this is an article that really shows why El Paso is such a special place.
A community helps: Soldier's wife victimized by thieves gets $5,000 in furniture
By Maggie Ybarra \ EL PASO TIMES
Posted: 07/23/2010 12:00:00 AM MDT
EL PASO -- Army wife Brittany Adair knows all about reversal of fortune.
Thieves stole her furniture and personal belongings from a moving van as she and her baby relocated from Houston to Fort Bliss. Then strangers saved the day, donating cash, clothes and kitchenware to Adair.
She shopped Wednesday for replacement furniture paid for by an anonymous benefactor. Adair received more than $5,000 to spend at New Deal Furniture, 7130 Gateway East.
She purchased a dining set, a bed frame, a mattress, a recliner, an entertainment center, a sectional coffee table, a rug, a nightstand and a chest of drawers, said John Falvey, manager of New Deal Furniture.
Soldiers transported the furniture to her home Thursday. They were with the Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. This is the battalion of her husband, Spc. William Adair.
He is in Iraq, but is scheduled to return to El Paso in November, Brittany Adair said.
Falvey said he contacted Adair after one of his customers offered to pay for anything she wanted. The customer's only stipulation was that he did not want Adair to know who was buying the furniture for her, Falvey said.
The donor, a retired man in his 60s, said he wanted to replace Adair's furniture because he did not want her and her 18-month-old son, Matthew, to have negative feelings about El Paso, Falvey said.
Maggie Ybarra may be reached at mybarra@elpasotimes.com; 546-6119.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Why are people waiting-do they want higher interest rates
I do not understand why people are waiting to buy a home in El Paso, Texas.
Interest rates are at a 50 year low and I think they will stay down for awhile so you can afford more of a home than you could even a year ago.
The real estate market in El Paso, Texas is strong and active and El Paso has pretty much been spared the "foreclosures" that we see prominent in most markets. Yes we do have some and they don't help the over all market but we are not like Phoenix, the west coast and Florida (thank Goodness).
Living in El Paso, Texas is great now. With the recent "All American City" award and being the 2nd safest city with populations over 500,000(amazing with all that is happening in our sister city of Juarez, Mexico)El Paso is a great place to be right now. It just goes to show that you can not believe everything that you read in the papers. El Paso is a warm and friendly city where people will speak to you as you pass them on a side walk!!!
Interest rates are at a 50 year low and I think they will stay down for awhile so you can afford more of a home than you could even a year ago.
The real estate market in El Paso, Texas is strong and active and El Paso has pretty much been spared the "foreclosures" that we see prominent in most markets. Yes we do have some and they don't help the over all market but we are not like Phoenix, the west coast and Florida (thank Goodness).
Living in El Paso, Texas is great now. With the recent "All American City" award and being the 2nd safest city with populations over 500,000(amazing with all that is happening in our sister city of Juarez, Mexico)El Paso is a great place to be right now. It just goes to show that you can not believe everything that you read in the papers. El Paso is a warm and friendly city where people will speak to you as you pass them on a side walk!!!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
El Paso, TX- All American City 2010
Guess what? El Paso, Texas was awarded the All American City for 2010!
That is just one of the reasons I love living in El Paso, Texas.
It is a safe city-for the past 3-5 years we were # 2-3 for cities over 500,000 people and that is even with the problems in Juarez, Mexico!
The weather is fantastic, warm and not much humidity and the sun shines about 350 days out of the year.
For more information about EL Paso, visit any one of these links.
www.teamolivas.com
www.livinginelpastexas.com
www.realestateinelpaso.com
That is just one of the reasons I love living in El Paso, Texas.
It is a safe city-for the past 3-5 years we were # 2-3 for cities over 500,000 people and that is even with the problems in Juarez, Mexico!
The weather is fantastic, warm and not much humidity and the sun shines about 350 days out of the year.
For more information about EL Paso, visit any one of these links.
www.teamolivas.com
www.livinginelpastexas.com
www.realestateinelpaso.com
Friday, June 18, 2010
Loan officers that lie to you
I am having a very frustrating week with National Lenders that lie to you.
I have a loan that was suppose to close on May 27th and here we are on the 18th of June and it still had not closed. Yikes. The lender keeps telling me it will be ready to close on "Friday" well here it is on Friday and now it is still in underwriting and no one can seem to tell me why or when it will even get out.
On a happier note, my local lenders are not having any problems closing. I am going to only work with local lenders and on my listings ask the sellers to put in writing that they will not accept contracts from 2 lenders in particular.
The real estate market in El Paso is pretty good so go with those local lenders and lets get them closed.
If you need information about living in El Paso, Texas try out my new site.
I have a loan that was suppose to close on May 27th and here we are on the 18th of June and it still had not closed. Yikes. The lender keeps telling me it will be ready to close on "Friday" well here it is on Friday and now it is still in underwriting and no one can seem to tell me why or when it will even get out.
On a happier note, my local lenders are not having any problems closing. I am going to only work with local lenders and on my listings ask the sellers to put in writing that they will not accept contracts from 2 lenders in particular.
The real estate market in El Paso is pretty good so go with those local lenders and lets get them closed.
If you need information about living in El Paso, Texas try out my new site.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
I love living in El Paso
I love living in El Paso Texas becasue where else can you have 95 degree weather and only 10-15% humidity.
I was out walking this morning at 5:30 and it was a lovely 68 degrees and my puppies even love it at that temp.
After working on a new web site about El Paso, Texas I learned that there is much more to do than I thought and I have lived here over 30 years!
I put all the schools on the west side of the city with links to each school so you can check them out and also put pictures of homes in each school area so that you can see what the homes look like in that area.
El Paso is a great city to live in.
If you want to check out real estate in El Paso, Texas then you can go to our website and search all homes in the El Paso area.
I was out walking this morning at 5:30 and it was a lovely 68 degrees and my puppies even love it at that temp.
After working on a new web site about El Paso, Texas I learned that there is much more to do than I thought and I have lived here over 30 years!
I put all the schools on the west side of the city with links to each school so you can check them out and also put pictures of homes in each school area so that you can see what the homes look like in that area.
El Paso is a great city to live in.
If you want to check out real estate in El Paso, Texas then you can go to our website and search all homes in the El Paso area.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
try out my new site
Hi I have updated my new site and would love some feedback
It is all about living in EL Paso, Texas
and will have lots of pictures and information about El Paso and you can still find any home for sales from that site too.
It is all about living in EL Paso, Texas
and will have lots of pictures and information about El Paso and you can still find any home for sales from that site too.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
New website all about El Paso
Here is a new website that we just put on line all about living in el paso, TX
I hope you find it useful and if there is anything you would really like to see on the site please let me know.
Right now the information is about the Westside of the city but soon we will be adding other neighborhoods and more information.
I hope you find it useful and if there is anything you would really like to see on the site please let me know.
Right now the information is about the Westside of the city but soon we will be adding other neighborhoods and more information.
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