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When it comes to insulating your home, you really only have a few options available. I want to talk about one of the most common options that is used even in today’s new homes – which is fiberglass batted and blown insulations. About Batt Insulation: While fiberglass batted insulation is a good form of insulation, creating a good R-Value (measure …

Houston’s rental prices keep rising year over year with no slowdown in the near future.  I read an article the other day stating that the National Average of rental pricing rose an average over 4% per year – twice as much as normal inflation rate of 2% increase per year.   Yet Houston’s rent has risen above the National Average – …

I read a great article by HBJ on; “Why falling oil prices won’t bring down the price of your custom home” last week.  There were a few points made in that article as well as a few more that I’d like to add – that I think we as Houstonians may need to focus on in this New Year. Interest Rates – Interest …

Good news for the local Housing Market in Houston, Sugarland, Woodlands surrounding areas.  The latest report from Realtors.com just released the Top 10 Hot Housing Markets to Watch in 2015.  Houston was listed #5, while Dallas was #2.  Not only is this good for our local market – but its good to see some of the traditional gastrointestinal markets come back as …

Did you see the recent article in Houston’s Business Journal about rental, apartment rents will continue to climb even higher next year?  If you rent or have lately you know that costs have skyrocketed out of control & are only projected to climb higher.  A lot of it is our local economy – which is going strong, but keeps bringing …

Winter is approaching – some areas faster than others. Now is the time to do your DIY Home Winterization on your home.  These tips will vary from house to house and from region to region, as the upper northeast of the United States isn’t comparable to our Winters here in Houston, even if we get a little snow.  Below will …

Zander Homes is a second generation homebuilder that operates in Houston, Texas and its surrounding areas. Growing up in the industry it was natural to catch on to the things that come along with home building.  I will discuss the Rising costs for Homebuilding in Houston + the Shortage or Quality homes and Land that we are facing. We pride …

There seems to be a critical part of the New Home buying experience missing with today’s purchasing of new Townhomes, Patio Homes in mostly the inner loop of Houston. Yes, we all know there is a shortage of homes in Houston – a shortage of lots in Houston as well.  There are also shortages in qualified labors and companies to …

Continuing our Build On Your Lot (BOYL) conversations for Building a New Home in and around Houston.  We will now review some typical costs associated with Building a Custom Home in Houston & its Surrounding areas.  While there are multiple factors that can influence cost:  There are 3-Main Phases of Building on Your Lot are:  (1). Lot/Site Preparation  (2). the …

Continuing our build on your lot section.  We tend to get a lot of the same questions from a variety of people, backgrounds and reasons.  Some of the top trending questions are: What will the final costs be?  Your builder shouldn’t be able to answer that right off the bat – as a variety of things can influence costs.  Even …