July 2010 - Posts
I have gotten more requests than I usually get for people who want to do a home search by Zip Code. So today, I added a page to my webswite for that. The page has the Austin area broken doewn geographically and lists Zip Codes per area. When a user clicks
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For this, we will need to talk some statistics. 2006 was a record setting year for Austin home sales. Things started slowing in 2007 and 2008 and sales hit the skids in 2009. As one might expect, prices have come down, but believe it or not, the Austin
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I have had a lot of buyers in the car this summer and have emailed and talked on the phone with many more. Most utter the same words – “I’m looking for a great deal.” Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing bad about wanting
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H-E-B finally opened a grocery store in Dripping Springs on a 56 acre development. Also on the 56 acres are a bank, a Home Depot and other retail stores. This is something that some Dripping Springs residents welcome and others did not want to see. For
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I showed a really cool Apache Shores Waterfront Home a week ago and saw it again today on a property tour. The property includes a house, a lot, a waterfront cabin and a boat dock. The photo above shows the view looking toward Austin. It is much more
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Return on Investment. These three magic words can either make or break a seller’s piggy bank. Many new Austin real estate buyers and current sellers plan on tackling home improvement projects over the next few months. If you’d like to undertake
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CNBC announced the results of its study to determine which states are best states to do business in and Texas grabbed the top spot. The study looked at 40 different metrics in 10 categories, assigning each category a certain number of points. There were
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Rough Hollow is a wonderful community and it will get even better as it develops more. The 2010 Parade of Homes should introduce many more people to Rough Hollow as the Parade will be there just as it was in 2008. So where’s the Charlie Brown connection?
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The 2010 hurricane forecast is looking pretty ominous. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is calling for 14-23 named storms with 8-14 hurricanes and 3-7 major hurricanes. These are pretty troubling numbers. So not only do residents of
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Besides the number of contracts I have working or the number of buyers I am showing homes to, I like to check my real estate website activity to see what people are doing online. The majority of people using my site are home buyers, not sellers, and many
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The good people of Jonestown, on the north side of Lake Travis, have finally had enough of the noise from Devil’s Cove. Devil’s Cove is the premier party cove on Lake Travis and it can see a lot of action. Boaters go to Devil’s Cove
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