May 2010 - Posts
This time it was Kiplinger, ranking Austin #1 on its list of Best Cities for the next Decade. The study that looked at over 200 cities looked for smart people, great ideas aod collaberation. The first sentence in the description of why Austin is so great
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OK, this post has nothing to do with Austin or real estate, but I want to share it with anyone with a Boy Scout in the family or with a Scouting background. I was ai Boy Scout in Texas and Alaska. While in Alaska, I saw some amazing places and had some
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Lakeway may be the home of a new H-E-B grocery store. Apparently there are talks underway between H-E-B and the developer of a tract at the corner of Serene Hills and Hwy 71. The city of Bee Cave won't be happy if this happens as the H-E-B at the
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Europe, starting with Greece, is in the midst of a financial crisis and that is actually good for U.S. mortgage rates. Like many others had done, I predicted that rates would rise this year and for a short time they did. Then along came Greece’s
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The Austin City Council has selected Trammell Crow, Constructive Ventures and USAA Real Estate Co. to buy the Green Water Treatment Plant in downtown Austin. Constructive Ventures will erect 2 towers somewhere from 400-500 feet tall. They will house 450
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I started this Austin Real Estate Guy Blog back in November, 2006. There were several reasons for me to start blogging. One was to enhance my search engine optimization efforts. Another was to put quality information out there for people interested in
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Lake Travis is back up after two summers of drought and because of that many homes on the lake are back on the market. The Lake South (LS) and Lake West (LW) areas of the Austin MLS are on the south shore of Lake Travis. Included in these areas are the
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It’s no secret that parts of the Austin real estate market is currently in a buyer’s market. So what does that mean to Austin real estate home buyers? It might mean a deal! And deals come in all shapes and sizes – including short sales.
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Lakeway and surrounding areas have quite a few high end homes on the market and we have not seen a lot of movement lately. What movement we have seen in many cases has seen significant price reductions. With the work started on the Lakeway Regional Medical
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Texas is well known for having some wonderful wildflower displays in the spring, but conditions in the winter months need to be right if we're to have a good wildflower crop. Rain needs to fall in December and January as this is when the wildflowers
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I had a pleasant surprise when I checked the mail this afternoon. I got my property tax appraisal and saw that the assessed value for my Apache Shores property was 15% less than it was last year. The value is now the lowest it has been since 2006. Looking
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