North Texas land buyers: discover which counties offer the best price per acre on 5+ acre properties right now. Real 30-day MLS data reveals top value in Van Zandt, Hunt, and Fannin Counties, plus what sellers should know about current market pricing and days on market before listing.
Closed sales are down from this time last year, but prices and days on market vary significantly by city. See which areas are holding steady, where prices have softened, and what these changes could mean for Buyers and Sellers right now.
North Texas home prices aren’t falling. Median close price in Collin, Denton, Fannin, & Grayson Counties is exactly where it was a year ago. What’s changed is how sellers get there. Concessions to buyers have roughly doubled, both in how often they happen and how much they cost.
Here’s the truth: sellers don’t care about your down payment number. They care whether your lender is going to actually fund the loan without drama. A big down payment on paper means nothing if it doesn’t match what your lender approved in writing.
The real upside to putting more down isn’t impressing anyone. It’s avoiding PMI, lowering your monthly payment, and paying less interest over time. Put down what your lender says you need. Not what sounds impressive.
Post Pandemic home sales will need to be more updated than before. There’s a simpler way for you to get that done. Read on…
During the last 2 years of COVID pandemic home sale, almost anything could sell as people rushed to get out of the cities and into fresh, non-virused air.
The costs were high, and sometimes renos were inevitable, since there was such a scant few good homes at a decent price available.
As homeowners ‘age out’ as well, they leave homes that haven’t been updated in decades to the now ‘back to reality’ real estate market. Millennials and Gen Zs don’t particularly care to have massive remodeling projects, and these properties will not bring the prices that they could with some (fairly) easy fixups.
There are two companies at the forefront of the real estate industry that allow you the homeowner to have your home remodeled BEFORE you sell, so you get the profit, not a ‘home flipper’ who give you pennies on the actual dollar worth of your property.
Even the exterior of your home can see improvements. And you don’t pay a penny until you ‘close’ or sign off on the sale of your home.
What’s the catch? There must be one. Nope, not here.
Curbio was one of the first companies to see that they could be the ‘general contractor’ for those homes that Realtors had trouble selling., thus helping the homeowner, helping the Realtor, and collecting the contractor fee that some other contractor might get from the ‘home flipper’.
Revive is a newer company with a slightly different method. They work WITH a contractor that they vet, but do not work FOR Revive. This gives Revive a wider area in which to offer remodeling work. They also have a Lite program, up to $25,000 that the seller and agent coordinate themselves.
Both companies require you to be working with the Realtor of your choice, and you must keep the partnership all the way through the transaction.
You may either sell the home, or pay for the actual remodeling done, if you choose not to sell after it is beautified. It’s happened!
You deserve to keep the equity in your home. Don’t let someone else do the work & get the profit that we can get YOU by working together! No cash upfront, pay at closing. Let’s Talk Now!
“Curbio consults on, manages, executes, and finances home improvements big and small to make pre-listing improvements accessible to Realtors® and their clients.”
100% of the project cost is deferred until the home sells with no upfront deposits, progress payments, fees, interest charges, or credit checks.
Curbio makes money the same way a general contractor does, and homeowners receive all the profit from the sale of the home.
Some highlights of their program include:
• Wall removals and additions
• Cabinet installation
• New roof
• Kitchen remodels
• Bathroom remodels
• Basement/attic finishing
• Decks and fences
• Bathroom additions
• Electrical rerouting
• Get a Same-Day Estimate
• Simple, Fixed-Price Proposals. The price of the project remains the same regardless of increases in the costs of materials and labor.
• Project Management:dedicated Project Manager, who sees to every detail of your project.
• Materials: We provide a curated catalog of materials tailored to what buyers want. Selecting materials for your project is easy and can be done within the app.
• Offer a price-match guarantee to ensure you know that you’re receiving a fair, competitive price for the work we complete.
Sellers Pay At Closing or pay for the renovation costs and STAY HOME!
Revive says they bring the success tools the ‘professional flippers’ use to the everyday homeowner, to allow them to ‘flip’ just like the professionals.
100% of the project cost is deferred until the home sells with no upfront deposits, progress payments, fees, interest charges, or credit checks.
Curbio makes money the same way a general contractor does, and homeowners receive all the profit from the sale of the home.
Some highlights of their programs include:
Prepare To Sell program:
Revive acts as GC, works with any contractor, though they will ‘vet’ first, unlike Curbio who has contracted vendors
• Only remodel under current roof, no additions
• No major structural done, such as fix bad plumbing, foundations, structural damage
• No money out of pocket, paid at close
• Revive fees paid by contractor agreement
• Work with in-house designers & their catalogs of finishes, with your agent as area advisor, to get final remodel design.
• Revive Takes Deed Of Trust on property until sale (Curbio does not)
• Use same real estate agent until sold
• 12 mos. Contract only, can pay more to extend contract.
• Usually takes 6-8 weeks
• Will give any remodel $$ if the return on value of Appraised After value works out for all parties.
• If Seller backs out of selling home, they pay balance due immediately
Prepare To Sell Lite:
• No contractors vetted, Agent/Seller picks their own
• Up to $25,000 funds
• Contractor pays fee
• Payment due immediately if Seller backs out of selling.
If either of these sound like something you’d want to hear more about, connect with me your way, and let’s see if your home, and your wallet, could benefit from these programs. I know I love a good remodel, and am ready to help you with yours!
You deserve to keep the equity in your home. Don’t let someone else do the work & get the profit that we can get YOU by working together! No cash upfront, pay at closing. Let’s Talk Now!
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