January 2010 - Posts
Austin is set for a slow, but steady recovery this year and that starts with job growth. According to economist Angelou Angelous, the Austin area will continue to lose jobs in manufacturing and constructions, but we will see growth in education, health
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From guest blogger Steven Bray of Texas Lone Star Lending : On January 20th, FHA announced changes in its residential loan programs designed primarily to prevent the insolvency of the FHA insurance fund. The fund insures lenders against loss when FHA
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Schlitterbahn will build a 95 acre water resort park in Cedar Park. That will make a lot of people very happy. Cedar Park will pick up over 1,000 jobs and will get tons of tax revenue. She the story here . Two different reports show anywhere from $200
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The Vistas at Lakeway is a fairly new Toll Brothers condominium development off RR 620 in Lakeway. The condos are set back from behind 620 behind a small field and they are surrounded by a nature preserve, making the back of many of the units quite private.
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I posted early in the month about the amount of activity on my website picking up a lot. This was based on the number of website visitors registering to use my property search feature jumping. I have another indication that things are heating up for the
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The latest forecast is calling for fairly significant rain in south and central Texas over the next several days. Below is a map showing the rainfall forecast. If this system does what it is forecast to, the heaviest accumulations will be just to our
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...for Austin home buyers wanting to take advantage of the tax credit. From Austin lender, Steven Bray: In November, Congress passed an extension and expansion of the homebuyer tax credit. If you're considering purchasing a home, read the details
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I found a posting on Facebook today that shared a link to a story about the best metro areas in the country for jobs in 2010 - Texas had 4 of the top five. Said about Austin: "Due to its well-prepared grads of top research institutions and its entrepreneurial
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From Alamo Title Co.: The US Real Estate Market : Last chance to refinance below 5% If you want to refinance your mortgage into a loan with a sub-5% interest rate, better hurry. Your window of opportunity is closing fast. To read to full article visit
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Like so many others, I watched Texas lose to Alabama last night. When Colt McCoy went out after the Th play and went into the locker room, you could almost hear the air deflate out of Texas fans everywhere. Garrett Gilbert came in as a true freshman who
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Rough Hollow is a large development in and west of Lakeway with Lake Travis frontage. Out of the 2400 acres in Rough Hollow, about 400 have been developed. Of the rest, 600 acres will be left as green space and an additional 500 acres will be parks, greenbelts
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Forbes ran an article toward the end of last year talking about which cities were the to recover the fastest. As one would expect, Texas had 4 with Austin coming at number 3 on the list. Forbes looked at the top 100 metro areas in the country and ranked
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