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  • Sam Chapman is a real estate agent with Private Label Realty and is licensed in the state of Texas. License # 0509637.

September 2009 - Posts

Austin Area Foreclosures Rise
Foreclosures in the Austin area are on the rise. In fact, they are up by 72% over last year. The reason? Bad loans and the poor economy for the most part. Many people who bought a few years ago bought using what some call NINJA loans – no job, no Read More...
Texas Real Estate Blog Competition
A little over a month ago the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M announced a Texas real estate blog competition . They hand picked a number of blogs and sent then out in their weekly e-newsletter, which is called RECON. Readers were asked to vote for Read More...
Rain, Cooler Temperatures and Football
The Austin area and much of Central Texas cooled off recently with a welcome string of rainy days. The area picked up anywhere from 1 to 14 inches of rain over about a 4 day period. A lot of rain fell in the area that drains into Lake Travis, but the Read More...
New Austin Community
I am working with a builder and a developer on a new development that we hope to get off the ground soon. The development will feature Craftsman style architecture and will offer entry level pricing within the Lake Travis ISD. Homes will start around Read More...