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  • Sam Chapman is a real estate agent with Private Label Realty and is licensed in the state of Texas. License # 0509637.

November 2007 - Posts

Austin is the Hottest Up and Coming Real Estate Market
Real Estate guru Barbara Corcoran was on the Today Show this morning talking about the latest, greatest up and coming real estate markets in the country. She first talked about what makes an area up and coming and toward the end reviewed four markets. Read More...
The Domain Grows
One of the developers of the Domain is moving forward with a new phase. That includes adding a Whole Foods store, bringing in another high-end department store like the Neiman Marcus and Macy’s that is already in the part of the Domain developed Read More...
Subprime Mortgages by County
Take a look at this map , which shows the percent of subprime mortgages across the county by county. One thing you will find is that Central Texas isn't one of the areas with a terribly high number of these. All of the counties in the Austin MSA are Read More...
Retiring to Austin
With more and more baby boomers starting to enter retirement, Austin is a great place for them to look for a retirement house. More specifically, the hills from western Austin to Marble Falls as well as the entire Dripping Springs area are the places Read More...
Lakeway Regional Medical Center
I have posted about the proposed and now approved medical center Lakeway is getting before. Now I can direct you to a website with images showing the layout on a plat and a 3-dimensional drawing. It is very impressive. Click here for the plat and here Read More...
Prayer To St. Peter
On this Thanksgiving I think of our troops all around the world. The living should be honored for all they do for our own country and others. Those we have lost should also be remembered and honored for all they have done. I am thankful for the men and Read More...
Hospitals and Banks = Growth
The western Travis, northern Hays and southern Burnett Counties area is poised for some really significant growth. A major medical facility (read hospital with a level 2 trauma center) is slated for Lakeway. A hospital is going into the Marble Falls area. Read More...
Keller Williams Masterminds
I was down at the Austin Convention Center for a tech panel discussing internet leads this afternoon. It was part of the Keller Williams Masterminds program, which brings agents from all over the place to learn and brainstorm. This post is intended to Read More...
Fog Over Mansfield Dam
If you saw my post from a few days ago about fog following the Colorado River valley, you know that the for isn't generated just by the water of Lake Austin. This shot shows the thin, soupy fog as it rolls over Mansfield Dam from Lake Travis. It is Read More...