Highs and Lows of Oklahoma City Real Estate – December 2011

January 15, 2012

There were 1,279 homes closed in December 2011, up 11% from November. This compares to 1,108 closed in December of 2010 – up 15%, and 1,119 in December 2009 – up 14%. You can also visit highs and lows from 2010 and 2009. As for December… Most Expensive Sale — Oklahoma City Real Estate December [...]

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You’re in Charge !!!

January 13, 2012

When buying a home, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and at the mercy of everyone else.  Which house to choose, qualifications, paperwork … buying a house is most likely the largest purchase you will ever make and should be considered carefully.  Weigh all the pros and cons of each house, and educate yourself on [...]

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Eliminating Oklahoma’s Income Tax

January 10, 2012

Sounds great but how do you make up the lost revenue? Our neighbors to the south don’t have a State Income Tax. Homeowners in Texas have property taxes that are 2 to 3 times higher than their neighbors to the north. So how would that effect Realtors? Here’s a few things to think about. Buyers [...]

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Some Tips For Selling Your House

January 9, 2012

I have been visiting a lot of houses lately.  Buyers are out looking, but they have become more “picky” as the choices are numerous. I have some tips for the homeowners, but also for the realtors listing these properties. Please, listen to your realtor when they say to “declutter”.  Your stuff is very interesting and [...]

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Chinese New Year

January 7, 2012

I am always ready for a celebration and I enjoy adopting other cultures’ traditions and adding their holidays and celebrations to my own calendar of special events. My favorite is Chinese New Year. The Chinese observe New Year at the turn of the lunar calendar, a period which travels according to cycles of the moon [...]

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Advice Worth Taking

January 6, 2012

There’s an old story that goes like so:  A man — let’s call him Frank — had an acquaintance who was a doctor.  One day at a party, Frank cornered his doctor acquaintance to tell her all about a friend of his with some obscure health problem (ah, the days before Web MD told us [...]

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Cheers to a New Year

January 1, 2012

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right. – Oprah Winfrey Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. – Mark Twain And that, in a nutshell, pretty well sums up both sides of [...]

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Paradigm AdvantEdge 2011 — a Year in Review

December 30, 2011

As we launch into 2012, looking for a great year ahead, I thought I’d take a look back at Paradigm AdvantEdge in 2011. Three new offices were brought online. Some were begun in 2010, but we did have 3 grand openings this year. Our number of agents increased by 36% to nearly 200. This makes [...]

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The Glass is Back

December 28, 2011

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will be celebrating a decade in downtown 2002-2012. The Museum’s collection of glass by American artist Dale Chihuly reopens New Year’s Eve. Exhibited on the third floor, ILLUMINATIONS: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly presents a fresh look at the Museum’s popular Chihuly collection. Redesigned in collaboration with the [...]

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December 27, 2011

Celebrations “ I drink it when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it if I am. Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.”  Madame Bollinger Champagne. It is [...]

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