Buying Your Home

A home is much more than a place to hang your hat, get out of the rain, eat a warm meal and get a good nights rest. It's a place where memories are formed and families are born. More than shelter from the storm it's the place you go to when you need a break from the world around you. It's where you thrive as individuals and as family. It's where you learn and grow. No wonder home ownership is the number one priority for most Americans families.

Because your home is central to your way of life, purchasing that home brings with it a lot of emotional baggage. For most, it's the single largest investment they will make.

Your home has to support the way you live. A gourmet cook would be miserable with nothing more than a two burner stove to cook on. A single sink vanity won't cut it for three teenage daughters. And how about the neighborhood?  Does it offer the activities that interest your family? And do the schools measure up to your expectations?

It's clear that buying a home is much more complicated than picking out a suitable house. Even if you've been down this road before, it's still complicated. After all, you're making decisions you will be "living with" for quite some time.

The collection of tools and information linked to this page are intended to prepare you for and assist you with the process of buying your next home. Use the resources to your full advantage. And when it comes time to involve a Realtor^® in your plan, remember Team Kelly. We are top notch professionals who always put the interests of our client first.

Tools and information available here:

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With the School Finder you can review and compare data for all the school options available in the areas you are interested in. Look at TAKS and Accountability ratings, SAT scores, student stats, teacher experience levels and more on a campus by campus basis.
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The Humble Independent School District is well recognized as an innovative leader in the education of our children. With over 100 years experience, nationally recognized HISD serves the needs of Atascocita, Humble, Kingwood, Summerwood, Fall Creek and Eagle Springs. Maintaining the highest educational standards during a period of rapid population growth is one of the challenges HISD is managing on a daily basis. Visit the HISD website for more details.

Our Home Search tools will allow you to start off with access to the over 30,000 entries of the Houston Multiple Listing System (MLS).  We have also provided quick links for you to properties in Kingwood and neighboring areas, sorted by price range.

Then, when you've narrowed the field, have a pretty good idea of what you want and where you want it, it's time to use our Client MLS eTicket. This is the tool that will keep you up to date with the market, providing info specifically focused on your housing objectives.

New Construction is a major part of our market and we give you the tools to see what is available in Kingwood and the surrounding areas. We STRONGLY  recommend that you NOT tackle the New Construction maze on your own. You owe it to yourself to be represented by a Realtor^® BEFORE you spend time with any member of the builders' sales force. Every person you will meet in that trailer or model home works for the builder. They have only one goal .. to sell the builders' houses. They have no responsibility to you whatsoever. Only your Realtor^® is legally and morally accountable to you. And here is the best part .... purchasing new construction WITH a Realtor^® costs no more than not using the services of a Realtor^®; and you may end up with a better house at a lower total cost. 

Take a look at our collection of reports designed specifically to answer your real estate questions. Some reports provide quick answers about a specific buyer's interest while others provide a comprehensive discussion of a key element of the buying process. All are free and all are available for you to download right from this site.

First time buyer's have unique information needs. That is why we have set aside a section just for the First Time Buyer. In depth discussions about the buying process itself and the financial aspects of preparing to buy a home are presented in a comprehensive and straight forward manner.

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