I never tire of reading all of the great press the Oklahoma City metro gets, but it’s really cool when you get to see how we rank in an interactive format. Check out Portfolio.com’s latest ranking of the “Best Markets for Young Adults” and click on the categories to the left side. You might just […]
Jobs Following People? -CNN Visits OKC
April 28, 2011 by
Tom Foreman of CNN did a great job of summing up the source of the energy behind Oklahoma City, and the goal of all of the transformation. What do you think? Can this transformation of our city create jobs and keep things growing, or is it already?
Cities Where $80,000 Buys a Real Home
April 26, 2011 by
Oklahoma City is once again listed in some great company. This recent FoxNews.com article highlighted some of the rare places you can find a real home for $80,000 and of course our great city made the list. According to the article: Oklahoma City has moved far past its Dust Bowl days. According to the United […]
Oklahoma City, Suburbs See ‘Significant Growth’
March 29, 2011 by
I guess it’s normal to sometimes second-guess ourselves, which is why I occasionally wonder if my sunny opinion of our state is clouded or biased. Then I read things like this great USAtoday.com article about the growth of Oklahoma City and it’s suburbs. Newcomers are being lured by the state’s relatively strong economy, he says. […]
Selling Your Home – The Good and the Bad
March 15, 2011 by
Let’s be honest; to say the past 6 months (or more) as a listing agent in the Oklahoma City metro has been sketchy and unpredictable would be grossly understating reality. In turn, this means that being a home seller in Central Oklahoma has been, well, sketchy and unpredictable. The numbers (the statistics) don’t lie. We’ve […]
5 States Where Housing Is Predicted to Recover the Quickest
March 14, 2011 by
Wondering about the housing market in Oklahoma? Most people around here are these days, but would you have guessed that Oklahoma is among the 5 States Where Housing Is Predicted to Recover the Quickest? Oklahoma. Home prices in the Sooner State fell just 2.3% from peak to trough and mortgage delinquencies are 2.9%. Unemployment is […]
Foreclosure Filings Down 27% Compared to February 2010
March 10, 2011 by
According to CNN, foreclosure filings plunged 27% in February. This is certainly good news, and welcomed in light of all of the negative news out there, but I don’t believe we’re out of the woods just yet. Keep in mind that this is simply tracking foreclosure filings. There are still plenty of homes sitting out […]
Housing to Recover Quickest in OK…
January 18, 2011 by
There’s a mantra that I regularly find myself reminding people of in our area, and it goes something like this; “Real Estate is local, local, local.” The purpose is to remind people that our local real estate market is typically VERY different from the real estate market they’re hearing about on TV. RISMEDIA’s recent article […]
Is Oklahoma City Really Unique?
January 12, 2011 by
For those of us who’ve always called Oklahoma home, it can be tough to see what our city really looks like from an outside perspective, but when one publication after another touts the strength of our city and our real estate market, it’s undeniable. In yet another Top 10 list, Oklahoma City’s real estate market […]
A Heartfelt THANKS to the Citizens of OKC
January 11, 2011 by
I wanted to take a few minutes this morning to extend not only a Congratulatory message, but a BIG THANK YOU to the Citizens of Oklahoma City, who were just named the 2011 Person of the Year by SB-D.com. They nailed it in their assessment of why Oklahoma City is what it is. It’s the […]
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