Twenty six years of real estate excellence and the top selling Lovejoy ISD Realtor for the past eight consecutive years!  Please spend some time on our site to see how we professionally market our homes and represent our buyers!  972-359-1553 or tom@grisak.com 

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THE place for Lovejoy ISD information!



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Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:53:27 PM


Where in the world did last week's 4,420 visitors to our site come from?



Our Current Inventory
Total Volume Listed - $20 Million     
Average Listed Home Price - $719,031
Homes Over $400,000
Homes Under $400,000
Find A Home By City
Lots and Large Acreage tracts
Search The Entire MLS

 

 Featured Listings
1005 riva Ridge, Lucas

$394,900

8001 Silver Run, McKinney

$589,000


Justice Needs A Good Home


Today's Fun Fact

Bats always turn left when exiting their caves.



Activity over The past 30 days My New Book
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Jul 11 Now Under Contract

Parker

4203 Rolling Knolls - Listed Price $699,000

Jul 10 Now Under Contract

Fairview

300 Deer Path - Listed Price $542,999

Jul 10 New Fun Stuff

Clever, Clever YouTube Baby Video

Jul 9 An Article From Tom

What is the difference between an option fee and earnest money?

Jul 9 Fairview, Lucas, and Parker Contractor Alert!

Update on the asphalt Paving Company Working Their Way through Lucas and Fairview!

Jul 8 Tips If You Are Selling Your Home

Five Reasons for a seller NOT to do a pre-inspection

Jul 5 Now Under Contract

Fairview

971 Hart rd - Listed Price $529,000

Jul 2 All Pictures Posted Lucas ETJ

1005 Riva Ridge, Seis Lagos - $394,900

Jul 1 New Fun Stuff

The Raw Beauty of Nature - A Cheetah/Antelope chase (Viewer discretion advised)

Jun 28 New Fun Stuff

great Fireworks Display after last night's Dallas Symphony

Jun 27 New Fun Stuff

A Pride of Ferocious Lions Takes down their handler

Jun 24 New Fun Stuff

Dreams Deflated

Jun 23 $63,000 Price Drop   Lucas   2155 Edmonson - Was $758,000 Now $695,000
Jun 23 SOLD

Lucas

1840 Sawmill - Listed Price $500,000

Jun 22 $10,000 Price Drop

Fairview

460 Palomino Way - Was $549,000 Now $539,000

Jun 21 $345,000 Price Drop

Parker

4906 Dublin Creek, Parker - Was $2,295,000 Now $1,950,000

Jun 20 New Listing

McKinney

8001 Silver Run - $589,000

Jun 17 $46,150 Price Drop

Lucas

4.2 acre lot on McMillen Rd - Was $334,432, Now $288,282

Jun 17 $34,000 Price Drop

Parker

4506 Springhill Estates - Was $518,000, now $484,000

Jun 17 $80,000 Price Drop

Parker

5006 Copperhill - Was $979,000, Now $899,000

Jun 16 SOLD

Rockwall

612 Kingwood - Listed Price $380,000

Jun 15 Now Under Contract

Fairview

205 Dumont Court - Listed Price $699,000

Jun 12 All Pictures Posted

325 N. Winningkoff - $1,299,000

Jun 12 An OId Favorite From The Fun Vault

would Someone Please Adopt this sweet cat "Pinky"?



June 29th
Homes Currently On The Market By City, School District, And Price Point
City and School District $200K to $300K $301K to $400K $401K to $500K $501K to $600K $601K to $700K $701K to $800K $801K to $900K $901K to $1MM $1MM + Total Homes on Market Today  Total Homes On Market 30 Days Ago Number of Homes on Market Today Vs 30 Days Ago Percentage Difference Between # of Homes on Market Today and 30 Days Ago
Lucas Lovejoy ISD 3 6 9 9 10 3 3 2 3 48 51 -3 -6
Lucas McKinney ISD 0 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 10 -1 -11
Lucas Plano ISD 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 25
Fairview Lovejoy ISD 10 8 4 10 4 3 0 5 7 51 49 2 4
Fairview McKinney  ISD 9 7 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 29 30 -1 -3
Parker Allen ISD 0 3 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 14 17 -3 -21
Parker Plano ISD 4 1 5 6 5 2 7 1 3 34 29 5 15
Prosper Prosper ISD 24 38 29 15 12 12 9 5 11 155 170 -15 -10
Allen Lovejoy ISD 13 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 29 0 0

The large number of homes in Fairview/Lovejoy ISD under $400K is due to the zero lot line homes in Heritage Ranch and several other subdivisions along Hwy 5.   Those are the only subdivisions within Fairview on public sewer which means they can offer small lots.

 

The Fun Vault - All Of Our Fun and Unusual Stuff On One Page
 
Who We Are
Some Of Our Notable Home Sales

Where We Work

Some of the subdivisions within these cities
Allen Celina
Fairview Lucas
Parker Prosper
McKinney Murphy
Richardson Wylie
Seis Lagos Lucas ETJ
City Location Map
Things To Do In the surrounding area and Metroplex

 

Compare Living Costs For These Cities

2008 Tax Rates by city and school district

2008 Water Rates

 

The School Districts In Which We Specialize

Allen Independent School District
Lovejoy Independent School District
McKinney Independent School District
Plano Independent School District
Prosper Independent School District
Wylie Independent School District

Several Private Schools in Fairview, Lucas, and McKinney

2008 TEA Accountability Report  - All Public Schools

 

 

About Our Company

Who Really IS the top selling Realtor in Lovejoy ISD?

A Sampling of Homes We have Listed and sold over the years

Our three promises to sellers

Our Philosophies in regards to Accepting Listings
The Four Main Reasons We Don't Get Listings After A Presentation
Our Buyer Representation Services
Several Client E-mails of Appreciation
Some E-mails We have received About Our Marketing
realtor tactics you will never see from us

our listing criteria

Our Affiliations and Designations

About Our A+ Better Business Bureau Rating

 

 

About Our Marketing

A Quick Summary Of How We Market our homes

Our Dot Com Advantages

Our Website Advantages

Why We Market All Of Our Listings The exact Same Way

Why we "detail" our homes so thoroughly

 

 

It all Starts With Pictures

Why we place such an emphasis on pictures

Why Do You Only see sunny pictures on our site?

If You don't think pictures are a big deal ...

Side by side comparisons of "ours" vs "theirs"

Why we re-shoot pictures in the spring

 

Pricing a home to buy or sell

Why Would Any Realtor Ever Take A Severely Overpriced Listing?

Our Philosophies On pricing homes

Establishing Values by The " Price Per Square Foot"

Before You Submit that "Lowball Offer"

How Appraisers Work
Understanding a comparative marketing analysis
How Much Value Does A Pool add to a home?

 

If You Are Selling Your Home

Our Listing Fees and "Times Are Tough" Program

Basic Questions To Ask of The Realtors You are Interviewing To List Your Home

when is the best time to put your home on the market?

how long will it take to sell My home?

Why Won't My Home Sell?

Should You do repairs or Offer an Allowance?

Does Landscaping Make a Difference?

What is the difference between an option fee and earnest money?

What The Heck Is A "Z Sale"

Things To Consider When Moving

Prepare Yourself For Glitches As Your Home is Being shown

Dispelling The "Corporate Relocation Department" Myth

CLUE reports and how they can Impact the sale of your home

What you can Expect Once The Listing Agreement is signed

Five Reasons for a seller NOT to do a pre-inspection

Our "Two For Life" Program

 

If You Are Buying A Home

Our "Five For Life" Program

Who Needs A Realtor?  My Builder Just Cut Me A Great Deal!

Why We Appoint Realtors To Represent Buyers on our own listings

What The Heck Is A "Z Sale"

What is the difference between an option fee and earnest money?

Some of the Features we look for in a true custom home

Fairview or Lucas?  Lucas or Fairview?
Just Exactly What Is a production home?

be careful buying a home next to a vacant tract of land

What is a 1-2-10 Home Warranty and What Does it mean to you?
The ABC's Of Septic Systems

how long does it take to have a home built?

 

 

Home Inspections

Understanding Home Inspections

Who Pays for repairs After an inspection

Who Does What During An Inspection?

 

the Selling Process

A Sale is Never A Sale Until It's a Sale

Seller's Temporary Leases

Option Fees and Option periods

Appraisers and Appraisals

Contingency Offers

Earnest Money

Information About Brokerage Services Form

 

Caring For and Living in your home

101 Ways to Conserve Energy

Sealed Garage Floors

How Do septic systems work?

Radiant Barriers - Are They A Good Buy?

Foaming your Air-conditioning ducts

Beware of Where You Buy Your Mulch

black gumbo soil and what it means to you

trees, bushes, and your foundation

What is mold?

How Could Your Inspector have missed a mold problem?

What The Heck is EIFS?

How Do Geothermal Heat Pumps Work?
Building An Infinity Pool

Radon, Aluminum Wiring, Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and EMF's

Before You file that insurance claim!

So You Think You Might Want A Horse?

 

People and Companies we Know and Can Recommend

 

If You Are Leasing A Home

Things to Consider before signing a lease

 

Other "Stuff"

What Makes a Great Realtor?

All My Fun and Unusual Stuff

Fun Day Trips
Tom's Real Estate Blog
Tom's Personal Blog - If You Really get bored

 

Articles to Follow

Working with the same contract during negotiations; Homestead Exemptions; Financing Periods; Residential Service Contracts, Sloppy Contracts, Personal Property;  Sellers Disclosure Notice; Whom does the Realtor represent on a transaction;  How we respond to "lowball" offers; who cares which title company is used?; courteous Showing manners by agents; about homeowner associations; Should the selling agent to know the seller's bottom-line price right up front; when is it OK to use listed comps instead of sale comps to price a home; Are pre-inspections a good idea; the natural ebb and flow of negotiations (who has the leverage?); my only four seller disagreements in 25 years

 

 

 

Our Mission Statement - And We Live It Every Day!

 

  • We strive to provide the highest level of professional brokerage services in the entire industry!

  • We will continue to raise the bar within the Real Estate industry in regards to professionally marketing properties locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally!

  • We will protect our buyer and seller clients to the very best of our ability while treating all parties to the contract with honesty, courtesy, and fairness!

 

 

How to Contact Us ...

 

Main Office Phone 972-359-1553
Private, Toll Free, E-fax number for Tom Grisak - No cover needed 1-866-264-4946
Private, Toll Free, E-fax number for Rhonda Grisak - No cover needed 1-866-808-6587
Physical Address 1190 Ramsay Drive, Lucas, Texas 75002
E-mail tom@grisak.com  rhonda@grisak.com  pam@grisak.com

 

 

 

Our Sign Says It All ...

 

  

Memberships in ... Collin County Association of Realtors, Texas Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors, Better Business Bureau, Realtor.com, Multiple Listing Service (AKA - NTREIS)

 

 

 

 

tom@grisak.com

 

 

Tom Grisak Estate Homes Realtors, Inc - Texas License # 0329533