January 2007 - Posts
As I have posted before, job creation means more people and that means increased real estate activity. I read today about Home Depot adding 400 jobs in the Austin area. I also read about a student loan business creating about 200 jobs here. Economists
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If you are relocating to the Austin area or even if you are relocating within the area, you will need to know who provides what and where. What I'm talking about is utility providers. You will need to know where to look for utility providers for water,
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The 2006 Austin real estate statistics are out, courtesy of the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR). Basically, the year was strong, with many MLS Areas seeing some pretty hot rates of appreciation. Residential real estate in the Austin area as a whole
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When the Frost Bank tower was built in downtown Austin, it really changed the skyline. Another couple of projects look to dwarf even that 33-story building. At 3rd & Nueces a 55-story condo tower is going in. Called the Austonian, this project is
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The January issue of Texas REALTOR ® came out today. In it was a story on the economic outlook for Texas in 1007. Economists from the Texas Real Estate Center at Texas A&M had some good things to say. Among them were that: "Texas home sales
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According to the Texas Workforce Commission, Central Texas is looking great. Our regions job growth was 3.1% in the last month of 2006. For the year, we added almost 22,000 jobs. That helps explain the health of the Austin real estate market. Good job
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Hamilton Pool Road, in northwest Travis County, used to be the road you take to get to the spectacular Hamilton Pool Preserve. It also used to be a place along which people bought acreage and build homes in order to enjoy the quiet and peaceful lifestyle.
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The Week in Review: Jan. 7 – Jan. 13, 2007 (compared to the same week in 2006) New listings down 19.12%. Pending Sales up 11.90% S olds up 15.23%. As for Average Prices: Jan. 7 – Jan. 13, 2007 (compared to the same week in 2006) "New
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I went to the site I have bookmarked for the official Austin Board of REALTORS ® (ABoR) Austin MLS map and I couldn't access it without logging into ABoR. When I logged in I saw that I could access either the old Austin MLS map or the new Austin
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If you have paid any attention at all to the news you know about the ice that has coated the country from the Big Bend area of Texas all the way to New Hampshire. The Austin area didn't get hit as hard as eastern Oklahoma, but we did get hit. Allow
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The National Association of REALTORS® had an article dated January, 2006. This information was gathered as a result of 145,000 questionnaires being mailed out to people across the country who bought homes from August, 2004 to August, 2005. Nine of
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In my opinion, part of living in a community is giving back. I give back to my community in a variety or ways. Relay For Life is one of those ways. Relay For Life is an event that brings a community together for a common cause. We hold Relay for three
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Quite often real estate values are impacted by the quality of schools in the area. One significant thing that attracts people to south Lake Travis area real estate is the Lake Travis Independent School District (LTISD). At one time, each school was very
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Anyone interested in a high quality, easy to maintain, golf community home in the Lake Travis area really would consider the Villas at Flintrock Falls. There are four models being built in phase II. They range from 2211 square feet for a single-story
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I post the latest Austin Real Estate Market Stats here when they are available. Many posts come from a weekly email I get from Alamo Title Co. Some I take from the Austin Board of REALTORS ® website. You will find links here to the Alamo Title site
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I was speaking with a construction manager who works with a national home builder yesterday. I was curious about his take on new home starts in 2007. Last year saw a record in terms of new home starts. Toward the end of the year inventory wasn't selling
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• lot / land - MLS® #5449544 $299,000 Bella Montagna, Lakeway - Fabulous Hill Country and distant Lake Travis view lot in the exclusive, gated community of Bella Montagna. Property information
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A post from my friends at Land Mortgage So we'll start out by looking at the US economy at large. Things began to slow down in 2006, which was not only needed after its former torrid pace, but also exactly what the Fed wanted to see happen. A "soft
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The Texas legislature is considering a change to the cap on appraised values set by county tax appraisal districts. Several proposals caught my eye. The first is the proposal to limit the annual increase in the appraised value to 5% instead of the current
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I met with Bill Aydam, owner and manager of Vintage Builders , this morning. Beginning next week I will be helping Bill sell homes in Flintrock Falls, a gated, golf subdivision within the city of Lakeway. The project is the Villas at Flintrock Falls .
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The 2007 economic outlook looks bright. According to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), the country is expected to see a lower rate of inflation, a dip in GDP and about a 10th of a percent increase in the unemployment rate. NAR economists
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