October 2008 - Posts
One of the blogs I follow is inmanNEWS. There were two posts this week that looked pretty encouraging. The first was abou thomes sales in Southern California being 65% higher than a year ago in September. The second was about the San Francisco Bay area
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My daughter spent the night at a friend's house along with three other girls last weekend. When I picked her up on Saturday, she rather animatedly told me about going to the House of Torment near Highland Mall in Friday night. She said that she screamed
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If you read my post from the other day, you will know that I talked about building in the floodplain of Lake Travis. I talked about elevating the first floor of the house and also about mechanical systems like the air conditioner compressor. I just found
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OK, this didn't come from me. It came from Forbes. The article, dated 10-10-08 talks about the economy in different parts of the country, specifically about job growth and housing prices. Click here for the article. It is interesting, but not surprising,
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If you are considering building on Lake Travis and probably on many other lakes, there are some things you need to know. Lake Travis is west of downtown Austin, Texas around 45 minutes. Everything in this article will be specific to Lake Travis, but it
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If you live on Lake Travis or are buying property on Lake Travis, you may be wondering about using Lake Travis water for household use and landscape irrigation. The answer is probably yes. What you need to do is contact Anissa Menefee at the LCRA at 800-776-5272,
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I've been waiting and waiting for this time of year to get here. No, not football season, although I am thrilled that it is here. Right now is when the door really got slammed on buyers who could not qualify. This is the time that lenders put the
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No, not HAM and not Spam. Sure, Austin is home to Spanfest, but HAAM is something entirely different. HAAM stands for Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. Austin is called the Live Music Capital of the World" and yet there are so many musicians
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If you're addicted to cable news as I am, you can't help but worry about the credit crisis gripping the world. I keep wondering how and when it's going to affect me personally. Currently, I'm not seeking credit, but what if I was? I hear
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I read a story in the New York Times today that basically republished a story from September 30, 1999 titled " Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending ." The story referenced how Fannie was being pressured by the Clinton administration
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