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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.

June 2010 - Posts

Aquapalooza and Alex
Hurricane Alex looks like it has finally decided where it will make landfall and where it will go after that. For a brief time, various computer models had it coming on shore in south Texas and then curving up to the Austin area. That could have been Read More...
Lakeway Home Sales and Statistics
Single-family home sales in Lakeway have been better this spring and summer than a year ago, but it is still a bit slow in this Hill Country city. For the time period from April 27, 2009 through June 27, 2009, 45 single-family homes sold in Lakeway. The Read More...
Lakeway and Other Area July 4th Parades, Fireworks Shows and Events
Lakeway is a great city and is full of patriotism. The city hosts a great July 4th parade and a nice fireworks show later in the Lakeway City Park. The parade this year will be on Saturday, July 3. It starts at the Live Oak Golf Club and ends at the Lakeway Read More...
Home Sales Plunge
So should we be worried? We should be worried like we were early in the year when sales were slow. I was sitting with one of my favorite closing officers at dinner last night and asked her what kind of volume she was seeing. Jean told me that they have Read More...
Lake Travis Waterfront Properties From the Water
I took a Lake Travis waterfront home tour in a boat today and got some pretty good photos. I just added a page on my website showing these photos because people can really get a different perspective if they see Lake Travis waterfront properties from Read More...
How to Make your Older Home Out-Show the Newbies
It’s no secret that we’re currently in a buyer’s market in many parts of Austin. And with that, many home owners are wondering if their older Austin home for sale has a chance in today’s competitive housing market. And this is Read More...
Lots of Buyer Activity for Lake Travis Real Estate
I posted a while ago about how much Lake Travis waterfront home inventory is available and have been wondering when it would start selling. All of a sudden I am seeing a big jump in buyer traffic for Lake Travis waterfront and Lake Travis view homes. Read More...
Texas Will Benefit From the Gulf Oil Spill
I was having a conversation with a couple I was showing Lake Travis view homes yesterday over lunch and we were talking about the oil spill and how Texas can actually benefit from it. The oil has netagively affected Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Read More...