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Forbe's is out with its list of best places for business and careers and Austin is at #8, which is a big jump up from last year's list.  The list ranks metro areas using job growth, education, net migration, income levels, housing and other criteria.  Check out the story here and the specifics about Austin here.  If you read ...

According to Bizjournals, they will  be: Las Vegas, NV Raleigh, NC Cape Coral-Fort Meyers, FL Austin, TX Phoenix, AZ McAllen-Edinberg, TX Houston, TX Salt Lake City, UT Wichita, KS Charlotte, NC Texas has three cities on the list and Austin is at #4.  What Bizjournals looked atwas four key indicators — population, private ...

OK, this didn't come from me.  It came from Forbes.  The article, dated 10-10-08 talks about the economy in different parts of the country, specifically about job growth and housing prices.  Click here for the article.  It is interesting, but not surprising, that 4 of th etop 10 cities on the list are in Texas. In ...

From Alamo Title Co:The number of active listings are up 18.42% over last year.The number of new listings are down this week 13.84% (compared to the same week last year).  Pendings and solds are down as well.How are we doing on sales prices?  To get the full picture, check out the our web site for latest sold data.For ...

There was an excellent extra section in today's Austin American Statesman Statesman.  It is their once a year publication of all kinds of stats, things to do, places to see, music, museums, hospitals, festivals, transportation, toll roads, light rail, parks, golf, public swimming pools, city government information, volunteer ...

The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M came out with its 2008 Market Overview for major metro areas in Texas.  This is for the Austin MSA, which includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson Counties.  Cities included are Austin, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Lockhart, Pflugerville, Round Rock, San Marcos and Taylor.  ...

Despite the general downward trend of real estate throughout the country, a recent survey conducted by First American Loan Performance shows that Austin real estate is truly unique. In fact, the survey found that the prices of homes in Austin have actually gone up 8.6%. In addition, Austin was recently named one of the Top Places to Buy by ...

Several things caught my eye today in the news and from the National Association of REALTORS (NAR).  First, Anglos Angelou, who I have heard speak several times, gave his economic outlook for Austin 2008.  He basically said that he expects 2008 to be flat, but we should expect to see a better economy in 2009 and beyond.  Angelou ...

As I sit this morning after having read the newspaper, I am reflecting on how Austin’s economy and housing market are doing compared to back in 2001.  That was when our tech-heavy economy went in the tank after the national tech bubble burst.  That also caused the area’s housing market to take a big hit.That was a time during ...

The western Travis, northern Hays and southern Burnett Counties area is poised for some really significant growth.  A major medical facility (read hospital with a level 2 trauma center) is slated for Lakeway.  A hospital is going into the Marble Falls area.  Hospitals don't put major facilities in where they don't expect a ...