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Home and 15 Acres near Georgetown, Texas

Home on 15 unrestricted acres — convenient to Georgetown and easy access to transportation arteries to Austin or points beyond. Continue reading →

Distressed properties, distressed sellers

Don’t wait until it’s too late to admit you can’t keep up with your mortgage payments. Call me! Continue reading →

Austin Metro Building Permits

Much of what I have written about the “state of the market” in and around Austin has focused on resale homes. New construction is obviously an important part of the market, and it’s a great barometer for confidence in the local economy, job growth, investment opportunities, etc. Continue reading →

More Central Texas history

The James Gang visited a lot of places, but it’s interesting that they stopped in Rockdale, about an hour northeast of Austin, to see a former gang member. Continue reading →

Employment — this is more than just semantics!

There is a difference between comparing employment from month to month, and comparing to the same month in a previous year. The Austin metro area gained jobs on a month-to-month basis for 8 of the 12 months from February 2009 through January 2010. Continue reading →

Austin Area — then and now

Austin and the surrounding area of Central Texas have a lot of history and historical sites so I took time to assemble a few for you to consider. Continue reading →

“Messenger of the Alamo” historical home

William Travis gave her a ring from his family and asked her to carry the story of the Alamo to Sam Houston. Continue reading →

Passenger rail in Austin

Mules? Jitneys? What a difference a century makes! Continue reading →

They’re doing it again!

While Austin has certainly felt the effects of the recession, I see good news in the TWC data. Admittedly, I am a “glass is half full” kind of guy, but I can’t figure out how to interpret that actual data negatively! Continue reading →

What price ranges are selling in Austin?

We all read and hear so much bad news about the national real estate market that keeping a realistic perspective about the Austin/Central Texas area is difficult. The average sale price in December 2009 was about 4% higher than in January 2008, and the median price increased about 2% during that same two-year period. Continue reading →

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