November 2006 - Posts
The city council in Bee Cave, Texas decided they didn't like being a village any longer. It seemed to connote something small with not much going on. So they changed the name from the Village of Bee Cave to the City of Bee Cave. With the population
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Traffic congestion at the intersection of 71 and 290 (the Y) in Oak Hill has been problematic for a long time. 290 was expanded a while ago to ha igh speed, 6 lane highway a few years ago. The problem is that the high speed road ended just before the
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For the week in Review: November 12 – 18, 2006 (compared to the same week in 2005) - n ew listings were down 6.89%. Pendings were up 11.43% Solds were up just a bit at 0.27%. As for Average Prices: November 12 – 18, 2006 (compared to the same
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I'm heading to my brother's home in Boerne, TX tomorrow afternoon for the Thanksgiving holiday. Just dropped in here to wish anyone reading this a safe and happy holiday.
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I went to Hamilton Pool this morning to take some pictures. It was a perfect day for that. The pool is a natural pool at the base of what is probably a collapsed cave. The creek that runs from Hamilton Pool winds through large cupress trees along a path
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The job market in Austin continues to be extremely strong. Although job growth has dropped from 4% in October, 2005 to 2.6% now, the unemployment rate has dropped to 3.7%. That is pretty incredible. Austin’s jobless rate is much lower than the entire
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Every so often I look for real estate websites to see who is doing well in different areas. I like to see not only whose site comes up first, but how good the site is in terms of being informative and the ease of navigation. One such site is Bob Crain's
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J.C. Penny plans a store for Round Rock. This isn’t necessarily big news for Penny, but it is for Round Rock. The reason is because the location is one that was nothing more than a simple intersection a few years ago. The location will be off IH35
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The city of Georgetown, which is just north of Austin and Round Rock, is making a pretty aggressive expansion move. It will about 7,200 acres into the city. The bulk of the land to be annexed is on the east side of Georgetown. It looks like up to about
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The latest Austin real estate market stistics, courtesy of Alamo Title Company: The Week in Review: November 5 – 11, 2006 (compared to the same week in 2005) New listings up slightly by 0.84%. Pendings up 4.98% Solds up 3.52%. As for Average Prices:
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I had kids in Lakeway Elementary School for 12 years up until 2 years ago and I never had a bad experience with a teacher. I love the school and still volunteer there to help set up high school volunteers to work the fall carnival. Lakeway Elementary
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If you're not from around here you may not have a clue that Lake Travis exists. If you don't, you really should see it. Go to my Lake Travis photo album to see a few photographs I have taken. It will also give you a little taste of what the Central
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My website provider has integrated the ability to blog within my site. I think this is excellent in terms of functionality and I really hope it adds something useful for people who hit my website. My plan is to ultimately transfer my Austin Real Estate
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