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Kid's Game - Keller Williams Realty Brazos Valley Trunks for Treats - College Station, TexasLocated in: College Station, TX
Dear readers,
This weekend the College Station community has the opportunity to shine, as we welcome an anticipated 10,000 prospective students and parents coming to town for Aggieland Saturday. The event is a university-wide open house sponsored by the Texas A&M Department of Admissions and Records and the Association of Former Students.
Quoting the office of admission and record's Website, "Howdy! We at Texas A&M University invite you to Aggieland Saturday, an annual campus-wide open house for prospective students and their families. During this one day, you can meet current students, tour the dorms, visit libraries and computer labs and see what Texas A&M has to offer you. You can also learn more about our colleges and majors, get information about admission and pick up some financial aid and scholarship information, too."
Concurrently, we are unveiling two new Websites today designed to inform Aggie parents and students about student housing options. They are:
http://parents.SamWhiteRealty.com
http://students.SamWhiteRealty.com
Combined with http://search.SamWhiteRealty.com and http://marketreports.SamWhiteRealty.com, we are striving to give our browsers and clients the best tools and content available to help them in their College Station home search.
Finally, for more information regarding this weekend's Texas A&M University Open House, visit http://www.oar.tamu.edu/aggielandSaturday/default.aspx. There you will find directions, schedules and frequently asked questions.
One day. One place. Aggieland.
Blue skies,
Dear readers,
January 2009 sales figures have been posted at marketreports.SamWhiteRealty.com. The results are mixed at best.
I'm completing vendor interviews today, and I will publish the synopsis tomorrow.
Blue skies,
Dear readers,
The following information came to me via RECON, a weekly e-mail publication of the The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. Subscription information can be found at the bottom of the article.
TEXAS' EXISTING HOME SALES, PRICES DOWN IN OCTOBER
TEXAS (Real Estate Center, MarketWatch, CNNMoney) - A total of 16,711 existing homes were sold in Texas last month, a 17 percent decline from October 2007, according to MLS data compiled by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. The median price dropped 0.8 percent to $142,300 during the same period, and the state finished the month with a 6.8-month inventory of existing homes.
Here is how select Texas cities fared in October (data current as of Dec. 2, 2008):
| Sales |
Change from |
Median Price |
Change from Last Year |
Months' Inventory |
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| Amarillo | 226 | down 7 percent | $130,000 | up 12 percent | 5.6 |
| Austin | 1,464 | down 23.4 percent | $189,000 | up 4 percent | 5.9 |
| Beaumont | 178 | down 3.8 percent | $139,000 | up 23.7 percent | 7.7 |
| Brownsville | 69 | down 21.6 percent | $103,300 | up 14.8 percent | na |
| Bryan-College Station | 126 | no change | $148,000 | up 7.6 percent | 5 |
| Corpus Christi | 255 | down 30.1 percent | $140,900 | down 1.7 percent | 9.4 |
| Dallas | 3,471 | down 17.8 percent | $155,700 | up 0.6 percent | 6.3 |
| El Paso | 413 | down 5.9 percent | $130,500 | down 0.3 percent | 12.6 |
| Fort Worth | 730 | down 20.9 percent | $109,100 | down 6.6 percent | 5.9 |
| Houston | 4,671 | down 20.1 percent | $142,400 | down 2.8 percent | 6.4 |
| Laredo | 87 | down 7.4 percent | $115,700 | down 15.2 percent | 9.7 |
| Longview-Marshall | 187 | down 8.3 percent | $118,800 | down 1 percent | 6.2 |
| Lubbock | 192 | down 23.8 percent | $116,400 | up 6.4 percent | 5.4 |
| San Antonio | 1,470 | down 14.6 percent | $143,500 | down 0.6 percent | 8 |
| Texarkana | 67 | up 31.4 percent | $131,200 | up 17.5 percent | 7.6 |
| Tyler | 212 | down 22.3 percent | $139,000 | up 9.8 percent | 10.7 |
| Victoria | 56 | down 17.6 percent | $108,900 | up 7 percent | 6 |
| Waco | 166 | down 9.3 percent | $117,500 | up 9.2 percent | 8 |
Additional home sales data for these and other major Texas cities are available on the Center's website.
Nationally, sales of existing single-family homes dropped 1.6 percent over the past year to a 4.98 million seasonally adjusted annual pace, according to the National Association of Realtors. At $183,300, the median sales price was down 11.3 percent from a year earlier. Inventory was at 10.2 months.
Meanwhile, sales of new homes nationally were at 433,000 in October, off more than 40 percent from a year ago, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The median sales price was $218,000. At the current sales pace, there was more than an 11-month inventory.
@ THE CENTER To subscribe or unsubscribe to RECON or to view back issues go to the Real Estate Center's website.
The Real Estate Center is part of the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in College Station - the heart of the Research Valley.
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Blue skies,
Sam White
Dear readers,
Happy Monday!
I'm sharing two links, one from The Eagle here in Bryan & College Station, and the other from the Maimi Herald, regarding Black Friday sales locally and nationwide.
http://www.theeagle.com/local/Black-Friday-lures-hordes
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/nation/v-print/story/792355.html
Both articles, along with local, national and international market information can be found on my facebook page.
Monthly market information from out local Multiple Listing Services, as well as a monthly synopsis can also be found on my Website Reports.SamWhiteRealty.com.
Its a busy Monday, so that's all for now. No fancy graphics or photos. Sorry.
Blue skies,
Sam White
www.SamWhiteRealty.com
Dear readers,
With Thanksgiving this week we are about to round third base on the way to Christmas. Bryan turned on the Christmas lights downtown last Friday, and College Station is about to light Central Park for the 25th year.
Beginning on Nov. 26 through Jan.1, see over one million lights at the Stephen C. Beachy Central Park from 6pm-11pm daily. Admission is free.
On Dec. 5-6, and again Dec. 12-13, enjoy Santa, hayrides, cookies, hot cocoa and live entertainment.
Complete information can be found on the City of College Station's Website at www.cstx.gov/christmas.
Blue skies,
Sam White
www.SamWhiteProperties.com
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