Your First Quarter Real Estate Market Update

Although the pandemic has caused things to slow down in our real estate market, there are still plenty of properties being bought and sold. Here are the latest numbers.

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Today we have a real estate market report for the first quarter of 2020. Like you, our lives have been inundated by the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic and the resulting business and school closures, as well as the stay-at-home order. Our hearts go out to all who have been impacted and we pray that our leaders and families make it through this crisis with as little long-term stress as possible. Even though it’s a hazardous time out there, we’re taking every precaution to ensure our agents can continue to serve while remaining safe. They’re using gloves, masks, and antibacterial wipes at every turn.

Our agents are using gloves, masks, and antibacterial wipes at every turn.

Based on what I’m hearing from around the nation, our local market is doing surprisingly well. So far, we’ve closed 96 homes and have another 64 pending, for a total of 160 homes sold this year. In the broader local market, the supply has remained constant and demand has remained strong. How’s your market doing right now? It all depends on your price, location, and condition. To get a better idea, take a look one of the following reports, which has city-specific information about how each area of the market is doing. Copperas Cove Temple, Belton Harker Heights Killeen We’re going to continue to monitor all developments to ensure that we can help you with anything you need during this time. If you have any other questions or would like us to walk you through the data for your neck of the woods, don't hesitate to reach out via phone or email. We look forward to hearing from you.

How to Prepare Your Home for the Winter with Chris Coffey

Welcome to the Shine Team’s video blog. Today we have Chris Coffey from Textar Inspections with us. He is going to help us with some tips to winterize your home.

What are the most important things we need to do to prepare our homes for freezing weather?

Make sure to have your heating system serviced. You also want to check whether all the weather stripping around the doors and sealing around the windows aren’t cracked. If those are damaged they can let cold air in causing an increase in your heating bill.

How do you take care of the sprinkler system?

It’s really important to take care of these before the freezing temperatures come. It’s an easy homeowner’s fix or there are companies that can help with that.  They’ll also help with not only your irrigation system, but your exterior plumbing as well.

You can buy frost caps at your hardware store. They are very simple to install and they can save you hundreds of dollars.

Anything else?

Check out your roof. If you have any shingles missing or issues it will only get worse in the winter. Hire a roof inspector to make sure everything is in good shape.

I want to thank Chris for being with us today. If you have any more questions for Chris you can give him a call at 254-616-9399 or e-mail him at texstar.inspector@gmail.com. If you would like to know more information about Texstar Inspections you can visit their Facebook page.

If you have any other questions for me about how to winterize your home, please give us a call 254.690.4321