Buying a Home - The Howell Group

May 22, 2013

How Much Do You Need To Earn To Buy A House In San Antonio?

Business Insider recently ran a report on how much money you need to earn in order to buy a house in twenty five different cities. San Antonio’s reputation as an affordable city remains safe, with a salary...

May 20, 2013

Property Search – It’s All About The Details

An interesting thing has been happening over the last few months. As more and more people flock to this site for San Antonio real estate information, more and more people are using our property search....

April 30, 2013

Am I Ready To Buy A House? Five Questions To Ask Yourself First

The Big Question While the market has been heating up and interest rates have remained low, many people are asking the question; “Am I ready to buy a house?” Buying a home is (obviously) a...

April 29, 2013

Targeting Your Online Home Search

Zeroing In On The Perfect Home Most of you reading this blog who are actively thinking of buying a home, will probably search online through hundreds of homes before ever contacting an agent. The internet...

April 17, 2013

Homeowners’ Top Regrets

Regrets, I’ve Had A Few In the real estate world, the words “buyer’s remorse” come up quite often. Like any large purchase, there is often a second guessing of one’s self – should I have, shouldn’t...

April 16, 2013

Choosing A Relocation Agent In San Antonio

When businesses choose to move their employees from one location to another, they often turn to the services of a relocation company. Many of these companies are huge, global corporations that do nothing but help...

April 12, 2013

10 Things Buyers Shouldn’t Do

Never Ever Do These 10 Items As a home buyer, you face a lot of challenging decisions as you make your way through the process. Why throw a monkey wrench into the system when you...

April 1, 2013

Buyer’s Walk Through And Acceptance

Walk This Way Congratulations! You’ve made it almost all the way to closing, but before you sit down at the title company and sign the all-important closing documents, aren’t you forgetting something? The buyer’s final...

March 27, 2013

7 Steps To Buying A Home

What Goes Into Buying A Home? This post could be a mile long (and probably will be) as there are so many details that go into buying a home. The general idea was to give...

March 4, 2013

Affordable Housing In San Antonio

Can I Afford To Buy A Home? Most people ask this question when they first start thinking about owning a home. Affordability is the key to not only purchasing your home, but retaining it for...

February 27, 2013

Choose Your New Home Upgrades Wisely

If you’re building a new home in San Antonio, you’ll eventually get to the point where the builder sends you to their showroom and you will be dazzled, delighted, and amazed at all the choices...

February 22, 2013

When Should I Start The Search For My Home?

Today, Tomorrow, Next Month? You know you want to buy a house. You think you’re ready, you have enough saved, you have your credit and debt in line, and you have calculated that now is...