At Encompass Lending Group we love to support our local Katy, Texas community—and what better way to share the love than to highlight this story: On Tuesday, February 1st, Katy High School’s KTTV student news anchor, Ashley Childs, had the incredible opportunity to appear on CNN’s Headline News (HLN) Morning Express with Robin Meade. Childs, [...]
Katy was one of the top 25 candidates in 2008, took the number-five position on the 9 from 2009 list, and occupies the number-one position on the 2010 list. This suburb of Houston added 17,641 households since 2000, increasing 8.7% from 2009 to 2010. Overall, Katy was the fourth fastest growing area of the ten since 2000, with a 267.0% growth rate. The Cinco Ranch development continues to contribute new households to Katy’s growth.
Our local partner in Katy, Texas, Frontier Title Company, was founded in 2006 when Doug Watson and Casey Lambright, two real estate law executives, found that there was a gap in the industry. The professionals at Frontier Title are committed to providing the highest level of security and satisfaction in the title insurance industry. They [...]
According to the Dallas, Texas News, a seniors housing community is planning to be built and Turtle Creek seems to be the site of interest for developers. The development would consist of a reconstruction of the old Republic Insurance buildings next door to the Mansion on Turtle Creek hotel and condo tower. The architect hired for the [...]
The Obama Administration has made the details of the stimulus plan public, part of it made to help those who are incapable of repaying their loans. The plan does not call for home refinancing but for loan modification. The program is said to benefit around 9 million homeowners. According to the payment plans enacted by [...]
Real Estate Expert and Blogger Barbra Corcoran offers tips and advice on how to sell your home in today’s economy via MSNBC. Time it Right. If your house has been on the market for a while, take it off for two months and then relist it as new. Few houses sell around the holidays up [...]
Know how much you can save. By checking a mortgage calculator and entering the length of the loan, the interest rate, and monthly payments, you can determine the total paid interest that will be out of pocket. Know if you qualify. How much you owe on a previous mortgage and the value of your current [...]
An FHA Mortgage is insurance to protect lenders in the case that a homeowner cannot pay the loan amount back. In the event of a homeowner not repaying the loans, a fee will be paid to the lender by the FHA, if the loan has met requirements for the insurance. Unlike regular loan agreements, Federal [...]
We at Encompass Lending Group are proud of our community—and you should be too! Get involved and enjoy some of the great upcoming events planned for this holiday season; all brought to you by Katy Magazine: Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 Houston Grand Opera To Go! KD Music and Arts Recital Hall 20225 Katy Fwy. 12:30 [...]
The Bodwin Family of South Oak Cliff, Texas, had a very happy Thanksgiving this year as a group of complete strangers provided them with a place to live. Chuck Bodwin, a local pastor, along with his wife and eight kids were forced out of their home as it was foreclosed upon due to hard times. [...]
