Austin and Texas Continue to Grow - Unlike Other States - 10/26/11 02:33 PM
Texas has added close to 400,000 jobs since 2007.  The rest of the country has lost almost 7 million jobs.  Because of that, and because Texas is simply a great place in which to love, people have moving here in droves.  How many people moved to Texas between 2006 and 2009 and where did they come from?
303,850 from California
215,469 from Louisiana
166,125 from Florida
105,040 from Oklahoma
Even the smaller numbers are staggering.  How about
2,872 from Maine
31,337 from Alaska
52,658 from Ohio
 
By the way, isn't this a great photo?  Who would have guessed this is … (12 comments)

Apache Shores (Austin) Market Update - Sept., 2011 - 10/06/11 02:33 PM
Home sales in Apache Shores, a neighborhood in the Hill Country northwest of downtown Austin, were slow in September - or were they?  Only five homes sold in Apache Shores during September, but another 12 were under contract.
Granted that there are currently 42 homes for sale in Apache Shores, but with 5 sold and 12 under contract over the last month or so, that puts the community at just 3 months of inventory.
Homes sold or having gone under contract in September may have been a result of people wanting to get in or under contract before school started.  With … (0 comments)

 
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