUMBLE to say that all we wanted was a pool! She helped us to think about those things that were truly important to my husband and I. Pippa was able to match us to our first home dream.

She treated us as if we were one of her family members and continues to do so!!!!! I would not hesitate for 1 millisecond to recommend Pippa as a real estate agent! All I can say (tears welling up) is THANK-YOU Pippa!!!!!!!!!!!"

Pippa

Realtor Top Real Estate Home Picks for the week ~ The Woodlands ReMax Agent

There are a few Fantastic Deals I thought I would point out this week of January 8, 2009!

With financing at low interest rates and so many Great Deals out there .. this is a Wonderful time to Buy a home!

REDUCED FOR A QUICK SALE!!!!!!!!!!!

The first one is in Cochrans Crossing, Capstone Subdivision, 15 Twilight Plain. This is a fabulous family home that is a "Corporate Owned" home. It started out in 9/08 at $720,000 and is now listed at $569,900. It has a wonderful backyard with room for both a trampoline and a gorgeous pool! Close to Exemplary Schools!

A gorgeous family room that is bright and open to the kitchen eating area:

A wonderful kitchen:

Huge Master Bedroom:

Bright Master Bathroom:

I LOVE the built in's in one of the 2 Master closets:

One of the 2 Game Rooms upstairs:

All I can say about this 4 car garage is WOW ..... it is incredible:

Another home REDUCED FOR A QUICK SALE!!!!!!!!

This gorgeous home is in Sterling Ridge, 6 Garnet Bend.

This home started at $650,000 and has been reduced to $599,000 for a quick sale!

Close to Exemplary Schools, this is a fantastic family neighborhood!

Built in 2003, 4/5 bedroom home, with a spa and pool is 3831 square feet. Tons of upgrades and lots of space ... don't miss out on this beautiful home!

Tons of upgrades in this gourmet kitchen!

Stunning pool with lots of space for entertaining:

For more information on these homes or any others you are interested in please call me at:

(281)620-4899.

Use Professional Realtor Photography to SELL your Real Estate home in The Woodlands & Spring Texas

Look at these Before and AFTER pictures to see what a difference a REALTOR can make in Marketing your home! In this competitive market you need EVERY advantage you can get to sell your home!

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GORGEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LIVING ROOM ...

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