OPEN HOUSE - 50 Ridge Run, New Braunfels - December 13, 2014

OPEN HOUSE, December 13, Saturday 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM 50 Ridge Run, New Braunfels, Texas Get Directions Click Here Description Photos Maps & Local Schools Virtual Tour $ Click for current price 5 BEDROOMS 4 BATHROOMS (2 full, 2 half) 3612 Square Feet You must see this beautiful large lot situated on a cul-de-sac with lots of mature oak trees in the heart of the desirable Oak Run subdivision outside the Loop in New Braunfels.  This lovely traditional home boasts a low-maintenance brick exterior and is within walking distance to Oak Run Middle School. The first-floor contains the spacious master suite with three additional bedrooms, a large formal dining room, an open breakfast area and kitchen, and open vaulted beamed ceiling in the family room, which features a stone fireplace. The second floor has a huge game room with a half-bath and a wet bar, as well as a large fifth bedroom or office. There are extensive, rich oak built-in cabinets throughout the home, with built-in desks and storage both upstairs and down.  This home is designed for family and entertaining! BONUS!  New 2014 HVAC! Search All Homes For Sale Homes Close to Where You Work Avoid Foreclosure What is Your Home Worth? Dawn Loding Keller Williams 830-481-7580 dawnlodingrealtor@gmail.com L2L Virtual Tours

New Braunfels House For Sale - 50 Ridge Run in Oak Run Subdivision

The New Braunfels home you have been looking for has just been listed!  50 Ridge Run is a lovely traditional-style home in the heart of Oak Run Subdivision, and it is built for family and entertaining!

50 Ridge Run, New Braunfels, Texas

As you drive up to the home, you'll notice that the street is lined with beautiful mature trees, and the yard of 50 Ridge Run is perfectly manicured.  The curving path welcomes you to the front door of this lovely home.  Once inside, a beautiful, large dining room opens to your right.  This room can easily accommodate seating for 20 or more!  Click the video below for a pictorial tour:

The dining room has one entrance into the spacious, workable island kitchen.  There is plenty of workspace and storage, and an in-wall oven and microwave.  The kitchen is open to the large breakfast area, which boasts a view of the wooded backyard.  To one side of the breakfast area is the indoor laundry room -- and what a laundry room!  The washer/dryer connections are side-by-side, and even though there is ample workspace and storage, you can still fit more appliances with room to spare (currently, there is a full-sized refrigerator/freezer)!

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On the other side of the breakfast room, the wide-open living room features a vaulted, beamed ceiling and a stone fireplace, flanked by beautiful built-in oak shelving.  There are rich hardwood floors throughout.

Down the hall from the living room are four bedrooms.  The huge master suite has plenty of room for a seating area as well as traditional bedroom furniture.  Three additional bedrooms offer built-in shelving and desks.

Upstairs, you'll love the enormous game room, which features a wall of built-in storage, a half-bath, AND a wet bar, as well as several "reading nooks," which continue in the upstairs fifth bedroom, which could also function as a secluded office or guest room.

The Oak Run community offers many amenities to its residents, including a pool and tennis courts. Take a look at the video link below to view the community.

If you are interested in seeing this property, call Dawn Loding at 830/481-7580 right away -- this property definitely won't last long!

Your New Braunfels Home Value -- Sell Your Home Fast!

Find Out What Your New Braunfels Home is Worth

When it's time to sell your home, how will you go about finding the Realtor who will get you the most money for your home and get it sold quickly?  Only about 10% of all the real estate agents in each realty office do about 80% of the business for both the seller and buyer sides.  So while there are many, many realtors in the area, you want the one who is most successful in getting houses sold quickly and at the highest profit margin. What is your New Braunfels home value? What is your New Braunfels home worth?

You get to choose your Realtor and when you do, you need to make sure that Realtor has a great marketing plan!  Dawn Loding of The Loding Group has created a clear, concise, and aggressive marketing plan for all homes she lists, and she tailors it to the specific needs of each of her clients. Only Dawn Loding can give you the personalized marketing you need to get your house sold fast! Now that the internet is widely available, 95% of home buyers begin the buying process with an online search.  Dawn Loding's marketing plan includes unique and extensive internet campaigns. Call Dawn today at 830/481-7580 and let her share her plans with you - her marketing plan is like no other.

 

Buyers are drawn to the charm of New Braunfels!

New Braunfels is the hottest real estate market in the area, and you don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to sell your home at its best possible price.  Dawn Loding is able to provide a market analysis of the “sold” prices of the homes in your immediate area, evaluate your own home’s value, and give direction and suggestions on how to increase your home’s “sale”-ability. Before you list with another agent, call Dawn Loding of The Loding Group at 830/481-7580 or contact her through her website at:

www.NewBraunfelsHomeSearch.com

Wurstfest - The Grandest New Braunfels Festival of All!

Zicke, zacke, zicke, zacke, hoi hoi hoi!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  If you call New Braunfels home, you know all about Wurstfest, the 10-day salute to the sausage!  New Braunfels is heavily steeped in German history and tradition, and at no time is it more celebrated than during Wurstfest.  Running November 7-16, 2014, Wurstfest is fun for the whole family:  aside from the food, which is varied and plentiful (and delicious!) and beer (of course!), there is music, dancing, a carnival with rides and games, shopping, German travel information, craft sales, live theater, and so much more!  Living in New Braunfels couldn’t be better at this time of year!

You could spend all day in Wursthalle and still not see everything!

Here is some important information to know if you’re planning on heading to Wurstfest:

HOURS:

4:00pm-11:30pm Opening Day

11:00am-12:30am Saturdays

11:00am- 9:30pm Sundays

5:00pm-  9:30pm Monday-Wednesday

5:00pm-11:30pm Thursday-Friday

If you live in New Braunfels, you recognize the name Alex Meixner -- a master musician who plays everything in his shows from traditional polka to Guns ‘N Roses on his accordian!  And if you go to Wurstfest, you don’t want to miss Alex Meixner!  He has an inexhaustible energy that rubs off on his audience and gets you moving and singing along (whether you know the words or not!).  And no trip to Wurstfest is complete without participating in the Chicken Dance at least once!  You can dance with a couple hundred of your closest friends in Wursthalle, because it is sure to be played at least once an hour by any one of the wonderful bands inside!

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In New Braunfels, ist das leben schön, and what could be better than a home near the Wurstfest grounds?  If you’d like to walk to Wurstfest, Dawn Loding of The Loding Group and her team of professionals can find you the perfect home in an ideal location.  There are many homes for sale in New Braunfels right now -- is one of them just right for you?  Find out NOW by calling Dawn Loding at 830/481-7580 or by e-mail at DawnLodingRealtor@gmail.com.  If you have a home to sell first, Dawn Loding can help you sell it quickly and for a premium price.  Don’t wait -- CALL NOW!

Find out your home's value HERE!

Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit, der Gemütlichkeit!!

Sell Your Home Through A Top New Braunfels Realtor

Sell Your New Braunfels Home Through

Top New Braunfels Realtor, Dawn Loding

Whether you are looking for a home already lived in or one to be built to your specifications, but also have a home to sell, be sure to sell your home through a top New Braunfels Realtor. Call The Loding Group today and get “moving!”

Find your home's value HERE!

Why list with Dawn Loding of The Loding Group?

When you're looking for a partner to help you negotiate the complexities of selling a home, you want the best. The experience, dedication and strong communication you'll receive with the team of professional at The Loding Group will help ensure the successful and profitable sale of your home:

1. The Local Advantage - Take advantage of a broad spectrum of technologies and tools to support the sale of your home from start to close, handled by local professionals who not only excel at what they do, but are also locals who know the area inside-out!

2. Internet Advertising - Since the lion's share of home buyers start their search on the internet, top placement on search engines is essential. You'll gain access to placement on Google, Trulia, Realtor.com, MSNBC, and many other popular websites. This will maximize your home’s exposure and bring a large number of potential buyers to view information about your home.

3. Email Campaigns - It's important to "work the network." The Loding Group will work together with you to identify the right people to target your home - and get in touch with them by email to drive excitement and interest.

4. Personal Touch - Of course, technology alone won't sell your home. Face-to-face interaction provides the advantage to sell your home - and you won't have to worry about a thing! The details will be handled with care and constant communication to ensure the marketing and sale of your home go smoothly.

HOME LISTING SYNDICATION

Your home can be advertised on websites all across the web, making sure buyers see your home and everything it offers. Here are some of the national sites where your home will appear:

What Is My New Braunfels Home Value?

What is my New Braunfels Home Value?

Want to know what your New Braunfels home is worth? Click Here to find out NOW! 

When beginning the process of selling your home, it is always best to start with knowing its current value.  Several points affect your home's value, such as location (close to the beach?  downtown?), upgrades (hardwood floors?  stainless appliances?), neighborhood (singles?  family-friendly? amenities such as a community pool or walking trails?), asking price (too high?  too low which will raise questions of why?), and seasons (near a major holiday?  mid-summer?).  An experienced Realtor will be able to explain to you your home's current value AND how you can go about increasing that value, sometimes with some very easy steps!  Some points are out of your control, but others can be easily corrected.

How will you go about finding the Realtor who will get you the most money for your home and get it sold quickly?  You must select an experienced real estate agent.  While all agents are licensed to perform the same function, only an agent with experience really knows what works and what doesn't.  Dawn Loding is a Realtor with more than a decade of experience in all real estate transactions, and her track record speaks for itself.  

You get to choose your Realtor, and when you do, you need to make sure they have a great marketing plan.  Today's real estate market is fueled by the internet, and 95% of home buyers start with an online search.  The Loding Group's online marketing plan is like no other. Call Dawn Loding today and let her share her unique marketing plan with you.  

 Before you list with any agent, call Dawn Loding FIRST at 830/481-7580, or contact The Loding Group from her website at www.LivingNewBraunfels.com.  Let The Loding Group prove their worth to you!

Help Me Sell My New Braunfels Home!

Help Me Sell My New Braunfels Home!!

HELP!!

Moving is overwhelming, and the most stressful part can be selling your home.  When you hire a top real estate agent to help sell your New Braunfels home, you eliminate most of the stress.  Dawn Loding of The Loding Group at Keller Williams in New Braunfels is a top realtor with over a decade of experience in selling homes such as yours.  She evaluates your home’s value, provides a consultation with a professional home stager to present your home for sale at its best, markets your home for sale with an aggressive marketing campaign designed personally and implemented by her marketing team, uses her vast network of contacts to direct potential buyers to your home for sale, hosts an open house to show off your home to other agents and potential buyers, and walks you through every step of the closing process so that your stress level is at an all-time low!

Selling a home can be a confusing process, and Dawn Loding will explain to you what title searches, repairs, home warranties, notary fees, mortgage pay-offs, loan pay-offs, penalties, liens, seller concessions, commissions, and much more mean.  While it is tempting to choose to sell your home yourself (called For Sale By Owner, or FSBO), you should always choose to protect yourself by hiring an experienced real estate agent such as Dawn Loding of The Loding Group at Keller Williams in New Braunfels to guide you seamlessly through the process.

The Loding Group has a team of specialists who attend to every detail of your home sale, and Dawn Loding specializes in home sales.  The most recent home listed with The Loding Group had a successful offer from a buyer within only SIX DAYS of listing thanks to Dawn Loding’s aggressive marketing techniques.  Let Dawn sell your home, and you can expect stellar results!  Call Dawn Loding at 830/481-7580 today, and click here to find your home’s value NOW!

Home Value Estimator - What Is My Home Worth?

Home Value Estimator

If you are just beginning to consider selling your home in New Braunfels, Texas, the first thing you’ll want to know is “what is my home worth?”  For this, you can start with a simple Home Value Estimator with this free real estate home valuation estimate on what your home is worth.

Of course, you love your home.  Selling your home will be a difficult decision to make, as it is hard to step back and look at your home with an unbiased eye. Five factors* determine your home’s value, and we’ll outline those below:

Location, location, location!  A great house in a bad location can decrease its home value as much as 50%.  Also, if yours is the biggest, best-kept home in your mid-range neighborhood, your home’s price-per-square-foot will tend to be less than if it were the smallest home in a top-range neighborhood.   It’s also important to note how close freeways, landfills, shopping centers, etc., are to the home, as all these factors play a part in your home’s value.

Outdated Construction, Appliances, and Decor  If your appliances are over 15 years old, if your carpet has not been replaced since the ‘80s, your home may appraise at up to 10% less than if you had updated them.  Consider replacement costs versus allowances when placing your home on the market.

Renters  Has your property been a rental home?  Are the homes surrounding yours rental properties?  Often, renters do not maintain a home as an owner would, and this can decrease the value of your home.  

Major Upgrades  Buyers don’t want to pay for major unnecessary upgrades to a home.  If you have recently upgraded your plumbing, replaced your roof, or installed a pool, it’s wise not to count on that increasing the value of your home.  If the upgrade is necessary (i.e., a 40-year-old failing roof), it’s important to do it, but if a thorough repair can be made instead, that is your best route to get the most out of your home’s sale.

Fencing  The largest buyer-pool consists of families with children and pets, and they want a safe, enclosed place for both to play.  If your home does not have a fenced-in backyard, consider installing one prior to listing.  Or, if your fence is in disrepair, this is the time to have it fixed or re-stained.

Though so many things can decrease your home’s value that are out of your control, some simple things can increase it.  Make your house as bright and appealing as possible with as much natural light indoors as you are able to bring in.  Keep your lawn trimmed, place pots of greenery at your front door, hang a wreath, and pressure-wash your porch and driveway to make a great first impression.  Hire a top real estate agent such as Dawn Loding of The Loding Group at Keller Williams in New Braunfels, Texas, and she will provide a one-hour consultation with a professional home stager at no charge to you in order to help you get the most out of your home’s value!  Call Dawn Loding at 830/481-7580 today, and click here to find your home’s value NOW!

What Are "Closing Costs" When Selling Your Home?

What are “closing costs” when selling your home?

What is the price of selling your New Braunfels home?  It isn’t as simple as selling a sweater.  Selling a home includes fees, taxes, commissions, and many other miscellaneous costs that can really add up as closing costs.  When you sign with a top real estate agent like Dawn Loding of The Loding Group at Keller Williams in New Braunfels, Texas, you’ll receive a list of your estimated expenses, to be deducted at closing.  Overall, you should expect the following:

• Title Search Fees
• Repairs
• Home Warranty
• Notary Fees
• Recording Fees
• Escrow Fees
• Mortgage Pay-off Balance
• Loan Pay-off Fee
• Pre-payment Penalty
• Lien Releases
• Seller Concessions
• Termite Letter
• Commissions for listing/selling realtors

There may be further costs associated with the sale of your home, and your realtor should describe those in advance, so you’ll have no surprises at closing.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll address these costs in detail, so bookmark this page so you won’t miss an installment.

What are Title Search Fees?

Also called Title Insurance, this fee is paid to the Title company to ensure that you can sell your home without any liens or other encumbrances clouding the title.  A title search will also turn up any restrictions and homeowners associations connected with your New Braunfels property.  
Title insurance protects an owner's financial interest in their property against loss due to title defects, liens, or other such encumbrances. It will defend against a lawsuit attacking the title, or reimburse the insured for the actual monetary loss incurred, up to the dollar amount of insurance provided by the policy.
The owner's policy assures a purchaser that the title to the property is clean and free from all defects, liens and encumbrances except those listed in the policy or excluded from the policy's coverage. It also covers losses and damages suffered if the title is unmarketable.  The policy also provides coverage for loss if there is no right of access to the land. Although these are the basic coverages, broader owner's policies can cover other losses.

The liability limit of the owner's policy is typically the purchase price paid for the property. Of course, coverages can be added or deleted with a variety of endorsements that cover many common issues. A top real estate agent such as Dawn Loding of The Loding Group at Keller Williams in New Braunfels, Texas can provide information about the price of title search and insurance before the real estate contract is signed.

If you are thinking about selling your home, contact The Loding Group to find your home’s value and speak to Dawn Loding, a New Braunfels Realtor with over a decade of experience in selling homes quickly and for top-dollar!  Act NOW, while the market is still HOT!  Call Dawn Loding at 830/481-7580 today, and click here to find your home’s value NOW!