texas: Austin Real Estate District Spotlight: Austin's Southtown, Lower Congress Area - 03/17/08 07:49 AM
Today's spotlight is on SouthTown Austin, a growing area of South Austin that lacked the media attention of it's popular cousins in the SoCo (South Congress) and SoLa (South Lamar) Districts.
SouthTown Austin has been quietly booming for the past few years. Home prices steadily rose. The area is affordable, ripe … (2 comments)
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texas: Community Spotlight: Baby Boomers Cash in on Eagle Mountain Reserve - 02/11/08 08:00 AM
Baby Boomers will buy one out of every five new homes sold in 2008. What the 55-and-older segment is really looking for is vacant land.
For instance, the Texas Hill Country is a prime location for Boomers to look for land from a 1- acre parcel in Marble Falls to … (0 comments)
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texas: Austin Real Estate To Bloom Bigtime in 2010 - 02/06/08 07:27 AM
Ok. So I am officially excited. I've been sniffing the pollen of the new mixed-use real estate developments, condo towers, and the new urbanist communities coming in Greater Austin 2008 through 2010.
Central Austin development took a step forward last week, with two huge projects breaking ground.
The Four Seasons … (1 comments)
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texas: Builder Spotlight: Newmark Home's Parent Company Files Bankruptcy - 02/04/08 08:29 AM
I was in a Austin real estate market update class this week where Residential Strategies gave a year-end summary and forecast for the Austin area. Here is what was said for the January 2008 market summary.
1. Texas isn't doing bad compared to other states, but many national builders are in trouble … (1 comments)
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texas: Gotcha Guide™: Top 5 Tips to Avoid the Bite of a Bad Property Management Agreement - 02/01/08 07:44 AM
NOTE: This article is part of the forthcoming book, the Gotcha GuideTM to Buying or Investing in Real Estate. Email us to join the mailing list for the release date. by DeeinAustinTM
I'm a member of the Texas Association of REALTORS® (TAR) and normally like the forms they provide for consumer use. … (3 comments)
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texas: 'New Urbanism' a New Wave on Texas Coast - 01/30/08 03:27 PM
New Urbanism - just what is this? It's a way of planning cities and new developments so they have more of that traditional neighborhood feel.
Walking and biking is big in New Urban development. Instead of the old suburban car culture, where we all drive everywhere, even down the block, … (7 comments)
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texas: Annual Market Update: Austin Real Estate Winners and Losers 2007 - 01/30/08 08:24 AM
by DeeinAustinTM
Austin real estate was poised for a Super Bowl-style win in 2007, but the year proved to be humbling after the mortgage market fumble last summer.
SEE THE 8-YEAR AUSTIN REAL ESTATE MARKET PLAY-BY-PLAY (From 1999 to 2007)
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Austin homes sales during the first … (0 comments)
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texas: Spotlight: Builders Bet on Texas Lake Real Estate, Commit to 400-Acre Lake Houston Development - 01/28/08 07:47 AM
Fictional character J.R Ewing, from the popular 80s television drama, Dallas, was a betting man. What would the rich Texan do in today's housing market?
I think he'd take a peak at lake real estate in Texas, which are poised for a comeback in 2008. Investors and buyers know that know … (0 comments)
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texas: Dallas Stats In: View the Latest Market Update - 01/23/08 07:55 AM
Some of the local boards haven't officially released their December 2007 market statistics, but the Dallas board is out in front with their final numbers. Below is the summary for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington real estate market for December including data since 2005.
See the data charts below. They are viewed best … (0 comments)
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texas: Sticker Shock! Sluggish December Smacks You in the Face - 01/18/08 07:46 AM
I wonder if anyone uses the term, "sticker shock" anymore. Sticker shock was used backed in the 80s and 90s to describe the raw, gut reaction that consumers had when they saw an extremely high price tag on a item. The term wasn't used to describe real estate, but I think … (2 comments)
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texas: Step Up to the Mic: Market Condition Reporters Wanted - 01/16/08 07:08 AM
What does American Idol, Next Great American Band, and Don't Forget the Lyrics all have in common?
Besides signaling the downfall of quality television and saving network tv from the writer's strike, they allow a select few to live out fantasies of having a national audience.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR HAMS
I'm excited … (4 comments)
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texas: Development Spotlight: Trinity River Corridor Dallas - 01/07/08 10:49 AM
Dallas City Council just approved a 45-acre planned development district (mixed-use) at the foot of the Trinity River Corridor a few weeks ago. Today's spotlight is on this mixed-use development along the hot Trinity River Corridor in Dallas.
Just about every major city in Texas has had a surge in … (0 comments)
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texas: Woohoo, It's 2008! The Real Estate Market Better Improve! - 01/03/08 09:30 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our readers! Texas Realty Blog was started March 2006, the heyday of the Texas real estate market. I'm looking forward to a great 2008 since the real estate market should improve as mortgage lenders ease borrower requirements.
This year, we plan to provide more … (4 comments)
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texas: Texas Lawmakers Take "Green" Boot Approach to Sustainability - 12/26/07 08:05 AM
Let's face it. Non-Texans sometimes perceived our state as being behind on the times. Lately, Texas is being recognized for being forward-thinking when it comes to green practices and sustainability. Texas is not just growing a green thumb, we're passing laws that put a "green" boot in the backsides of corporations, … (4 comments)
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texas: Trans-Texas Corridor, Slated to Connect Dallas to Austin and San Antonio, Still Controversial - 12/17/07 07:48 AM
I was in a Leadership Austin class on all day Wednesday. We discussed some interesting updates on new urbanism, transit-oriented development, commuter rails, and other changes to Austin and Texas that I'll share in upcoming weeks and months. A variety of infrastructure and development tools are being used in anticipation of … (2 comments)
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texas: Community Spotlight: Rough Hollow Lakeway - 12/12/07 07:45 AM
This week was pretty exciting for our team. First, we were featured on MSNBC for KXAN's story on mobile marketing in real estate. Then, we learned Keller Williams Realty will likely write about the use of mobile technology in small business in an upcoming article for their national magazine, Outfront.
In … (3 comments)
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texas: Texans should be Fed up with real estate doom and gloom - 12/10/07 08:39 AM
I have a small beef with the national real estate news media. I was reading an article from CoStar Group about the 2008 real estate outlook. I like Costar because they're pretty straightforward and reliable.
The article, entitled "Housing Outlook Dims for 2008", reminded me of the same doom and gloom … (6 comments)
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texas: This just in! Austin Real Estate Market Update - 12/03/07 08:10 AM
So here's some great news. The national real estate community is still highly interested in Texas!
Need proof? REALTOR.com featured more of our posts yesterday. We were previously featured for an article on the Mueller Austin new urbanist community. Yesterday's feature was for our updates on Houston and Forth Worth … (1 comments)
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texas: Cedar Park Approves $43 million for Hockey Complex - 12/03/07 07:40 AM
Here's one for you sports or hockey fans. I recently spoke to Buffalo Sabers fan who attended the Stanley Cup finals between the Sabers and the Dallas Stars years ago. She said it had been easier and cheaper to fly from New York to Texas, and get a ticket for … (0 comments)
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texas: Community Spotlight: Villa Muse in Austin Crafty Mix of Arts and Housing - 11/19/07 06:55 AM
Don't know if you guys have heard about the Villa Muse development, but it sounds pretty amazing. Villa Muse is a new mixed-use development going up just east of Austin. It may be some standards of new urbanism as well.
What makes this Villa Muse community different? The entire community is … (2 comments)
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texas: Gotcha Guide™: What to do when you need to fire your agent - 11/07/07 03:42 PM
NOTE: This article is part of the forthcoming book, the Gotcha GuideTM to Buying or Investing in Real Estate.Being a real estate agent can be tough. Some clients think agents drive people around, show houses all day, and make easy cash so they can buy fancy cars or clothes and spend … (1 comments)
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texas: Austin Market Update: The Trends are In! - 11/01/07 08:46 AM
By DeeinAustin
You may already know that I was a Global Project Manager at Apple, Inc. back in "the day". When you're analyzing a business or managing projects, Microsoft Excel is your friend because you can use it to understand long-range and short-term trends. I decided to dust off my old … (0 comments)
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texas: Texas Realty Blog's Top Real Estate Investor Articles - 10/19/07 11:59 AM
We get a lot of questions from Texas real estate investors. They often want to know where to start, how to grow their current investment business, what the market is doing, etc.
I answered many of these questions in my recent interview with Jay Papasan, co-author of three New York … (0 comments)
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texas: Think Your Offer Won't Be Rejected? We do it nicely here in Texas - 10/16/07 12:26 PM
My seller clients were negotiating with a cash buyer this weekend who made a seriously low offer
For background, their home is back on the market because the previous buyer backed out the day before closing. This new buyer made a cash offer that's $35k below the September appraised value. I gave … (0 comments)
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texas: Buying and Investing During the Mortgage Meltdown - 10/10/07 02:17 PM
I've been focusing on the mortgage market heavily this month because August and September were very tough for many Texas real estate buyers, agents and sellers. Inventory is up, home sales are down and the ability to obtain a mortgage has been tougher.
GOOD NEWS THAT "SOUNDS" BADAs expected, a great deal … (0 comments)
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texas: The Psychology of Losing: How Bad Deals Can Be Avoided - 02/16/07 10:12 AM
One of my investors has a deal in Houston where he's rehabbing an apartment complex and will sell it in a few years at a great profit. He often comes across homes under $80k that he can fix up and sell after doing just a little with the carpet and … (6 comments)
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texas: San Antonio Housing Forecast Available Online - 01/17/07 11:23 AM
My market is Greater Austin, but I was born and raised in San Antonio. The area is really changing. There was an annual housing forecast sponsored by the San Antonio Board of REALTORS®, but I missed it. I'm sure many of you did as well, but do not fret, it is … (7 comments)
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texas: El Paso, San Antonio Texas Tops Real Estate Market Predictions for 2007 - 01/01/07 11:03 AM
It's end of 2006, so people around the world to do three things:
1. Summarize 2006, the year "in review".2. Drink stuff.3. Predict stuff.
I don't drink much and enjoy market predictions more than reviews. It's always fun to hear the smart people tell us which stocks to buy or … (11 comments)
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texas: Is Austin Texas Real Estate Too Hot? - 12/26/06 04:23 PM
I was thinking about the Austin real estate market because I am asked every day if our market will "burst" soon. While other bubbles are bursting, Texas real estate has hit a high-note. Austin and Round Rock are almost always listed as great places to live, which is why we have … (4 comments)
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