Thanks to Drew Meyers for giving me the opportunity to host Carnival of Real Estate #166 this week.  We had a lot of great submissions, and it was extremely difficult to pare it down to the 5 best.  Nevertheless, here are the top 5 real estate posts of the week (in no particular order): ...

Are you preparing to buy a home for the first time? Or have you closed on a number of homes in the past and are preparing to buy your next home? Regardless, you'll want to keep in mind the steps necessary to successfully navigate the preparations for buying that next home. Initially, you'll want ...

Having the bank seize your home is nobody's idea of a good time. A word that was hardly part of the American vernacular two years ago, foreclosure is all too common these days. While the number of homes in some state of foreclosure is decreasing each month, the fact is that foreclosures across the...

After an exceptionally hot, dry summer, the rain has finally come to Central Texas. Just how much rain will it take to alleviate the current drought conditions? Considering this is the worst drought Central Texas has experienced since the 1950s, the answer to that is difficult to quantify. Don't ...