Ronda Allen's Blog

I noticed this morning on YAHOO that cnnmoney.com picked up on what we local agents have known for years - Keller, TX is a nice place to live.  The site ranked Keller #7.  Here's what they had to say about Keller:



7. Keller, TX

Top 100 rank: 7
Population: 38,100
Typical single-family house: $300,000
Estimated property taxes: $7,430
Unemployment rate: 5.8%
Pluses: Strong economy, affordable homes
Minuses: Rapid growth, strip malls

Looking for bang for your housing buck? Consider this Dallas/Fort Worth suburb. Home values rose nearly 6% in Keller last year.

The economy is just as healthy. Energy has kept Texas going strong, and major offices of FedEx, Fidelity Investments, and travel company Sabre Holdings lie just outside Keller.

No wonder this town, which boasts immaculate parks and a spanking-new town center, has seen its population triple since 1990. "We keep hearing about this recession," says Tracey Ramirez, 49, a teaching aide in Keller, "but we don't really feel it here."


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That whole Roanoke, Watauga, Keller corridor has really picked up steam in the last few years.  Truly great access to Dallas or Fort Worth can only really be accomplished in two locations:

Roanoke/Watauga/Keller
Duncanville/Grand Prairie/Arlington

Energy - particularly the natural gas pockets discovered in our area a few years ago, hold great promise for the financial health of our region.  The drilling setups have been minimally intrusive, but tolerable and things seem to go smoothly and quickly. 

This is a very pretty part of the Metroplex, with plenty of interesting places to visit.  If you are looking for a nice 'Sunday drive' locale, there is lots to see and do.

Have a blessed day!
Ronda



Ronda Allen, C.P.M.
Realtor, Life Coach, and Certified Purchasing Manager
RE/MAX Dallas Suburbs
www.comingsoonhomes.com
www.keithdobbs.com

Realtors these days know that the lending industry is so rapidly changing, it is imperative that we have loan officers to rely on for the latest information and how it will impact our current and future clients.  My most trusted lender is Rodney Anderson at Rodney Anderson Lending Services (a Division of Supreme Lending).  Rodney does a radio show every Saturday from 9-10:30am on 105.3 for the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding listening area.  You can call in with any question about credit scores, the housing market, VA loans, FHA loans, Conventional financing, Foreclosure, etc...  Any topic under the sun.  Rodney has a knowledgeable staff, and they've never been anything but early on closings for my clients.  Tune in.  He's as nice as he sounds.  He's a top professional in his trade.  I even trusted Rodney when I recently changed real estate brokerage firms, and he did not steer me wrong. 

I don't endorse people until we've been in the trenches for at least three years.  I've got to see a pattern and a compatible work ethic - not just a single transaction.  Rodney is the only loan officer in DFW who has earned an endorsement from me for consistently high service and honest answers.  I've never had surprises at the closing table, and we've always had funding the same day.  

Set the alarm.  Saturday.  9am.  105.3fm.
Call in.  Tell Rodney that Ronda Allen told you to call.
I don't get a referral fee - he'll just be glad to know that
you're following good advice from one of the agents that HE knows he can trust.
Good real estate deals are made with people who consider their word their bond.

Have a blessed day!
Ronda   

Our Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is blessed to have some of the best custom homebuilders in the country!  Just last month, local builder Team 3 Estate Homes, LLC (website www.team3homes.com) received the Integrity Award from the Better Business Bureau of Fort Worth!  That honor came just weeks after receiving "Tarrant County Custom Builder of the Year" AND "Best New Home over $2 Million" from the Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas!  And, they have just received notification that they are a finalist for a BALA Award (Best in American Living Award) for the South Central Region!! 

To learn more about this tremendous builder, email Patti Hanson at patti@team3homes.com.