Welcome to your complete source for Austin real estate. Sam Chapman can answer your questions about the Austin real estate market as well as Austin recreation, schools and much more. Whether you are buying or selling an Austin home, call Sam at 512-293-2422 with all of your real estate questions. This website was built with two goals in mind. The first is to help you look at Austin real estate listings and give you the ability to search for Austin homes using your specific search criteria. The other is to educate you about buying and selling and about Austin and surrounding areas. So after you have had a chance to look through listings, please visit other pages on this site, especially if you are not very familiar with the Austin, TX area. What is Austin Like? Austin is the fourth largest city in Texas and the metro area was home over 1.6 million people in 2008. Austin is expected to continue to grow as it has one of the strongest economies in the country. Austin’s economy has become fairly diverse over time. Being the home of the University of Texas and the state government, the Austin area has almost always had a steady stream of people coming to town and spending money here. Austin is also home to a lot of high tech companies. Dell is headquartered in Round Rock, one of Austin’s northern suburbs. Samsung built its largest U.S. manufacturing facility in Austin in 2007. Other major Austin employers are the Austin Independent School District, the Seaton Health Care Network, AT&T, Travis County and the IRS. 
Austin is at the line that divides flat land to the east and the Central Texas Hill Country to the west. Parts of Austin are very dramatic to look at. Just northwest of downtown Austin is Mt. Bonnell. Mt. Bonnell tops out at 785 above sea level. What make it so dramatic is the fact that the top of Mt Bonnell looks down on Lake Austin, which is about 300 feet below. So unlike other large Texas cities, Austin has dramatic hills and beautiful lakes. In addition to the photo from Mt. Bonnell, I have created an Austin Photo Tour page to help people unfamiliar with the area learn about it. The weather in Austin is typified by long, hot summers and short, cool winters. We are far enough inland from the coast so hurricanes aren’t as destructive as they are in other parts of the state. We are far enough south so that snow and ice are rarities. The Austin area averages around 32 inches of rain each year and has close to 300 sunny days on average. See a list of things that make Austin so great.
Austin Communities Austin has many different communities. Suburbs include the cities of Round Rock and Georgetown to the north, Cedar Park, Leander and Liberty Hill to the northwest, Lakeway, Bee Cave and West Lake Hills to the west and Kyle and Buda to the south. Visit other Austin neighborhoods or browse Austin luxury real estate. Buying Austin Real EstateIf you need information to help you with home buying Austin real estate, please visit our home buying process page. There is information on this real estate site about the home buying process, lenders, home inspections, Austin schools and much more. Sam's specialty is helping buyers from outside of Austin. He is a member of a REALTOR® alliance in Austin that is dedicated to making the online home search the best experience possible.
Selling Austin Real Estate
Are you thinking of selling a home? Contact Sam to find out what your home is worth. Find out about what it takes to get your Austin home or lot sold. Read about the home selling process and some tips on selling your house fast.
By the way, if you are relocating to the Austin area from outside of Texas, read about some things you need to know if you're moving to Austin, Texas. We are truly in this business of helping people. For Austin real estate buyers, our goal is to understand the the needs of our clients and match these needs to what is available in the market. For Austin real estate sellers, our job is to accurately price your home and market it in the most effective way possible. I have added an interesting way to search for Austin Real Estate by map You can search for homes in Austin by map in addition to other criteria. You can zoom in and out, click and drag the map and view as a map, as an aerial photo of a hybrid, which shows the aerial plus street names. Questions about Austin real estate? Email Sam Chapman, or call 512-293-2422. |