Ki's Austin Real Estate Blog

Austin has long been a home for friendly folk- friendly to each other, friendly to animals, and friendly to the environment. What used to be considered as only the concerns of hippies and the bohemian sect, environmentalism is now at the forefront of commercial and residential design, and "green"...

So a few days ago I wrote that Countrywide was going to go bankrupt. Right after I posted Bank of America annouced that they were going to buy Countrywide for 4 billion. Awesome. Anyway I wrote up another blog describing how Countrywide's buyout was a result of my blog. Anyway for anyone followin...

I post about real estate alot. Every so often I want to mix it up with other stuff. Espically when I am getting burned out over constant real estate stuff. Pop music is often described in cycles: retro music becomes cool, then gets reprocessed and digested by listeners, until the next big thing c...

Austin has long been a home for friendly folk- friendly to each other, friendly to animals, and friendly to the environment. What used to be considered as only the concerns of hippies and the bohemian sect, environmentalism is now at the forefront of commercial and residential design, and "green"...

Countrywide recently declared their third quarter results for 2007. And to say the least they did not look pretty. In addition to increases in deliquencies and foreclosures Countrywide declared a large loss, 1.2 billion dollars. This is pretty high when you consider the entire company is only wor...

In recent months, fallout from the sub-prime mortgage scandal has been estimated in the hundreds of billions, up from figures of $100 billion maximum from the Federal Reserve only three months ago. While the Fed has, in an unprecedented move, cut interest rates three consecutive times in as many ...

The number of new home starts in Austin for the last quarter of 2007 is lowest since 2004. It looks like builders are pulling back on building new homes in Austin which is probably a wise move considering the Austin real estate market has slowed over the last few months. Apparently they have lea...

The vast majority of true rock and roll and blues artists have grown up and lived on the poor side of town. Today, the same rings true, as many of Austin's local musicians can be found just east of IH-35, where the streets are a little tougher and the rent a little easier to pay. It makes sense t...

So I get sick or writing about Austin real estate all the time. So I like to break up the monotony. So I'm only posting this in the goofing off club and some other groups. Everywhere you look in Austin it seems there is filming going on. From huge blockbuster movies like The Alamo and Miss Congen...

So I get sick or writing about Austin real estate all the time. So I like to break up the monotony. So I'm only posting this in the goofing off club and some other groups. Everywhere you look in Austin it seems there is filming going on. From huge blockbuster movies like The Alamo and Miss Congen...