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In 1991, the Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation (AHMCC) was founded. It quickly became the largest privately owned mortgage company in the nation, funding nearly $12 billion in loans in 2004. AHMCC has offices in all 50 states and the United States Virgin Islands. Thirty of those offices are in Texas, and soon that number will be 31. The AHMCC recently announced that it would be building a second office in Corpus Christi. The branch will be managed by Dante Miller, a broker with eight y... Read Full Post

Recently the Daily Texan, the school paper for the University of Texas, reported on city council members and their proposals for improving the affordable housing market. Recently, the city council has taken a great deal of interest in developers who build luxury housing and condo's. Often this choice has been at the expense of working families who are tenants in the buildings these developers would like to eliminate or rebuild. During a discussion with local residents, the city council member... Read Full Post

Non-agricultural employment rates in the state of Texas rose more than twice that of the nation as a whole between March of 2007 and 2008 – 2 percent compared with the national average of less than .5 percent. The unemployment rate also fell slightly during the same period – from 4.4 to 4.3 percent. Employment and housing figures continue to be strong in the state, a good indication of a very strong economy, and Texas continues to be a prime relocation destination. While higher oil prices... Read Full Post

This question is not easy to answer as there are several factors to take into consideration when deciding on redoing the siding of your home. First and foremost is how old is your present siding? Or, rather, how old does your present siding look? It’s fairly obvious that badly damaged or dingy siding that cannot be improved with a simple cleaning should be replaced before you put your home on the market. The largest part of the exterior of a home is the siding that, thus, is the biggest fac... Read Full Post

As home sales are starting to increase across all the markets, the town home and condo market is still on the decline. This aspect of the market has been on a steady decline for the last 7 consecutive months. March prices vs a year ago were down yet again. In Huston along the sales prices fell 8.5% in March alone with the median price going down another 6% to 126,950 based on numbers release by the Huston Association of Realtors. One common solution among the owners is leasing the properties.... Read Full Post

The Solar Energy Technologies Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have partner with may organizations interested in improving technologies that harness the bounty of energy provided by sun. Photovoltaic or PV technology, delivers a system that is available to homeowners and builders who choose to go green, while simultaneously saving valuable resources. There are several elements that comprise a PV system. There are solar cells that connect electrically to form a module which can m... Read Full Post

When seeking home owners insurance, nothing is more important than your home, and all that it holds. While in the process of weeding out the best policy you must be prepared for what is to come as well as the final goal. First things first identify the cost rebuilding your home. Your home owners insurance should cover the replacement cost should you have to rebuild. You can start by determining the median for local building expenses as they apply to the size your home, the quality of construc... Read Full Post