June 2008 - Posts
I read a long article in the paper this morning about Google. The headline was: "Does Google know too much?" and it was about how much information Google gathers and stores about users. The internet has revolutionized the way people do just
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With the hot weather the lack of rain and normal water usage, Lake Travis is dropping rapidly. I just went to the LCRA website and saw that over the last week or so, Lake Travis is dropping by an average of around 3.5 inches per day. This isn't anything
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I wrote a blog post on another blog back in December, 2006 talking about growth to the west of Austin. At that time, it looked like the LCRA would take water lines farther out Hamilton Pool Road and Highway 71. The LCRA was projecting that by the year
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Residents living close to Northcross are happy about a change in plans by Wal-Mart. Two years ago, the huge discount retailer announced plans to build an almost 200,000 square foot store at Northcross Mall. Area residents almost immediately formed a group
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There was an article in the Austin American Statesman today predicting that home prices will rise after this buying season. The article cited sources who talked about rising construction costs, rising transportation costs for material, less new inventory
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Austin is a hot place right now. I'm not talking about the real estate market, but the air temperature. As I sit here writing this at 12:45 PM it is already 96 degrees at the Lake Travis weather station. So far this year we have already had 14 days
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Guest post by Steven Bray of Texas Lone Star Lending: Economic Summary The Texas economy continued to soften in May, although economic growth in Texas still is stronger than in the rest of the country. The labor market remains relatively tight with reports
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At the grand opening of the Reserve at Lake Travis yesterday, I got to take a short helicopter tour. After taking off, we went up to around 1000 feet and followed Lake Travis to the east. Banking over the uxclusive subdivision of Angel Bay, we turned
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The grand opening for the Reserve at Lake Travis lived up to it’s billing yesterday. I did not stay for the evening activities, but the day stuff was great. I went with fellow agent Claudine Thorne and we had a great time. Arriving at noon, we were
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The Reserve at Lake Travis is a high-end equestrian community west of Austin around an hour. Situated on Lake Travis, the development will have a number of waterfront lots. Sitting on 300 acres, lot sizes will be generous at one to five acres. In addition
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Here are the latest stats from Alamo Title Co.: The number of active listings are up 22.80% over last year. The number of new listings are down this week 5.49% (compared to the same week last year). Pendings and solds are also down. How are we doing on
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When someone does a Google search for Austin real estate or any other city using a similar term, websites are returned. At the very top highlighted with a very dim color and on the right side are what are called pay-per-click or PPC. Owners of these sites
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Over the last several years I have gotten a lot of calls from out of area buyers wanting Lake Travis waterfront homes. When I have told people about prices, they have not wanted to believe me. After all, Lake Travis is just another lake in Texas, right?
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I had a call a few weeks ago from a guy who found a Lake Travis waterfront lot online for $160,000. He was pretty excited about this as it is just about the least expensive waterfront lot you will ever see on Lake Travis. When he gave me the address,
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