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Once again New Home Hunters DFW uncovers another gem... a diamond... hidden away in just down the street and around the corner from the vast Stonebriar Mall complex in Frisco, Texas.

A sparklingly new Patio Home community is spreading it's gorgeous wings, and with it's close-in location... is quickly becoming a very sought-after location.

The two-story model below features a master down, huge family room, open gourmet kitchen with wrap-around-windowed breakfast area, and a formal dining room (which could also be used as a den/study/computer room/home office.)

In the above picture the front window on the left the formal dining room, and the window near the covered porch is bedroom four... complete with it's own full bath.

Upstairs we find two additional bedrooms and a full bath, and an optional gameroom.  It is just unbelievable how much space this home has... but yet it remains seemingly hidden away.  Seeing is believing.  Pricing is at $233,990 for 2650 square feet of living space.  Sales are brisk, and homes are available at all stages of construction.

To arrange for your very own personal tour of the above home, call the New Homes Hotline at (972) 951-4350.  To see additional homes in this and other price ranges, visit our website at www.NewHomeHuntersDFW.com .

If you're in the market for a new home, and don't want the bother of taking care of a full-sized yard, these Frisco Patio homes may be just what you have been looking for.

Ranging in size from the mid-teens to near 3,000 sq ft, these impressive and oh-so-energy-efficient homes are just packed with all the custom features that some many of today's buyers are looking for.

If you are a career single working near the Dallas North Tollway or in or near the Stonebriar Complex, this location works about as well as any we have seen.

If you are ready to go from "Just Browsing" to "Let's Get Serious..." call the Frisco/McKinney New Homes Hotline at (972) 951-4350... and arrange for your very own personal tour.

Visit this home and many others at www.NewHomeHuntersDFW.com .

This three bedroom, two bath home is just overflowing with standard features and optional goodies... all of which are included in the price of $173,990.  The home features a large "great room," a gourmet kitchen with granite counter-tops, a gas cook-top, oil-rubbed bronze tile back-splash in the bathrooms and kitchen, and two inch faux wood blinds throughout.  

This gorgeous home is being held open this coming Sunday May 18, 2008 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.  It is absolutely charming, and it's in North Fort Worth on the Western Edge of Keller.  The great news is... it's Available and Ready for Move-in !

Just off the front foyer is a multi-purpose room...  which could be a formal dining room, or additional sitting/living area.  Other features include a covered rear patio, upgraded ceramic tile in all the main areas, a gas/wood-burning fireplace, an incredibly efficient radiant roof barrier, and of course, full sprinkler and security system.

All three bedrooms are "over-sized..." with the second bedroom being 13 x 11.6 and the third bedroom measuring 12.6 x 11.6.  The gorgeous front elevation of this pretty home features the popular "farm house" look with two dormers, and a covered front porch with brick support columns.  A beautiful "decorator" front door completes the package.

Directions:  From the northern Fort Worth area intersection of North Loop 820 and I-35 W... drive north past Western Center, Basswood and the 287 cut-off... and exit at Heritage Trace Parkway.  At the stop sign, turn left... over the I-35W bridge. 

Drive down the hill... about a quarter mile to the stop sign at Harmon Road.  Go straight ahead into the Harmon Ranch neighborhood... and turn right at the first street.  The models are on your immediate left.  Please ask for your new home experts... Jonah or Sara.  And... if you tell mention this open house ad and that Karen Anne Stone gave you directions... you'll get an extra $1,000 in upgrade goodies.

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If you are in the market for a gorgeous new home, and are finally ready to make the move from "Just Looking" to "Let's Get Serious"... one call to the New Home Hotline at (817) 929-3400 is all it takes for your very own personal tour.  You may also see this and many other really great homes at http://www.newhomehuntersdfw.com . 

In a recent post... submitted to two of the "comedy" groups... Jim Albano offered Careful what you say to your woman! to us for your reading pleasure... and hopefully a chuckle.

Although it was an attempt at humor, it did bring to mind a subject that is on the minds of some as we women grow older.  Of course, the subject is "the aging woman."

There are just too many people in this world who suffer from the perception that as a man grows older he looks distinguished, and as a woman grows older, she looks "extinguished."

The ancient religions have had for centuries the triple concept delineating the life-stages of maiden-mother-crone that affect all women.

Inherent in this concept is that during each of these three broad stages of a woman's life... the maiden... the mother... and the crone... she is honored for a different facet of her being.  As an elder... as a "crone," an older woman is revered for her knowledge... her acquiring of such a great degree of life's wisdom.

In the matrilineal, matriarchial and matrifocal societies that existed on this earth over thirty-five hundred years ago... the honoring of women during the latter stages of her life... during her "crone-hood..." was a commonplace and taken-for-granted fact of life.  The elder women of society being honored for their acquired wisdom.  What a concept !

How, when and where did older men come to be seen as distinguished, and our women elders come to be seen by so many... as extinguished ?  What a waste of talent.

Recently I posted a story about our dear friends, the polar bears.  The Bush Administration had been dragging their feet, with the Department of The Interior carrying the Bush banner in reverse... as has been the case with just about everything either environmental-conscious or envirinmentally protective since 2001. 

Finally today, the ruling came down from the Bush administration... when the Department of the Interior declared that the polar bear is now considered a "threatened specias"... and as such, it must be protected. 

The continuing decline of the heretofore major ice cap in the Arctic sea has been worsening over the last fifteen  to thirty years, and scientists and environmentalists have been pojecting even additional losses.

As global temperatures rise, water currents change.  With the change in currents and the rising temperatures comes the melting of the ice caps.  As these glorious animals have adapted to living in frigid temperatures... which for them are required... the ongoing change in their habitat endangers their very being.

The disappearance of the historically massive ice areas endanger the polar bear because it diminishes the areas available for feeding grounds, and for breeding, for these majestic animals.  If something cannot be done to either slow down the disappearance of the ice, or even turn it around... extinction seems unstoppable.

How much longer America can sit idly by and watch the myriad of habitats for a variety of threatened animals gradually disappear remains a mystery.  But... if our national policy is not given a complete 180 degree turn-around... further distruction is inevitable. 

We can only hope that a change is coming, and that the incoming administration will make appropriate revisions to our national policies.

We have been given this earth as a gift.  As it's inhabitants, we have been trusted to be it's keepers.  We are also expected to be able to hand it over to the generations to come in a condition that either mirrors how we found it, or in an improved condition.  If we are unable to do that... we have failed ourselves, our children, and our planet.

On Saturday Mornings, I usually begin my real estate weekend by driving about a total of sixty miles or so... visiting various open houses, or dropping in and visiting friends who are either past clients, or folks in my Top 33 Advocate Referral Group.

While I make the rounds, I usually listen to NPR... National Public Radio.  If I start early enough, I listen to those two Car Talk nuts from MIT, and then some silliness called "Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me."

This afternoon, just after "Wait Wait"... the NPR series "This American Life" aired a program titled The Giant Pool of Money .  I must tell you that I was just blown away by this incredibly comprehensive story that unwound and took apart... piece by painful piece... the horror that began as the Housing Crisis, and slowly over a period of about four years... evolved or deteriorated (take your pick) into what we've been calling "The Credit Crisis."  (Did anyone else happen to hear it ?)

Over the next week I am going to take this entire program... which featured many blow-by-blow recitals of the various stages and happenings of this mess... and break it down into a story and terms I can better share and make sense of myself.

As a Professional Realtor, I have always prided myself on what I thought was my fairly comprehensive degree of knowledge concerning mortgage finance programs, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA qualifying guidelines, and my knowledge of mortgage and closing documents like the 1003, credit reports, FICO scores, VOD's, VOE's, appraisals and LTV's, and the HUD-1.

I must say... that during this program, I learned so much about what really happened to create this mess... and learned it from a pretty knowledgeable group of industry insiders who along the way... found themselves smack-dab in the middle of it.

I am kind of curious, though.  How interested do you think Realtors would be... as far as learning more about the in's and out's of what made all this happen ?  Will anyone be interested ?  Or will this just be another example of this Realtor going overboard about deciphering both the Mortgage Crisis and the Credit Crisis ? 

Wanna know more ?  Please give me some opinions, and ask whatever questions you have.  Maybe between our answers we'll come up with some good ideas.

There's a brand new excitement in Frisco, Texas these days.  A gorgeous Patio Home community has just opened up, and two sparkling new models are ready for you to see.

Ranging in size from the mid-teens to near 3,000 sq ft, these pretty and oh-so-energy-efficient homes are just packed with all the custom features that so many of today's buyers are looking for.

If you are a "career single" working near the Dallas North Tollway or in or near the Stonebriar Complex, the location works about as well as any we have seen.

Are you more the young couple starting out ?  These three and four bedroom homes, some single stories, some two-stories, offer you just about any bedroom, living area, and architectural design combination you could ask for.

If you're an "empty-nester" moving to a smaller home, but don't want to give up the luxury you've become used to in your present/previous home ?  Yes, this will work for you, too.

If you are ready to go from "Just Browsing" to "Let's Get Serious..." call the Frisco/McKinney New Homes Hotline at (972) 951-4350 and arrange for your very own personal tour.

This lovely home is finished, and available for immediate move-in.  This is an absolutely fabulous two story that was custom built as a builder's showcase... and features many of the really great optional goodies that are available.

This gorgeous home has 3,209 square feet of living space, a huge master suite down, formal living (more of a sitting room) and dining, and an over-sized two-story family room.  There is also a game room up and two bedrooms on one side of the home, and is connected by a "cat-walk" that leads to the media room and another bedroom on the other side of the second floor.  An excellent, family-friendly floor plan.

The kitchen really is a "gourmet" kitchen.  Granite surface counter-tops everywhere you look, plus an island large enough for four bakers and all the holiday cookies they can handle.  The cabinets are 42 inch hand-stained, with custom hinges.  The breakfast room/morning room is surrounded by windows, and is such a great place to have your morning coffee, or to have friends over for a casual meal... or just to sit and share the days happenings !

Having a longer driveway than many homes in the neighborhood, this home is on a premium lot, and features a triple-wide drive with in-drive parking for holiday guests.  With all this obvious appeal, and if you are finally ready to go from "Just Looking"... to "Let's Get Serious"... call the New Homes Hotline at (817) 929-3400... and we'll set aside a time to see it.

Thirty nine Republicans in the House of Representatives joined Democrats in approving a new housing bill that focused on rescuing hundreds thousands of homeowners current at risk of foreclosure.

Even though the White House threatened to veto the bill, the bi-partisan effort was attempting to steam through the House... hoping to miss hitting President Bush's brick wall.

Hoping to break the current log jam in the mortgage markets, the bill would expand the authority of the FHA, and would strengthen both the Federal National Mortgage Association (commonly referred to as Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Mortgage Corporation (commonly known as Freddie Mac.)

An additional feature of this rescue bill would create a $7,500 tax credit for first-time homebuyers that would hopefully encourage sales and slow falling home prices.  The bill, if passed, could have a major effect on home purchasers considering buying homes in Texas during the coming months.

As is typical of many in their party, Republican House leaders criticised the bill as an early Christmas Present that would have the effect of bailing out home speculators and irresponsible borrowers.

When those same Republican House leaders were asked about previous "bailouts" that rescued major businesses, the questions went unanswered.

3,209 sq ft of Pure Excitement... and on the inside it looks even larger.  The first floor features an incredible formal living and dining on either side of the entry foyer, and then opens into a fabulous family room with a back "wall of windows." 

The family room is two stories high, and also features a two-story stone fireplace with raised stone hearth and wood mantle.

The family room is also open from the catwalk on the second floor above... which connects the two bedrooms and full bath on one side, and the game room in the middle of the second floor.

An additional bedroom, and a separate media room are at the far end of the catwalk... which again overlooks the family room below.  What a great area for entertaining. 

This floor also makes a great teen-suite... if that suits your family makeup.

The kitchen is definitely for the gourmet.  Granite counter-tops, forty-two inch raised panel cabinets, high ceilings, a pass-thru bar to the family room, a huge walk-in pantry, and a family-sized work-island complete the gourmet feel.

Pricing... with all the above included features, and of course, including the building lot itself (unless you pick an oversized or premium lot)... the price is $228,990.

Directions:  From the intersection of I-360 and I-20 in the Arlington/Grand Prairie area, take 360 south to where it dead-ends into 287.  Turn left (east) on 287, continue to passing under the Rt 67 bridge.  Take the next exit, and at the stop sign, turn left.  Follow about one mile to the stop light just past the high school on your right.  Turn left, and proceed about one and one-half miles to the open house on your left.  Please ask for your host, Jason Dickens.  Mention me... Karen Anne Stone... and get extra freebies with your purchase !

If you are ready to go from "Just Looking" to "Let's Get Serious," this home is now ready for occupancy.  For your own personal tour, call the NewHome Hotline at (817) 929-3400.  You may also visit Karen Anne Stone's website at www.NewHomeHuntersDFW.com .