SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
3-7% of the people you know or talk to are ready and open to buying or selling Real Estate within the next 30-60 days.
30% of the people you know or talk to are defiantly not going to buy or sell Real Estate.
What are you doing to talk to the 60% of the people you know or talk to that could be persuaded or think they are not interested in buying or selling Real Estate?
These people are in time will be moved into the 3-7 % of your business.
The greater question should be is what are you doing to increase the number of people in your database?
You might say Open Houses, Property time, knocking on doors, walking your neighborhood or social networking.
DO YOU HAVE web presence ?????????
Websites (personal or company)
Facebook (do you have a business or fan page)
Twitter
Linkedin
In today’s world we are using the internet to solve 90% of our problems.
Today 3 out of 4 people or on the internet. Notice I did not say the computer.
Social Media Realtor members age 50-59
The one thing that does not change that much is that 86% still use a Realtor when buying or selling a home.

TODAYS REAL ESTATE MARKET IN HOUSTON THIRD WARD

HISTORIC THIRD WARD TODAY... is a mixture of original shotgun houses built in the early 1900's to new construction. Houston home buyers can find a one story for $120,000 or three and four story townhomes ranging from the mid $200,000 to just under $400,000.

Home sales since October of 2009 in the Third Ward reflect prices ranging from the average of $67 a sq. ft. to a high of $172.

When you search for homes in Third Ward be aware it is composed of smaller communities. Not all properties are listed under Third Ward. Washington Terrace, Forest Home, Almeda Place, McGregor Holman, Museum Court, Blodgett Court, Rosewood, Tierwester, Prairie Home, Booker T Washington and Riverside Terrace are just a few of the many neighborhood that make up the Third Ward.

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE............

THEY REMAIN THE SAME.... of home buyers questioned they used the internet and Real Estate Agents equally, 36%. Print ads range anywhere from 2% to less than one %.

SECOND WARD "OH DO YOU SMELL COFFEE?"

Second Ward Is one of the original four wards of Houston. It is roughly bounded by Buffalo Bayou to the North. Lockwood Avenue to the East and railroad tracks to the South and West.

PLACES OF INTEREST:

Developed in 1913, the Eastwood subdivision is considered one of the first master-planned communities in Houston, along with Montrose and the Heights. It remains among the loveliest in our city, and young professionals and empty nesters are beginning to restore its vintage homes. Many well-known Houstonians including Howard Hughes lived in Eastwood as children.

The Maxwell House Coffee roasting plant located on Harrisburg.

The first Capitol of the Republic of Texas was located in second ward.

Last but not least the home of The Original Mama Ninfa’s Mexican Restaurant.

FIRST WARD TODAY

First Ward today is a small portion of the original. The area is north and east of White Oak bayou and Little White Oak Bayou. In 1866 part of First Ward was split off to create part of Fifth Ward.

First Ward is home to the downtown campus of The University of Houston and many of the original buildings of Houston. The real estate market offers a wide variety of opportunities. You can purchase an original 1905 shotgun, 900 Sq. Ft., asking price$95,000 to a new construction, up to 3400 Sq. Ft., asking price up to $439,000.

HOMES SOLD
since September 2009 ranged from $79,900-$408,550 with average of $126 per Sq. Ft.

Houston, Texas A major International City with a Rich History

In August 1936 brothers John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, two real estate entrepreneurs from New York City, purchased 6,642 acres of land along Buffalo Bayou with the intent of founding a city. The Allen brother decided to name the city after Sam Houston the popular general at the Battle of San Jacinto who was elected President of Texas in September 1836. The city was incorporated in 1937. The brothers divided it into political geographic districts called wards. In 1839 the city was divided into four ward. The Fifth ward was added in 1866 and then six wards decades later.