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Pricing to sell — the real world

Price your house right the first time. Why spend more time on the market just to sell for less? Continue reading

Jobs in Austin

Instead of discussing Austin employment statistically, sometimes it’s important to focus on specific employers. Here is a variety of success stories. Continue reading

Housing Bubble? Austin compared to Case-Shiller cities

I decided to assemble a more complete comparison of home prices in the Austin area and in the Case-Shiller indices (10-city and 20-city composites). The result? Here’s what a housing bubble looks like. Continue reading

Growth and employment in Austin

What a great time to be in a great place! Continue reading

Quick comparison — Austin vs. Case-Shiller Index

Unlike many cities used in the Case-Shiller Index, Austin saw average home sale prices dip in December, but here’s a different view of that data. Continue reading

Employment growth continues

By virtually every measure, Austin is the place to be. Yes, I’m biased, but this is a great place to live and work.
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Well, there is this one little thing …

Even data in this report says that our traffic isn’t much worse than the last study, and it might even be a little better. Either way, just because the way the score is counted is different, doesn’t change the result. Continue reading

Austin Sales and Building Permits

A couple of days ago I received some questions on one of my blogsites about my Austin Market Dashboard. It strikes me that others may have the same questions … Continue reading

Austin foreclosures up, but compared to what?

Today’s local report about properties scheduled for February foreclosure auctions made much about the “high” level of foreclosures in the Austin metro area, but relative to metro population or compared to cities where the housing downturn hit much harder, Austin doesn’t look so bad. Continue reading

Austin in the news … in case you missed it

CBS Evening News featured Austin yesterday as the top job-creating city in the country … Continue reading

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