May 2009 - Posts
The title of this post was the subject line of an email I got from Zillow today. The email claims that according to Zillow's own market reports, Austin area home values increased 8.7% from the first quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009. I
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What will the next style of architecture be for the Austin area? Although it is very nice, we have just about had our fill of the Texas Tuscan. Brick is still around, but is nothing new or fresh about it. Contemporary has been built in some areas and
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Forbes came out with a list of the Best Bargain Cities in the country and Austin was right at the top. Forbes studied the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas and looked at things like employment, salaries for degreed workers, the cost of housing and
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I just got back from the Keller Williams Internation office in Austin where I met with a bunch of tech folks. They wanted to pick my brain about how they can provide more or better support for individual agents. The asked all kinds of questions and we
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Money Magazine published an article last year that still applies today. I've been saying some of the same things Money said in the article. The article talks about people not being able to time the bottom and the very low interest rates that are even
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If you are using my website or any other agent website to look at properties, there is something you need to know. Any agent licensed in the state of Texas can be a member of the Austin Board of REALTORS. That means he or she can add a listing in our
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I have been talking with several lenders lately and the consensus is that interest rates will be up in 6-12 months. The reason is the TARP money the federal government has been using to purchase mortgage backed securities. The government set aside $1.2
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