October 2007 - Posts
I was driving around Apache Shores the other day marveling at the new homes going up in that neighborhood, which is where I live. The transition from 5 years ago is amazing. Take a look: These new homes sit overlooking Lake Apache, a little lake in Apache
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I was searching the web for stories about the fires in California and came across an interesting blog post that was written by Nickie Rothwell's on her Los Angeles home staging business blog. The post was about the importance of changing air conditioning
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The last few days have been absolutely beautiful in the Austin area. Cold nights, cool days and low humidity are what we have experienced. An interesting thing happens in the morning on days like these. What you are looking at is fog that is spilling
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Nope, that isn't a basketball game score, it is the temperature drop since yesterday afternoon - 33 degrees. I love this time of year in Central Texas. One never really knows what the weather will be like in October - or any of our fall and winter
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As of today, October 19, 2007, there are 180 active, single-family home listings in Steiner Ranch. The average price is $586,286, with the least expensive home being $225,000 and the highest being $3.6 million. The average price per square foot is $158.
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October 7 - October 13, 2007 (compared to the same week in 2006) New listings up 42.39% Pendings are up 34.72% Solds down 13.89% As for Average Prices: Oct 7 - Oct 13, 2007 (compared to the same week in 2006) The "New Listings" average list
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Do you know what a Buyer's Agent is and why they are significant? Most people don't. In Texas, you have representation as a seller when you sign a listing agreement. What many home buyers don't understand is that the listing agent can't
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The legend is hard to read, but Keller Williams is the red column at almost 18%. Need I say more?
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Hey folks, this isn't of importance to you. I am doing a test to see how quickly a post from this blog gets indexed by the search engines. Technorati Profile
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There was an article in the paper today about a company that moved to Austin for ribs, brisket and technical talent. Wincor Noxdorf is a company from Germany that makes things like ATMs that can take bulk check deposits. Not something you hear about every
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Business Week has a great article that isn't what we've all been reading lately. Rather than talk all doom and gloom about the real estate market(s) in the U.S., the article has some pretty good news to share. The article talks about how 97 markets
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There seem to be two kinds of home buyers out there using the internet these days. Those who are ready to buy right now and those who are many months out. Regardless of which kind of buyer, most people looking to buy a home these days jump on the internet
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This post has absolutely nothing to do with real estate, but it is relevant to what is happening in the world today. Whether or not you support the war in Iraq, I hope you support our troops. Read on to see just what the heck I am talking about. I had
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