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Choose Chris Hounchell & Associates, Keller Williams Realty - Your Leading St. Petersburg and Tampa Real Estate Resource
The Chris Hounchell & Associates, Keller Williams Realty web site provides comprehensive information on St. Petersburg, Florida residential real estate as well as Clearwater and Tampa homes. We are the area’s foremost resource for information and insights into all aspects of buying and selling St. Petersburg, Florida residential real estate, including luxury homes, condos, townhomes, waterfront property, Clearwater and Tampa homes, and short sales in St. Petersburg, Treasure Island, Harbour Island, St. Pete Beach and Madiera Beach, to name just a few.We Help You Make Informed Decisions:
Our goal is to present you with the comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date facts you need to make informed decisions about buying Florida real estate. We provide our customers with experience, unparalleled product knowledge, industry analysis, professional service and absolute honesty throughout the entire buying and selling process. Our About Us page is our calling card. It explains in detail our experience, history, background,training, awards, affiliations and reputation. It gives you an overview of what we do and the benefits of working with Chris Hounchell & Associates. It also introduces our principals, Chris Hounchell and Lori Brown. You will find that Chris Hounchell & Associates, Keller Williams Realty is a company you can trust.
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We present you with a thorough glossary of real estate terms to help demystify what can be a confusing industry. There is a mortgage calculator to help pre-determine how much home you can afford before you begin the searching process. We offer information on our local school districts and a free home evaluation program to gain an understanding of how much your current house is worth. Be sure to check the Featured Properties area for our latest listings. You can also use our SearchProperties tool where you can access detailed information on available homes based on location, price range, square footage and property type.Contact Chris Hounchell & Associates, Keller Williams Realty:
Our blog page contains weekly postings that highlight our recently listed properties as well as useful, topical information on neighborhoods, school districts, advice for buyers and sellers, short sales, tips for real estate investors, increasing your home’s salability, insurance options and news of some of our team’s recent activities. We encourage you to comment about our blogs. And of course, there is a section where you can contact us to request information on any realestate question you might have. We will respond to all inquiries. Please take some time to explore our site and discover all we can do to help you.
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Hounchell Real Estate - RE/MAX Metro’s principal, Chris Hounchell, has been awarded the Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation
after completing extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales at the Distressed Property Institute of Boca Raton, Florida.
Hounchell is a specialist in foreclosed and short sale properties in the St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa Bay areas. Earning this designation enables Chris to better educate distressed homeowners about the alternatives they have to foreclosure, which can destroy a person’s credit rating.
Short sales are an increasingly acceptable option cash-strapped homeowners are utilizing to pay off their mortgage using proceeds from a real estate sale even though the balance may be lower than what is actually owed. Short sales can save homeowners from foreclosure or perhaps bankruptcy. Lenders often consider short sales a viable alternative to foreclosure as it saves them significant time and money.
Chris Hounchell and Bay Area Advisers Raise Funds for Moffitt Cancer Center's Advanced Prostate Cancer Collaboration
Since 2007, Chris Hounchell, Hounchell Real Estate and Bay Area Advisers have raised nearly $250,000 for the Moffitt Cancer Center through their Martinis For Moffitt initiative. In 2010 alone, Bay Area Advisers donated $66,000 to Moffitt’s Advanced Prostate Cancer Collaboration, and over 80 percent of these monies were used to directly help find a cure for prostate cancer. In only five years, Martinis For Moffitt has become one of the largest external fundraising events for the Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation.
Mark your calendar for July 22nd, and join Chris Hounchell and Bay Area Advisors as they present the 2011 Martinis For Moffitt fundraiser in The Club Level at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, one of the area’s signature venues.
Martinis For Moffitt is currently seeking sponsors for the event. Contact Chris Hounchell for more information.
Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent in Today’s Buyer’s Market
In a world and economy where a whopping 87% of potential buyers are shopping for homes on the internet, it is integral that your real estate agent has the know-how and innovation to utilize this increasingly-important avenue of sales. If your real estate agent is ignoring the internet as a place to advertise your home or property, or implies that their services do not include internet listings, seek new representation....more
Short Sales – The Right Realtor Makes All the Difference
As you in search for the realtor with whom to place your trust to successfully procure a short sale? Please make sure that the Realtor is (1) Capable, (2) Available, and (3) Cares....more
How Does Foreclosure Impact Your Credit Report and Rating?
Having to deal with the possibility of losing your home is bad enough, but when a foreclosure shows up on your credit, it will also hurt your score for years to come. Lenders will always be checking your credit whenever you apply for a loan. There is not anything that will hurt your score more than this or a bankruptcy....more
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