Houston Area Figures & Facts by AEDO

Houston Area Figures & Facts by AEDO

“Economic Facts & Figures for Houston – AEDO  / Economic Development / Facts & Figures

The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Statistical Area (Houston MSA) consists of 10 counties: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto and Waller. The Houston metro area:

1. Ranks sixth among U.S. metropolitan statistical areas with a population of 5,867,489 as of mid-2009.
   Covers more than 10,000 square miles.
2.  Has a gross product of $403.8 billion, according to The Perryman Group.
3. Recorded 2.54 million payroll jobs in November 2010, more than the job counts of 31U.S. states, including Arizona, Colorado and Alabama.See Demographics, Business Climate and more:
   Economic Facts & Figures for Houston – AEDO“

The Best Daily Deals in Sugar Land / West Houston – Full-Day Rock Climbing Pass

Texas Rock Gym – Full-Day Rock Climbing Pass with Safety Harness, Chalk, and Shoes

$15 buy now! Send as a gift

LIVING SOCIAL DEAL: 50% savings 107 purchased 20 : 12 : 10 remaining

 via The Best Daily Deals in Sugar Land / West Houston – Full-Day Rock Climbing Pass.

KATY – THE GRAND PARKWAY LUXURY SENIOR LIVING MOVE-IN SPECIAL

Come home to luxury living at The Grand Parkway in Katy. Two months free rent and free moving charges.

via Katy and Houston Area News and Events.

Housing Trends eNewsletter – Local and National – 3/15/2011

Welcome to this month’s Housing Trends eNewsletter!

Housing Trends eNewsletter is filled with local and national real estate sales and price activity provided by MLSs and the National Association of Realtors, U.S. Census Bureau key market indicators, consumer videos, blogs, real estate glossary, mortgage rates and calculators, consumer articles, and REALTOR.com local community reports.

via Tuesday, March 15Housing Trends eNewsletter.

New Home Price Report Shows It’s a Great Time to Buy | REALTOR.com® Blogs

New Home Price Report Shows It’s a Great Time to Buy says  Bob Stahl, Guest Writer, Realtor.com.   “The most recent S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices was released on Tuesday and the news wasn’t as optimistic as we would like but not altogether surprising either. The S&P/Case-Shiller monthly report is the leading measure of U.S. home prices and on Tuesday, they reported that – in their 20-city composite – housing prices fell 1.6 percent from their November 2009 levels. Sixteen of the 20 cities in the index showed a year-over-year decline and 19 of the 20 metros showed a decline from the month prior (October 2010)  However, the composite indices remain above their spring 2009 lows.”

Read more: New Home Price Report Shows It’s a Great Time to Buy | REALTOR.com® Blogs

 

Are you in the market for a new home, resale or new construction? 

Search the MLS on my HAR website:  http://har.com/margaretzamanian

Ready for the Fifth Annual Heart Of Katy Fun Run And Walk?

It’s time for another HEART OF KATY FUN RUN/WALK! 

HEART OF KATY FUN RUN/WALK – Registration is now open for the Fifth Annual Heart of Katy Fun Run/Walk benefiting CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital’s cardiac care program. All money raised by the run/walk event goes directly to CHRISTUS St. Catherine’s comprehensive cardiac care program, the only such program in the Katy area.

The sanctioned, certified, chip-timed event will include a 5K Run, 1 Mile Kids Run, and 1 Mile Family Walk/Run, along with race awards and an after party with food, music and athletic massages.

Awards will be given to the top three male and female participants in each category, to every 1Mile Kids Run participant and to the overall Fun Run/Walk event winner.

“With heart disease on the rise and Katy and the Greater Houston area recently being dubbed the third most stressed out city in America, CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital is more and more aware of – and more and more committed to – encouraging healthy living,” said Dana Mersiovsky, chief development officer at CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital. “We’re proud to be Katy’s only comprehensive heart program, and the Heart of Katy Fun Run/Walk is a great way to share our successes with our community and ‘walk’ together into a more heart-healthy future.”

The day’s events will begin at 7 a.m. at the hospital with la

via Registration Now Open For Fifth Annual Heart Of Katy Fun Run And Walk | InstantNewsKaty.com.

Real Estate Market Conditions Video Update – Jan. 24 2011

Check out this week’s short video updates on the real estate market.

Real Estate Market Conditions

Going mobile to reach more buyers!

It’s a mobile revolution and I am on it to get your home sold!

 

Reaching more homebuyers by going mobile!

  

 

 

Margaret Zamanian

Realtor, CNHS, RCC

Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors

23922 Cinco Village Center Blvd, Ste 123

Katy, Texas  77494

Phone: 713-402-8265

Fannie and Freddie give green light to resume sales of foreclosures

Fannie and Freddie give green light to resume sales of foreclosures « HousingWire

http://dld.bz/86KA

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gave real estate agents the green light to resume selling foreclosed homes, after suspending the process as the robo-signing debacle unfolded the past two months. Click on the above link for more details.

Market Conditions Update Video Newsletter – Nov. 10, 2010

Here is this week’s real estate market conditions update:

  http://realtytimes.com/REUv/MargaretZamanian 

– Real Estate Outlook: Gloomy Numbers and Mixed Forecasts

– Mortgage Moment
– City Report: Passive Solar Homes
– Value in Homeownership
– Real Estate Prices Fall, Will Sellers Notice?