Tim Brown's Blog

Have you seen the new Housing Trends eNewsletter that TAR is sponsoring for members every month? A wide choice of delivery, as well as widgets/badges that you can place on your web site or blog, like above! The content is pretty canned, but it beats having to put it together yourself! I'll be ad...

A new year and a new look at our Schertz housing stats for January 2010. We are doing very well overall and continue to see a stable market with few dips. We continue to battle with the USPS on our zip code problem with Cibolo (78108) servicing portions of Schertz (78154) and the mailing address ...

In Texas, February 1 is trhe deadline to register for the 2010 primary elections. If you are complaining about elected officials, the only way to change is to vote! In Texas, go to www.votetexas.org for more information. You can also see if you are already registered here! Voting is a privelege a...

It's all over the news - houses are falling off cliffs in San Antonio! Here is a link to a local news channel and coverage: http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=789969 What is amazing is the developer got away with the land fill project without a permit from the city! Yes, it was in...

OK, this is really local! the central Texas region is bracing for some unseasonally cold weather and it is important to prepare before the freeze hits. In particular, if you are not used to temperatures below freezing, a house needs special attention in the following areas: -All exterior water li...

Just want to wish all a Happy New Year and wish that prosperity visits all of us in 2010! There are a lot of re-caps on teh web for 2009, but instead of looking back (except to learn a lesson or two) I prefer to look forward and see that, whatever is out there is good! Again, being blessed to liv...

The 2010 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates are set and published. Among other sites, they can be accessed at www.military.com. I will have them posted to my website today as well... www.tanrealty.com For the San Antonio area, rates range from $885 for an E1-4 without dependents, to $1866 fo...