These Annoura Realty Group Welcome Buckets are a labor of love! We order things such as toilet paper, paper towel, dishwasher soap, laundry detergent, sponges, trash cans, snacks, water, Cup Noodle, utensil sets, shampoo/conditioner/body soap, even Texas BEER! All items are put into a Texas Bucket from Lowe’s and branded with our company sticker. This time again, we partnered with AMCAP Mortgage Laura Haines for any of our newcomers who may become homebuyers after their lease is up. With our new supply of Welcome Buckets, are ready to welcome our next wave of new expats!
Not only are prices of Houston homes at record highs, but also are the prices of homes across the U.S. The median price for an existing home was recorded as $391,200, up 14.8% from just one year ago. Despite rising home costs, Zillow reported that the housing market was a competitive as ever in April, with annual home value growth up 20.9% from last year. Not only are prices rising, but interest rates are jumping up, from 3% this past August to already 5.45% this week. Here in Houston, would you believe that the median sales price recorded in April 2022 was $343,990 and the average sales price was $426,061? That’s a gain of 16.6% and 14.9% when compared with April of 2021.
March was a crazy busy month with many expats leaving and many coming. The property management side of things had four homes come up that needed full make readies. We were busy with handymen, painters, remodelers, flooring guys, granite installers, and plumbers. Three of our lease listings (Elk Hill, Winding Springs, Little Willow Walk) were leased out immediately after hitting the market. Emerald Lake also found a new tenant who moved in on the 25th. Today Monday, we have two newcomers moving to apartments in the medical center so the team was out running around setting up their air mattresses. On the sale front, Mariko closed her second home of the month, this time for a friend’s mom in Conroe. Susan’s Sugar Bars is still on track for an early April close, and Susan, Mariko, and Fayth all have homes under contract set for closing towards the end of April. Susan’s is in Clear Lake and will be rented to a Mitsubishi Chemical family as soon as we close, while Mariko’s is a 2 story home in Upper Kirby, and Fayth’s is a home in Richmond. The team is in full action everyday, and ready to help YOU buy, sell, or lease. Contact us with what you are looking for and we will be there!
As we roll into the new year, Team Annoura is ramping up our efforts! We plan to continue our newsletter in hopes of connecting and re-connecting with you, are past clients and friends. We are also dropping postcards to our surrounding neighborhoods to solicit new listings. A new wave of expats are coming this spring and have reached out to let us know they are on their way! It is so exciting to be able to help our newcomers find housing and settle down in Houston. This month we welcome several new families including Mr. Iwasaki with Kobelco. Fayth Lovejoy took the lead and helped him find a beautiful new luxury highrise. Janet Foltyn is in the process of closing her first lease down in Clear Lake. Mariko Fujita helped a Japanese family change houses but still remain zoned to Pattison (not an easy task!). Mik Ebisu teamed up with Susan to sell a Pearland home to one of our softball teammates, closing this Friday. We’ll be bringing a house to market for sale, a fixer upper, in Brook Forest by the end of the week. If you know anyone moving to Houston, wanting to buy, sell, or lease, we are ready to help!
Annoura Realty Group is always thinking of ways to make our clients happy! One gift we are always happy to give is our famous Welcome Buckets. Inside the bucket a newcomer will find everything they need for the first few days and weeks after moving into their new house or apartment. With each batch of buckets we make, we think of more and more useful things that people might like. In our newest edition for 2022, we added 2 cans of Texas made Shiner Bock beer, a cutlery set with paper plates and cups, instant pho soup, bottled water, and of course our new Annoura Realty Group Discount Card! You’ll also find things like dishwashing detergent, a sponge, paper towel, toilet paper, laundry detergent, body soap, shampoo and conditioner, gum, chips, juice, a USB flashdrive, fans, etc. Don’t forget you also get to keep the Texas logo’ed 5 gallon bucket! We also found a partner in Amcap Mortgage so that anyone who is leasing may consider this lender when it’s time to purchase a home. The ARG Welcome Bucket is our house warming gift to all new apartment and single family home tenants/buyers.
