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A friend and associate at the Keller Williams Lake Travis office stood up at our sales meeting and held up some newspaper clippings.  They had been used as packing material and were dated as having been published in 1993.  What she read to us was from the real estate section.  Take a look. Austin homes starting in the ...

I just pulled some stats for January and February to see how things have slowed in the Austin real estate market.  These figures are for single-family homes, condos, townhomes and mobile homes and the numbers came directly from the MLS. As you can see, January wasn't a good month, but it wasn't as bad as what we have read about ...

That was the headline of an article in the Statesman yesterday.  Fortune Magazine published an article in the December, 1008 issue about the housing outlook for 2009.  Both cited tremendous price decreases in housing in many cities.  Was Austin included?  No. Home prices dropped over 18% across the country in November, ...

I've been waiting and waiting for this time of year to get here.  No, not football season, although I am thrilled that it is here.  Right now is when the door really got slammed on buyers who could not qualify.  This is the time that lenders put the huge squeeze on borrowers.  Now that September and October are here we will ...

CORRECTION on 9/8/2008:  I usually just copy and paste these stats without questioning them and obviously missed something.  I want to thank commenters jcn and Charlie Pitkin for pointing it out.  I just got an email from Alamo Title saying that there was a typo.  The average price of a home sold in Austin in August actually ...

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.  ...

Here are the latest stats from Alamo Title Co.:The number of active listings are up 22.80% over last year.The number of new listings are down this week 5.49% (compared to the same week last year).  Pendings and solds are also down.How are we doing on sales prices?  To get the full picture, check out the our web site for ...

The latest stats from Alamo Title are out and here they are:April 2008 - Units for Sale: (compared to April 2007)New listings were up 48.05%. Pendings were down 67.04%.Solds decreased by 17.31%. As for Average Prices:The "New Listings" average list price is down 0.47% to 330,528.  In April 2007 the average list price was ...

I have been getting call and emails asking me to find people great deals since the Austin market is slowing.  Buyers from other markets have been coming and low-balling sellers all over the place.  Is it reasonable to expect a great deal in Austin?  Are things really as bad as the press would have us believe?  Check out the ...

I've been waiting and watching for this.  This is only one week, but I wonder if it is the beginning of the trend I have been expecting.  From Alamo Title Co.:Week in Review:March 2 - March 8, 2008(compared to the same week in 2007)New listings up 74.22%Pendings are down 65.11% Solds are down this week by 16.67% As for ...