Is 2019 your year to take the plunge and purchase your first home? If so, please join me Saturday, April 6th, 2019 at 10:30am for a First Time Home Buyers Seminar! Breakfast & coffee will be served, and we will be going over the A-Z process of buying your first home! This is one of the most exciting times of your life, and I want to make sure that you are comfortable and confident going into the process. We will end with a Q&A session, so hopefully you will leave with your questions answered & your 2019 home owning goals a little closer to fruition.    Overview of what we will be covering in the seminar:  -Setting up your real estate search  -Choosing your lender & the pre-approval process -What to expect for…

As we begin another year, everyone wants to know: “Where is the housing market headed in 2019?”

It’s not only buyers, sellers, and homeowners who are impacted. The real estate market plays an integral role in the overall U.S. economy.  Fortunately, key indicators point toward a stable housing market in 2019 with signs of modest growth. However, shifting conditions could impact you if you plan to buy, sell, or refinance this year.

HOME VALUES WILL INCREASE

A continual rise in real estate value is where our market’s headed. Freddie Mac predicts housing prices will increase by 4.3 percent in 2019.1  While the rapid price appreciation we witnessed earlier in the decade has slowed, several factors continue to push prices

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1725 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy S, Unit 1912

College Station, TX 77840

Fully leased 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom condo in the Woodlands of College Station

Well maintained, freshly painted, FULLY LEASED $1695 INVESTMENT PROPERTY, 3 bedrooms & 3 full Baths. Huge bedrooms+individual bathrooms. The breakfast area provides for an eat-in kitchen that opens to the oversized living room area – great space for entertaining. You must see this one! This location when comparing to others in this community is top notch! Across the street from the newly updated club house & steps from the community shuttle that drops off at the Aggie Bus Stop. The amenities – resort style community pool with sun deck, fitness center with weight room,

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From the desk of Mae Nowak, Realtor®

On the corner of W Villa Maria and South College Avenue in Bryan, Texas sits the 148 acre Travis B Bryan Municipal Golf Course. The city of Bryan has discussed turning the golf course into a super park for more than 5 years, and over the last year, plans for that are finally being released. According to city officials, "the municipal course had become a financial drain for the city over the years, losing around $200,000 annually on what has been a more than $900,000-a-year operation". The idea of creating a "super park" was primarily focused on the need to use sports and tourism to the economic advantages of the city. The goal is to provide attractions that would bring in

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 From the desk of Mae Nowak, Realtor®

Tackling the misconception of "off season"

The general assumption in most markets is that spring/summer is the best time in real estate to buy or sell and the fall/winter is “off season”. Likewise, many realtors will advise clients to wait until the spring to list their home. 

The truth is, there are many advantages to buying or selling in the so called “off season”. While the market may be quieter, real estate never stops completely!

Reason #1: Less competition.

Take a look at the graph above showing new listings over the past 3 years. You can see a clear trend. The most new listings hit the market between March-June. They continue to decrease the remainder of the year

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From the desk of Mae Nowak, Realtor®

Location, location, location they say! The newest development in College Station is all about LOCATION. Situated on 486 acres between Rock Prairie Road and Highway 6 will be the future Midtown City Center & Business Park.  The development is central to College Station and the major surrounding cities. 

Why College Station? CS is the #2 fastest growing city in the US, #1 for best places to live in Texas and #1 city primed for economic growth. The development is said to be a response to the urban boom and predicts more people will move to cities in the next 40 years than ever before in history. This development will present tens of millions of dollars of investment and thousands of

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From the desk of Mae Nowak, Realtor®

Buying or selling a property outside of BCS?? When your needs take you outside our local market, let me help you find a professional to help.

What is Leading Real Estate Companies of the World?

LeadingRE is a network of the world's top independent residential brokerage. It encompasses more than 70 countries, 565 firms and 130,000 sales associates. Together, the network produces over 1.1 million transactions for $372 billion EVERY year. 

What began in 1997 is now a network comprised of only the best locally - and regionally- branded firms focused on raising the bar in real estate. LeadingRE leads the industry in reputation, sales, market coverage and more! The mantra is "Making

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Home Buyer Tips

From the desk of Mae Nowak, Realtor®

It's easy to get swept up in excitement when you've made an offer on your dream home and it has been accepted by a seller. You're anxious and ready to move in immediately. However, there's one more thing you need to do to know exactly what you're buying - a home inspection.

A home inspection is a thorough examination of a homes systems and structures, the things you can't necessarily see when you first walk through a house. It is completed by a professional and neutral 3rd party. This examination is a crucial investment that can either warn you away from a bad purchase or provide you with a list of deficiencies you can use to negotiate with a seller. Most inspectors

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Century Square

From the desk of Mae Nowak, Realtor®

If you haven’t been back to College Station in a while, A LOT has changed! The community continues to grow with exciting new developments. One of those changes is Century Square, a 60 acre development that sits adjacent to Texas A&M on University Drive. The destination is the first walkable, urban mixed use environment in the Brazos Valley.


Whether you live locally here in College Station or in the surrounding cities, this is one destination you definitely want to check out! It features retail shops, restaurants, Class-A office space, green spaces for entertainment/events, star cinema grill, a luxury apartment complex, and 2 full service hotels. 

For those coming in for

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25 by 25 Initiative

From the desk of Mae Nowak, Realtor®  

Have you heard about 25 by 25 and it's effect on our real estate market? The 25 by 25 initiative began as a response to a national calling for more engineering graduates. As of Fall 2017, there were 19,378 students in the College of Engineering. 25 by 25 aims to increase the program enrollment to 25,000 by Fall of 2025. That's an increase of 5,622 students. Part of the growth will be increasing physical enrollment and the other part will be on ensuring the current students are successful and remain in the Engineering program.

So how will they do it? The graph below shows where the college intends to promote growth to reach their goals. The current retention rate

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