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Easter Bunny Hopping down the Highland Village Trails

April 1, 2009
The City of Highliand Village Texas Logo

So I am not sure he will actually be traveling  the great walking and biking trails we have here in Highland Village, Texas, but many residents can use them to get to him at Unity Park on April 4, 2009 for The Annual Highland Village Easter Egg Hunt. This is a FREE event to the public, and an opportunity for the kids to get pictures taken with the Easter Bunny, a H.V.F.D 1 fire engine, and most likely a H.V.P.D. 2 squad car if

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FHA Housing Limit in Denton and surrounding counties of North Dallas Texas

March 9, 2009
FHA Update for Lewisville, Flower Mound and all of Denton County

What is the maximum FHA / Fannie Mae Mortgage amount for North Dallas? This is a question that gets asked of me, and searched for a lot I have noticed. Fortunately for explanations sake Denton, Tarrant, Collin and Dallas counties all share the same guidelines on the FHA / Fannie Mae loan limits. But, unfortunately finding a home in Dallas may be a little harder to find within the FHA1 limits. Denton County FHA Loan Limits 1-Unit 2-Unit 3-Unit 4-Unit Conforming Loan

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$8000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

February 24, 2009
The $8000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Logo

Now it is my tun to break down the $8000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit. I must admit, when the bill was being negotiated in the Senate, before moving forward to the House of Representatives I was following it very close, in attempt to report the results in a timely manner. But as we know now, that was a lost cause because it kept changing hourly it seemed. But now we have a signed bill, and albeit it was very trimmed

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USDA Rural Development – Texas Guaranteed Housing Loan Program

December 24, 2008
USDA Rural Development Loan Program in North Texas

In this chapter of the Affordable Housing series of articles, I am going to try to bring a clear and accurate depiction of the benefits, purposes, and qualification guidelines for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Home Loan programs. The USDA website is actually quite easy to gather information from, but I found in order to get to specific geographic areas a borrower would have to click sometimes 4 or 5 directories deep in order to get the information sought.

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Path to home ownership…What makes a good FICO Score?

December 7, 2008
Credit Score Meter for a Mortgage Loan

The news has been riddled lately with stories of the power of a positive credit score, and what you can do with it. But, since my job as real estate agent is helping folks buy homes, and as a Texas Affordable Housing Specialist supporting home ownership retention – I am going to give a quick refresher on what makes good FICO score, and how to get one. What is FICO? -

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First-time Home Buyers Assistance Program with TDHCA

November 18, 2008
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs helps provide Affordable Housing

Earlier this week I posted about becoming a Affordable Housing Specialist, as promised I am following up with more detailed information about the programs. It was my intent to be able to roll all of them into just 1 post after removing some of the fluff. But once I began writing I found that was not going to be possible and keep this down to a manageable size. So I am going to continue this series with Texas Department of Housing and

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Map Based MLS Search Now Available

September 24, 2008
Map Based MLS Listing Search for Denton County

I have recently upgraded the MLS search tool here at Jay Myers – Denton County Realtor. Map based searching is interactive, innovative, and honestly, expected with today’s home buyers and sellers. When first visiting my Home Search page the map is centered in my primary service area of Denton County, including Highland Village, Flower Mound, Lewisville and Corinth. The “Top 100 Listings” of homes, land, and ranches within that area are represented with unique icons for each type. Originally I had wrote

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