February 2007 - Posts
Blanco County, west of Austin, could get larger - much larger in terms of population. A new development planned for northern Blanco and part of southern Burnet County could bring as many as 6000 new homes to the area. Also included in the plans are golf
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The Domain is a huge development in north central Austin that will bring huge changes to the area. The location currently has warehouses and old other buildings as well as a lot of pavement for parking. What this area will turn into will be a massive
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The Lake Travis ISD has announced its new LTISD school attendance boundaries . With rapid growth in the area, new schools will be needed. Serene Hills Elementary school is under construction right now and will be ready for the next school year. As more
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January, 2007 compared to January, 2006: New listings were down by 33.69%. Pending home sales decreased by 37.40% The number of homes sold decreased by 10.82%. Does the number of homes that sold dropping mean we were slower in January? I really don't
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Hutto is a small town to the northeast of Austin that has seen tremendous growth lately. The population of Hutto has literally gone up by over 800% over the past few years. For reasons unknown to me, the city entered into water contracts with several
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As more and more homes and businesses are built in the Central Texas area, the supply of water is a huge concern of mine. The lakes and aquifers can only sustain us so long without extensive conservation. As water becomes more scarce, it will become more
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That is what the sign said at Tank Town , which might be the only place in the country that sells bottled rain water. This is a place to the west of Dripping Springs , TX that has roofs to collect rainfall and tanks to store it. I love it, but there is
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There are a lot of high-rise condominium, apartment and mixed use buildings that are planned for the downtown Austin area. I posted a little about this a few weeks ago when I wrote about a 55 story condo tower being planned for downtown Austin . The planned
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Some Areas within the boundaries that the MLS serves changed a little while ago. The Austin Board of REALTORS ® ( ABoR) has not made its MLS Area map public and it doesn't look like it will. So title companies have gotten on the ball. Gracy Title
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Looking to buy or sell a home and want to have good demographic and other information for the area? I found a website that provides detailed information by zip code. Go to Homefair , put in your zip code and see what comes up. You can get information
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Do you like maps? How about aerial photos? These can be wonderful tools when looking for a home. Take Google Maps for example. You can enter an address, such as 1920 Lohman's Crossing 78734, and get a street map, an aerial photo or a hybrid, which
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Jason left a comment asking about the opening date for the mall. If you go to the Hill Country Galleria Mal l website, you will see that the site, just like the mall, is still under construction. From what I have heard, the theater will be the fist thing
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I got a floor plan for the Hill Country Galleria Mall that is under construction in Bee Cave this morning. It shows not just the floor plan, but it also shows what stores in their respective locations in the mall. It looks like there will be 11 main buildings.
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Apache Shores , an Austin area subdivision between Lakeway and Mansfield Dam, has seen significant change in recent years. The transition really started a couple of years ago, but 2006 was telling in terms of the Apache Shores real estate market. In 2006,
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Betty left a comment yesterday asking for more information on the Villas at Flintrock Falls. The questions were about when they would be available and the property taxes. First, all but one are to-be-built homes. We do have one spec going in that should
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Is that a strange title for a real estate blog? Probably... I was checking my website stats this morning to see what search terms have been used to find it. One that wasn't hugely popluar, but that was used fairly often was "Austin realestate."
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Home owners & business owners - if you have a security system, make sure you read this. If you have a smart house, make sure you read this. If you have a POS system or other computer related systems at your business, read this. Have you heard about
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