September 2007 - Posts
I keep three blogs and even at the risk of having duplicate content, I am posting this list on all three because there are so many great reasons to live in Austin . Take a look: • Austin ranks as the 4th Best City in Overall Standard of Living by
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Many people look at Keller Williams and think of us as Joe's Generic Real Estate Company, thinking we are only involved in low and mid-priced homes. A lot of sellers of high end properties don't consider Keller Williams because they see some of
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But not in Austin. According to a CNNMoney.com report, there will be double digit depreciation in many markets across the country. Click here for the report. As can be expected, the big losers are in California, Arizona and Florida. But if you take a
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The headline in the Statesman's business section this morning read: "Area job market is tightest in 6 years." The seasonally adjusted job growth rate in August was 4.1% The Austin area's unemployment rate was 3.5%How many 5 county markets
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I got an email from Kryste Dolen, the daughter of Jeff Dolen the developer of Sunset Harbor. Susan must have seen my north shore Lake Travis real estate update . The email said: "I wanted to give you some updated info regarding the development. After
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I ran some numbers this afternoon to support a discussion that fellow agent Phil Walthall and I were having today. What we were discussing was the decline in Austin area home sales, but that prices continue to rise. If you are into numbers, this will
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I was in a discussion with Gary Keller, the Keller of Keller Williams, and other REALTORS last week and part of the discussion was the local real estate market. You read all the time lately about the national real estate bubble and that just isn't
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I went to my Lakeway - Lake Travis Rotary Club meeting the other and decided to take my camera. I wanted to take some pictures from the Lakeway Spa and Resort, which is where we meet. What used to be the Lakeway Inn for many years changed when Dolce bought
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I just got back from my LAkeway - Lake Travis Rotary Club meeting, at which the developer of the new Hill Country Galleria Mall gave us a great update. Highlites: Dillards will have a soft opening September 21 and the official opening September 26. The
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I added a search by map feature to my website a couple of months ago and I am wondering if people like it. Below the map, searchers can still input search criteria, but they can also zoom in and out, drag the map and hover over a property to see the details
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The 11th annual underwater clean-up of Lake Travis was today. Loads of people donned their scuba gear and went under to see what they could find. This would have been easier 90 days ago when the lake was 50 feet lower than today, the the volunteers apparently
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Lake Travis High School (LTHS) has a TEA rating of Academically Acceptable. So how is it that LTHS was just named one of only 385 public schools in Texas that made the Texas Business Coalition (TBEC) Honor Roll? TBEC's Honor Roll is a really big deal.
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If you are in an area with a sewer system and your house is lower than street level, you probably have a grinder pump. What is a grinder pump and why is it important? A grinder pump is a device that grinds all of the household waste that goes down a drain
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Allison posted a comment to my blog recently and included her url. I followed the link and was pleased with what I found. Alisson is our productivy coach and I think she is great at what she does. Well it seems that Allison has chosen to start sharing
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