Watauga, TX

Watauga Texas Real Estate Sales were up 13% in January 2012 over the same month last year with 17 homes selling this month! For the year to date, overall home sales were at 17 homes sold, a 13% change from last year. Watauga Texas Real Estate total dollar volume of homes sold this month was $1,463,071 which is a 0% change from this month last year. For the year to date, the total dollar sales were at $1,463,071, which is a 0% change.

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New Watauga Texas Real Estate listings experienced a 10% change for the same period last year with 33 homes listed this month. For the year to date, overall home listings underwent a 10% change with 33 homes listed this year. Listings pending sales this month underwent a 38% change, with 22 homes contracted. Listings under contract for the year to date experienced a 38% change, with 22 homes under contract for this month.

The average sales price of a home in Watauga was $86,063, a -12% change from this month last year. Overall, for 2012, the average sales price was $86,063 , a -12% change. Sellers received 95% of their asking price this month, which is a -4% change from last year. For the year to date, sellers received 95% of their asking price, which is a -4% change. This month, homes spent an average of 35 days on the market until sold, which was a -30% change from last year. For the year to date, the average number of days on the market was 35, an overall change of -30%.

The current supply of active listings on the market this month was 68 homes. This is a change of -36% from the same month last year. For the year to date, the supply of active listings on the market was 68, which is a -36% change. This month there was a 3.2 months’ supply of homes on the market; this was a -35% change from last year. For the year to date, there was a 3.2 months’ supply of homes on the market, which is a -35% change from the same period last year. The average price per square foot was $56 this month; a -6% change from last year. For the year to date, the average price per square foot was $56, a change of -6% .

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The DFW Metroplex is also known as Dallas Fort Worth Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a title designated by the U.S. Census which encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The area is divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas Plano Irving and Fort Worth Arlington and is comprised of over 70 area cities both incorporated and unincorporated.

The DFW Metroplex is, by population, the largest metropolitan area in Texas, the largest in the South, the fourth-largest in the United States, and the tenth-largest in the Americas. The DFW Metroplex encompasses over 9,000 square miles of total area, making it larger in area than the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. It is also the sixth largest gross metropolitan product (GMP) in the United States, and approximately tenth largest by GMP in the world.

Watauga Texas Real Estate Sales were down 7% in November 2011 over the same month last year with 13 homes selling this month! For the year to date, overall home sales were at 228 homes sold, a -5% change from last year. Watauga Texas Real Estate total dollar volume of homes sold this month was $942,539 which is a -21% change from this month last year. For the 2011 year to date, the total dollar sales were at $20,737,512, which is a -12% change.

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New Watauga Texas Real Estate listings experienced a -23% change for the same period last year with 24 homes listed this month. For the year to date, overall home listings underwent a -24% change with 356 homes listed this year. Listings pending sales this month underwent a 25% change, with 15 homes contracted. Listings under contract for the year to date experienced a 6% change, with 233 homes under contract for this month.

The average sales price of Watauga Texas Real Estate was $72,503, a -15% change from this month last year. Overall, for the year, the average sales price was $90,954 , a -7% change. Sellers received 91% of their asking price this month, which is a -4% change from last year. For the year to date, sellers received 97% of their asking price, which is a -1% change. This month, homes spent an average of 50 days on the market until sold, which was a -6% change from last year. For the year to date, the average number of days on the market was 79, an overall change of 55%.

The current supply of active listings on the market this month was 84 homes. This is a change of -31% from the same month last year. For the year to date, the supply of active listings on the market was 100, which is a -15% change. This month there was a 4.1 months’ supply of homes on the market; this was a -22% change from last year. For the year to date, there was a 4.9 months’ supply of homes on the market, which is a -5% change from the same period last year. The average price per square foot was $52 this month; a -10% change from last year. For the year to date, the average price per square foot was $61, a change of -7%

Watauga Real Estate sales is known as Multiple Listing Service (MLS) area 128 in the North Texas Real Estate Information System. Information is believed reliable but is only as accurate as reported by the system in the month of November 2011. DFW Team Realty provides month reports on Watauga Real Estate Sales as well as Watauga Foreclosures, Watauga Short Sales, and Homes in Watauga. Please visit our website at DFWTeamRealty.com for the latest information on Watauga homes by price range and community. Search Watauga Real Estate at Homes in DFW

Where Were You That Faithful Day?

Where were you that faithful day in September nearly ten years ago? A week from today marks the 10^th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on our nation. Do you remember what you were doing that morning that changed the course of history and our nation forever?

I remember where I was, even though I was a licensed REALTOR at the time, I was an aircraft dispatcher (fully time )on duty with a cargo airline located in north Dallas (Addison). We had planes in the air just like many other airlines and companies across the country and the world.

I still remember a comment made to me that morning after the first aircraft hit the World Trade Center by a customer/competitor representative of ours in another part of the country, asking if it was one of our aircraft? She said this because our airline had a couple of accidents in the past and I guess she was trying to be funny or something. I thought to myself if I were not a couple thousand miles away, I would come through the phone and slap her. She later apologized but it had already been said.

It is eerie to think sometimes how things worked out. When that day happened, the day before I had just met the young lady who would four years later become my wife. She also happened to be an aircraft dispatcher too and I was training her that week of the attacks, (strictly business). After the attacks took place and all air flight was grounded for the week. They sent everyone home that week except for my future wife and I. So, I guess because of the circumstances that week, we learned more about each other than one would normally in the course of a normal week. FYI, it was strictly a business relationship for many, many months and we did not even start going out until 2002 sometime. And then, at work, no one even knew we were dating until we announced our engagement in 2004.

By that time, my now wife, who had previously served active duty in the U.S. Air Force before we met, had an opportunity to rejoin the Air Force as a full time reservist, which she is to this day. Since then, she has served two tours in Iraq, and is gone multiple weeks each and every month.

It’s is weird to think sometimes how if that day never happened, would that young lady and I have still got married, would she have rejoined the Air Force? A lot of lives were affected that day in many different ways.

What will you being doing next Sunday 11 September 2011, on the 10^th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks? I know where I will be.

The City of Watauga, which is a few miles down the road from our house is holding a Special September 11^th Memorial Service at the Watauga Fire Station located at 5909 Hightower Drive @ 7:40 p.m. for the Dedication of the World Trade Center Steel Memorial. A Remembrance Service and Candlelight Vigil will follow it. The former Mayor of Fort Worth and Congresswoman Kay Granger will be the Special Guest Speaker.

The City of Watauga Fire Department was recently given a steel girder section of the World Trade Center so they could establish a permanent memorial to the victims of 9/11 and the first responders. 343 New York City Fire Department firefighters lost their lives on that day. 23 New York City Police Department officers, and 37 Port Authority Police Department officers were also killed. Several Fire Departments across the country have received similar pieces to create their own memorial.

This Girder was brought in earlier this summer on a flat bed trailer and weighs around 5600 pounds. I walked around the trailer when taking pictures of it and to imagine that this one piece of steel weighs that much. It really puts into perspective the gravity of the two towers coming down and the immense forces involved.

Please take time next Sunday to remember those who lives were lost and also those brave service men and women who are out there fighting each day to keep our country safe and free.

FYI, since I took these photos, they have erected the Steel Girder in its final place mounted on a pedestal in between the two flag poles in the front of the Fire Station. It was covered up when I drove by the other day, so I will take pictures and post following the Remembrance ceremony next week.