November 2008 - Posts
According to Bizjournals, they will be: Las Vegas, NV Raleigh, NC Cape Coral-Fort Meyers, FL Austin, TX Phoenix, AZ McAllen-Edinberg, TX Houston, TX Salt Lake City, UT Wichita, KS Charlotte, NC Texas has three cities on the list and Austin is at #4. What
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From Alamo Title Co. in Austin: The number of active listings are up 3.99% over last year. The number of new listings are down this week 6.84% (compared to the same week last year). Pendings are down as well, where as solds are up this week. How are we
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The Austin area isn't well known for a change of seasons, but this fall has been spectacular. One thing we are really not known for is fall color when the leaves turn. The dry summer and cool nights have made for some amazing leaf color for here.
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There was an article today's Statesman that made me smile. I am not opposed to development in the Hill Country, but I don't like high density. What made me smile was reading about developer Russell Hinds having changed his development quite a
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If you have lived in Austin for a while and have never been to the top of Mt. Bonnell, you really need to go. If you visit this great city and want to see an amazing sight, you should also go. Mt. Bonnell isn't the highest place in Austin, but it
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I don't usually post about listings, but I will about this one. I put 14905 Running Deer into the MLS a couple of days ago and the list price is $135,000. Anyone who knows Apache Shores knows that this is a very low price. Why? The seller was working
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If you have been on a boat on Lake Travis and cruised by the town of Briarcliff, you know how challenging it can be to get to the water from a waterfront house. Some Lake Travis properties are gently sloping to the water and others are not. As you will
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Are you in the market for a new home in the Austin area? I got something from Taylor Morrison about huge incentives they are offering on new construction in order to get it sold before the end of the year. Straight from a builder's rep: "As I
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Zillow, CyberHomes, HomeGain, House Values - are they useful? The better question is - are they accurate? "As useful and services may seem to buyers and sellers, you've probably discovered by now that the price estimates are usually far from
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Well we did move, but not far. The Keller Williams Lake Travis office is now at 1921 Lohman's Crossing. We had a building put up and just moved in on Saturday. Although the move was Saturday, we are still getting things out of boxes and getting organized.
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This coming Thursday, November 6, will be the drawing for the Mercedes C300 and a trip to Germany. The Rotary Club of Lakeway - Lake Travis has raffled a car for the last 6 years to raise money for scholarships for high school students and we're doing
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