Ron Tarvin, REMAX, WHP Katy/Cypress TX Luxury Homes for Sale, Family homes too

If you haven't heard of Cinco Charities, you probably soon will be. It's been the vision of the Keller Williams Katy Office to give back to the community that we live in and love!

Katy is beginning to grow at a phenomenal rate and with that, we'll soon see massive expansions in the medical field here. New hospitals and especially the Children's Hospital are creating a center of activity in Katy that will draw people in for the incredible health care we have here and we soon will have more of.

Cinco Charities was founded with the idea that these people coming here for treatments of critical illnesses needed a place to stay during treatment. The Cinco Charity vision is:

To provide temporary housing in our community with a warm, safe environment for individuals and their families who are hospitalized or receiving treatment for a serious medical condition.

Well, the time has come and the first of many families will be benefitting from the tireless efforts of the Cinco Charities and Keller Williams Realty, Katy At Cinco Ranch! We are very excited about this development!

If you would like to help out, we have several ways to do so. Our main fundraiser is coming up in April and we are looking for GOLFERS to play in our Annual Golf Tournament. Our golfers in past tournaments say that we put on one heck of a show (and why shouldn't we since our cause is so incredible!)

You can find more information about Cinco Charities and the Golf Tournament here:

CINCO CHARITIES

Those Houston Rockets have been finding a way to WIN and Win and Win...(so on and so forth all the way to 21 in a row!) The big test comes tomorrow versus the Los Angeles Lakers.

It's been an odd thing about this streak that the Rockets have been on. They have been catching EVERYONE at just the right time. Injuries are part of the game so you take them in stride ( I mean Yao going out for the season was a HUGE blow), but the Rockets have played a lot of teams that were not at full strength due to injury or suspension.

Tomorrow against the Lakers may be no exception. The Lakers big pickup near the trade deadline that made the Lakers look invinceable, is out for the next three games. That means the Lakers will not have Gasol for their matchup. Just like Dallas didn't have Dirk. Just like New Orleans not having David West.

It's all part of the game, so to someone who says it cheapens the streak, fuggitaboutit! Only one other team has had a longer streak in NBA history at this point. No one gave Houston a chance after Yao went down, but they have managed to put together the second longest streak in NBA history. Can the go for the record? If the breaks fall their way....maybe. Not likely, but still, maybe. Maybe at least 22 in a row.

Ok, ok, well, maybe they didn't burst. Let's get that out of the way right now!

But with the arrival of the warm, sunny weather, you can tell that the ducks at Mary Peckham Park are NOT hurting for food right now.

About 7pm, my wife and I decided to take our two daughters to Mary Peckham Park, presumably to "feed the ducks". My step-daughter is 12 and my other daughter is 20 months. They had a BLAST! However, those ducks, just were not interested in our loaf of fresh bread that we took out there (fresh as in freshly purchased from the local grocery store!)

We tried to get them interested in eating the bread but to no avail! Those darn ducks had just had their fill of probably a lot more than bread today as Katy went to the park en masse!

My family had a lot of fun out there and it appeared that a lot of other people were having fun too. Fishing, biking, walking, playing games, playing on the playground...it was all great family fun!

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The Katy Texas Luxury home market is on about the same pace as it was a year ago this time. For units sold over $500,000, there have been 19 homes sold since January 1st, 2008. The same time frame in 2007 (1/1-3/15) saw 16 home sold in that price range.

This same time frame for 2006, one of the best years on record for Katy real estate and Houston real estate, showed only 11 such properties sold.

2006 showed a price range from $512,000 to $935,000 for the 11 homes sold.

2007 showed a price range from $524,000 to $955,000 for the 16 homes sold.

2008 showed a price range from $509,000 to $875,000.

Average days on market for homes over $500,000 in Katy Texas (same time frame as above)was 196 with a low 49 days to a high of 399 days. There were 3 of the 11 properties on the market for more than 365 days consecutive in 2006.

In 2007, the average day on the market for homes over $500,000 in Katy Texas (same time frame as above) was 161 days with a low of 10 days to a high of 405 days. There were 3 properties of the 19 that had days on market of more than 365 consecutive days in 2007.

In 2008, the average days on the market for homes over $500,000 in Katy Texas (same time frame as above) was 124 days wiht a low of 19 days and a high of 474 days. There was only 1 property with more than 365 days on market in 2008.

These stats show that the luxury home market has not really varied all that much and actually, might be more active in 2008 than it was in either 2006 or 2007.

Please feel free to call us anytime with your questions about Katy Texas Real Estate or general Texas Real Estate questions!

Call our toll free information line for more information on our guarantees!

Call (877)472-5390 and use the code to hear about the guarantee:

Easy Exit Listing Guarantee Code: 7003

$5000 Buyer Guarantee, Code: 7004

Your Home Sold in 29 Days GUARANTEED, Code: 7005

There were 302 homes sold in Katy Texas in February 2008. In this case, sold is defined not as going under contract but rather actually CLOSED. Area 25, which is in general terms, Katy Texas north of Interstate 10 had 117 homes that sold. Area 36, roughly defined as Katy Texas South of Interstate 10 had 184 homes sold in February 2008.

Some facts about February 2008

• In Area 25, the average list price was 135,291 and the actual SOLD price was $131,876 or approximately 97% of list value.
• In Area 25 , the average days on market was 104 days. This does not take into consideration that some properties may have expired and been relisted or possibly changed listing agents and had their days on market appear to be shortened.
• In Area 25, the average $/square foot was $63.13.
• In Are 36, the average list price was $252,321 and the actual SOLD price was $242,242 or approximately 96% of list value.
• In are 36, the average days on market was 184 days. This does not take into consideration that some properties may have expired and been relisted or possibly changed listing agents and had their days on market appear to be shortened.
• In Area 36, the average $/square foot was $86.15.

Please keep in mind these are averages over broad areas and do not account for many factors in pricing and selling homes in Katy Texas.

If you would like more area specific data on your home, please feel free to visit our site and get an INSTANT market snapshot, pulled from real time MLS data on homes surrounding your home and your neighborhood. We offer this very unique way of evaluating your home's value to you free of charge!

Please feel free to call us for any real estate questions you may have.

Ron Tarvin's Katy Agent Team (281) 935-7152