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Grand Parkway draws potential residents further southwest – Your Houston News: News

Since being built in the mid-1990s, the Grand Parkway’s impacton the Sugar Land and greater Fort Bend area have been widely feltby residents, commercial businesses and even the school system. According to local Realtors, the Grand Parkway has opened up apart of Sugar Land to potential home buyers that was not asattractive in the past. Susan Friedman, who is in charge of residential service for theFort Bend Real Estate Corporation, said that Highway 99 has openedup many areas that were not as accessible in the past. “As far as how it’s impacted growth, it’s opened up a lot of newareas. All of the new subdivisions and developments along the GrandParkway have been made accessible to the Sugar Land aream” Friedmansaid. “What I’ve noticed is that more and more people being willingto move out of the ‘heart’ of Sugar Land so to speak.” As an alternative to popular Sugar Land neighborhoods

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WGEM.com: Quincy News, Weather, Sports, and RadioMortgage rates fall again: Is it time to refinance?

(WGEM) — the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell again this week to a record low. the eighth record low in a year is attracting few takers because most who can afford to buy or refinance have already done so. Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage dipped to 3.88 percent this week, down from the old record of 3.89 percent one week ago. The average on the 15-year fixed mortgage ticked up to 3.17 percent from 3.16 percent, which was also a record low. But is now the time to refinance your mortgage? Local realtors say that depends on a number of factors, including your current rate, the length of the mortgage, and your monthly payments. Remember while a refinanced mortgage might offer lower payments, you have to pay the closing costs up front. “I think the biggest concern would be there is

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