Some condo projects are approved for FHA Financing and some are not. In the last few years, less condo projects are approved for FHA loans than before, which can make it harder as a seller to find a buyer for your condominium. As a listing agen...
Has the provision of a grocery store within the development been priced into the market already? The master development has always included several elements – space allocations on the map for an Elementary school, a Town Center and more r...
Some residents at Mueller have been living here for over three years. The average time a Texan stays in the home they buy is 5.5 years, and as the neighborhood ages, more residents are thinking of selling their Mueller homes. The question I’m...
A few weeks ago I helped another buyer call Mueller home, and it was somewhat of a whirlwind. I got a call from someone who had been reading my old Mueller blog. He said that he had watched some of my YouTube videos and was interested in the Af...
When selling a home at Mueller, one of the people who has to sign off on the sale price is an independent appraiser – if your buyer has a loan. The appraiser comes along and gives a second opinion of value, notionally independent of buyer, se...
Some people love HOAs, some people hate them, but like death and taxes, you can’t avoid them if you live in Mueller Austin, Texas. One question I got asked last week when I was standing outside one of my home listings here was “How much...
Living in my green home bubble at Mueller Austin, I sometimes forget that other Texans don’t always enjoy the same low utility bills that I do. This became apparent on Friday when a prospective buyer asked me how much my electricity bill was ...
As a home seller in Austin, how much do you need to pay the buyer’s agent? If everything is negotiable, what is the best commission to offer to a buyer’s agent?
The concept of a buyer’s agent is prevalent in Texas real estate, and firs...
One goal of the Mueller Development is to be a mixed-income neighborhood, and I recently got a comment from KC on a previous post asking where all of the homes in the $400,000 – $550,000 range were? The short answer is that they’re lived in...
If you bought your home new in Mueller, you probably glossed over the parts that the builder paid for at settlement, and were busy questioning the items that you paid for. And you may have forgotten about the Mueller Enhancement Fee due on ...