We have seen a bit of a slow down in the real estate market in the last month for the Austin Texas area. However, since about March of this year we have had some record activity and have seen prices rebound to the same price levels as we saw in 2007 when homes prices peaked in the Austin area. The …
We have a new Blackberry application for searching homes!
Do you like to search homes from your mobile phone? Check out this link to download our new Blackberry application: https://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/135747/?lang=en. We will have the application ready to work with the iPhone, iPad and Driod in the next week to two weeks. We are very excited about these new applications!
Making the move to Downtown Austin
I read an article in the Austin American Statesman today and this is one of my favorite lines, “it wasn’t so long ago as recently as the mid- to late 1990s that very few people were living downtown and of those that were, about 20 percent of them lived at the county jail.” We have seen a tremendous increase in …
GM moving to Austin!!
GM is about to bring/hire 500 people for computer data base center in NW Austin Texas. The stream of people just keep coming to Austin. This move for GM once again shows how Austin is a very tech heavy area. We have a very educated work force and as the economy shifts more and more from production and manufacturing to …
They are finally opening the 290 Fly over!!!
Anyone who lives in S. Austin from Circle C, to Shady Hollow, to Travis Country, to Sendera, to just about anywhere in the 78745, 78749, 78748, 78736 zip codes will appreciate this. For years it has been difficult for us South Austinites to get onto 290 headed towards I-35 from MoPac. Friday that all changes. They will officially be opening …
Is Austin TX Real Estate going to be too expensive?
I read an article today in CNN about affordable homes and how many markets the median price is more than what a family at the median income can afford. In the past 12 years since I have been selling homes in Austin Texas I have seen prices rise significantly, yet when compared to the other “popular markets” like California, Florida, …
Consumer lending watch dog….Just saying that makes me laugh
I read an article today from the Austin American Statesman (the local news paper here in Austin, Texas) about how the “consumer lending watch dog” has new rules on how loan servicing companies must report and cooperate with their clients, you the home owner. They approved some items like requiring the loan servicer to provide statements so I assume this …
Is it really cheaper to buy than to rent in Austin Texas?
I have been reading articles lately talking about the price of homes, interest rates and rents and they all seem to say that it is cheaper to buy than to rent. I would say this is really market specific but today we will talk about the market I know, and that is the Austin Texas Real Estate market. The number …
Barton Springs RV park closed for good:(
As Austin Texas grows we have no choice but to say goodbye to some landmarks whether pretty or ugly. Today we say goodbye to the Mobile Manor RV Park . As taxes increase and the value of the land becomes too high there did not seem to be a lot of options for the owners. Bad news….they are putting up …
New City Ordinance Passed to Limit Short Term Rentals in Austin
We have a lot of events here in the Austin Texas area that draw crowds from all over the world. We have the SXSW music festival, Austin City Limits Music Festival, we have the new F1 track which starts races this year. As Austin grows and more and more people learn about it the need for short term rentals keeps …