March 2010 - Posts
A new emergency room will open in Bee Cave later this year and that is great news for the area. Bee Caves Urgent Care, a minor emergency clinic opened fairly recently on Highway 71, but major emergency medical care is still 20+ minutes away from the area,
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This post has nothing to do with Austin real estate, but it is important to anyone who is active in online social networks like Facebook or Twitter. I was listening to the radio today and heard the host of a show talking about the burglary of someone’s
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The Lakeway Regional Medical Center is finally moving forward again. The construction site, which is off RR 620 just north of the Lake Travis ISD Administration building and high school, has been sitting idle for many months. The group building the hospital
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Anyone who knows the lakes understands the title of this post. Last October, Lake Travis was just over 50 feet low. The area that drains into the lake had been in an exceptional drought for a very long time. Then the rain came. It wasn't anything
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I ordered a new phone recently and a new phone, texting and data plan. I have had a Blackberry Pearl for 3+ years and it has been great, but after seeing the Samsung i7500, I knew I had to have it. One of the things that intrigued me the most about the
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Portfolio.com/bizjournals studied 67 metro markets across the country and determined that Austin is the best city for young adults. So everyone in Austin may be thinking - we needed a study for that? The study looked a number of factors including growth
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This winter has been pretty rough on people in many parts of the country. Central and South Texas have been blessed with enough rain to bust the drought, but many areas, especially in the northeast and midwest have been pounded with heavy snow and are
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The Apache Shores Greenbelt is a hidden gem that many Apache Shores residents may not know about. The nicest part of the greenbelt starts from a small parking area on Geronimo Trail. Deep in a valley between Hunters Pass and Geronimo Trail, the trail
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Check out the property search feature on my website. I will give you a link to it shortly. What makes this a great search feature? You can search by a variety of things including school district and subdivision. I can't tell you how many people want
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Apache Shores is an eclectic community near the main basin of Lake Travis. It is outside the city limits of Austin and Lakeway and because of that Apache Shores is less restrictive than the cities. A few years ago, before the economy collapsed, new homes
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From Alamo Title Co.: The Austin Market: The number of active listings are down 2.04% from last year during the same week. New listings are up 1.98%. Pendings are up this week by 32.65%. Sold residential units are up 64.66% compared to the same week last
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Buying a home in the Austin real estate area can be a daunting task. So many questions – How do I get a mortgage? How much can I afford? Will I find a home that fits my needs? What exactly is PMI? It can be easy to lose sight of the home’s
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Without doubt, the best time to think of selling your Austin real estate area house is before you buy it. In fact, there’s a saying in professional real estate circles that, “You make your money when you buy.” Unlike prior generations,
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