December 2007 - Posts
The New York Times reported today that home prices around the country are seeing a rapid descent. The story reported that of 20 major metro areas surveyed, all but three saw declining prices. I would like to see some of the metro areas were left out.
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A new Census Bureau estimate just released shows Texas to have the highest population growth of any state in the country. This is in terms of the number of people, not a percent. It was estimated that Texas gained 500,000 people during the year that ended
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36 - 34 was the final score and I have no idea who would have believed it - except for everyone at Lake Travis High School. The LT football team had a record of 15 and 1 and ended their season with the state championship in 4A Division II football. I
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Anyone who knows anything about Texas and football knows that high school football is huge in this state. When anyone who knows Austin thinks of state championship games, they usually think about Westlake. Well, not this year. This year the Austin area
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Here is one more source showing that the Austin-Round Rock single-family housing market continued to be strong in terms of price appreciation through October, 2007. This one, by First American LoanPerformance, show Austin to have had an over 8.5% rate
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Does this image tell you something? Perhaps not, but the next one will. This is the water tower at the Lakeway Blvd. entrance to Lakeway. It is painted to look like a giant golf ball on a blue tee. Just to the west of Austin on Lake Travis is the city
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What - Keller Williams? Look at the graphs. Neither of these graphs show all Austin real estate companies doing luxury transactions. Only those with 1% of the market or more are shown. But does this paint a little different picture of Keller Williams?
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• lot / land - MLS® #3626447 $95,000 Lakeway, Travis County - Great lot in Lakeway. Slopes slightly from the street and then has a level build site. Property information On the plat shown, the lot is the one with the number 3702 on it.
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A group called Scarborough Research just released a list of top blogging cities in the country and Austin is #1 on that list. What the study said is that 15% of Austin residents over the age of 18 add blog content or read blogs regularly. It also tied
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If you are a real buyer looking in any market right now, there is something you absolutely must do in order to be taken serious when making an offer. You absolutely must have a pre-approval letter or if paying cash, you must have a letter from a financial
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Austin seems to be all over the news lately, coming out on top 10 lists for all sorts of things. Golf Magazine ranks the Austin-Round Rock area as the top city in the country for golf in 2007. Click here for the list. Real estate guru Barbara Corcoran
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The Human Capital Institute posted its top ten cities list for the most popular cities people want to relocate to for work. Austin is #6 on the list. Click here for their key findings and to see the list. You will also see the bottom 10 picks. Want info
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Two new communities are coming on line in the Lakeway and Bee Cave area. North Lakeway features town homes and single family homes. The prices range from the low 300's to the mid 400's. The town homes are 2,500 to 2,600 square feet. The single
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Sam Kambo is a man from Sierra Leone, Africa who came to the states in 1994 on a work visa. He was a leader of a group that overthrew his country's government in 1992, but there doesn't seem to be much to support allegations that he actively parcipated
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There was a tiny story in today’s Statesman about how Austin continues to buck the national trend. There was a list of 10 cities around the country that have seen good home price appreciation this year and over 5 years. The list and my comments:
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