appreciation: FASTEST GROWING SUBURBS: Some right here in Austin - 07/19/07 01:16 PM
According to Forbes Online Cedar Park, Pflugerville & Round Rock are all found on the top 100 fastest growing Suburbs since the year 2000.
Cedar Park nearly cracked the top ten at number 11 with 93% population growth rate!
The Commercial Development of the Cedar Park Town Center, Hwy 183A, and a possible … (1 comments)
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appreciation: Austin's Job Growth Still at Historic Low - 06/16/07 10:28 PM
The Austin-Round Rock area gained 1,500 jobs in May, keeping the local unemployment rate in check at 3.2 percent, according to the latest labor figures from the state.
Also according to one of Austin's Economic Development Groups, Opportunity Austin, in its first three years, Opportunity Austin surpassed its five-year job creation goals, … (0 comments)
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appreciation: May 2007 Market Stats for Cedar Park / Leander - 06/12/07 11:40 PM
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appreciation: Round Rock's Market Stats through May - 06/12/07 07:19 PM
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appreciation: Austin's May 2007 Market Stats - 06/11/07 06:06 PM
Here is the Market Stats from May 2007 from RRR MLS research.
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appreciation: Austin Ice Bats Coming to Cedar Park...Finally - 06/07/07 09:50 AM
For the past few years the Austin Ice Bats, Austin area's Ice Hockey team, has been aggressively trying to move to Cedar Park. For their first few years in business they were just renting downtown, then they have been renting in North Austin off I-35, but they want a permanent fixture, … (0 comments)
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appreciation: Uh-Ohs for Central Texas - 05/31/07 10:50 PM
Austin's been hopping, but it's only inevitable that the recent recession in the rest of the country is beginning to affect Central TX. Although there is still a ton of growth and new jobs coming in, there are signs of at least some Austinites needing to find new jobs:
Survey: Manufacturing … (0 comments)
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appreciation: Austin's Arboretum Retirement Complex - 05/31/07 10:16 PM
Austin's Arboretum has nothing to do with TREES, well at least that's not what it's known for in Austin. The Arboretum is a hot shopping and dining area in North Austin.
Prior to the opening of places such as THE DOMAIN, this was the trendy place to shop.
Anything that goes on near … (0 comments)
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appreciation: LOWES in HUTTO coming...not Green built :( - 05/31/07 10:02 PM
For a few months now just as you get into the Hutto area right next to the Sonic, there has been a "COMING SOON" sign for a Lowes Home Improvement Store.
It was just released that this store will now open some time in the fall.
Lowe's says the new store … (0 comments)
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appreciation: Georgia Flooring Outlet Came to Austin because of GROWTH - 05/14/07 10:15 PM
Floor & Décor Outlets of America opened the doors of its new 48,000-square-foot store at 4501 W. Braker Lane on Friday.
According to an Article in the Austin Business Journal, Floor & Décor chose the Austin market because it continues to be one of the highest-growth markets in the country with … (0 comments)
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appreciation: Job Growth spurs continued Real Estate Growth - 05/10/07 12:03 AM
A few years ago Austin put together a Committee with the sole purpose of adding jobs and therefore revenue to the Austin Area. I have written other posts on some of their successes in the past, and now another one has popped up.
The new Jewelry Channel is locating to Round Rock. … (0 comments)
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appreciation: Jewelry Channel lands in Round Rock, 700 jobs planned over 5 years - 05/09/07 11:56 PM
The Jewelry Channel, a 24/7 nationally broadcast direct-sales channel that debuted Wednesday, has established itself in Round Rock where it expects to create 700 jobs within five years.
The channel has established a corporate office and live studio in 30,000 square feet of space, and has plans to eventually expand … (0 comments)
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appreciation: Apartments on the rise in Austin! - 05/09/07 11:49 PM
I've been so busy trying to assist a couple of investors looking to buy or build some apartment buildings I overlooked this article that came out on April 18 in the Austin Business Journal...Better late than never.
With occupancy more than 90 percent and rents around 90 cents a-square-foot, Austin is … (0 comments)
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appreciation: U.S. Census: Austin among top 20 fastest growing regions - 05/09/07 10:53 PM
The population of the Austin metropolitan region grew at one of the fastest rates in the country over the last six years, according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Austin-Round Rock metropolitan statistical area expanded its population 21 percent between April 2000 and July 2006 … (0 comments)
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appreciation: State Economist says Austin is good market for Real Estate - 05/09/07 10:47 PM
According to a recent article in the Austin Business Journal,
If you're dealing in residential real estate in Austin? You're better off than you would be elsewhere around the country, according to a state economist.
Texas continues to buck the trend of declining home sales that's sweeping the nation, aided … (0 comments)
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appreciation: Inc magazine says Austin is a HOTSPOT for Businesses! - 05/09/07 06:38 PM
There's yet another affirmation of what most people in Austin already know -- this town is a great place to do business.
Austin ranked 16th among big cities on Inc. magazine's 2007 list of "Business Boomtowns," rising 10 spots from its No. 26 ranking last year. The city hit hard … (0 comments)
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appreciation: Crystal Falls...The next BIG neighborhood of Austin! - 04/28/07 12:20 AM
Crystal Falls is a large development in the Austin suburb of Leander. There are a few differetn sections that have different types of homes. The Woods @Crystal Falls is the oldest section with homes 10 yrs old built with a Traditional Style. The Boulders is a newer section developed by Production … (0 comments)
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appreciation: New Waterpark planned for Cedar Park - 04/27/07 11:25 PM
There has been some recent news about a waterpark coming to the Cedar Park Area of Austin, as seen here in a local paper.
This waterpark is planned to be located on a fast growing road that connects Cedar Park to Round Rock. In fact just a few miles down toward Round … (3 comments)
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appreciation: Stock Market Falling? Short Sale!...Real Estate Falling? Short...hey! It's different - 11/02/06 06:16 PM
In the Stock Market an investor can make money even if the market goes down. It's called a "SHORT SALE". It's not a technique that many people use but any savvy professional trader or investor will definitely use this technique. You can learn more detail of what Shorting Stocks is at … (1 comments)
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appreciation: Austin Area's Appreciation through Oct 2006 - 11/01/06 07:20 PM
Althouhg
Although the Austin Area continued to have more home sales YTD compared to last year at this time, there are beginning to be more homes on the market than there were last year at this time.
Once again, the second month in a row indicating a slow down of some sort … (0 comments)
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appreciation: What Property Taxes? But my payment is only $XXXX! - 10/25/06 12:25 PM
One terrible epidemic that is affecting Austin's growth is that we have a very high number of foreclosures every year. On a weekly basis we have at least 20 -30 HUD foreclosure come up on the market, I don't have the avg new VA or REOs but you can be sure … (1 comments)
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appreciation: New Poll shows Austin as STONGEST MARKET - 10/17/06 11:01 AM
A qoute from the recent report is that, "Austin Remained the Strongest of the Top 20 Markets On Every Metric in September"
Other notable facets of the report were that there were 17,076 single-family permits in 2005, Autin is the 19th largest market in the country.
Reasons for Austin's Market Strengthe were due … (3 comments)
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appreciation: Even the FEDS report that the Texas economy is growing. - 10/11/06 11:26 PM
There was a fantastic article in the Austin Business Journal reporting that Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas states that "Texas' economy remains strong and is continuing to outpace the national economy.
Year-to-date employment in Texas through August was 2.7 percent, an increase of 177,300 jobs. This is more than twice the national … (1 comments)
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appreciation: Austin Area's Appreciation through Sept 2006 - 10/10/06 09:23 AM
Here is my monthly update for the Austin Area's Appreciation YTD by MLS Area.
In the month of Sept we are beginning to see the first signs of some slowing down in the real estate market as there were 122 more new listings in Sept 06 compared to Sept 05, but 4 … (2 comments)
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appreciation: Your Area BOOMED, now it's BUMMED...what's up with that? - 10/09/06 09:52 AM
Throughout many parts of the country the housing industry seemed to go crazy. I have a friend that bought three brand new homes in Phoenix area and 1 year later sold them for $100K each. $300K in 1 year for median priced homes...I'm sorry, that's insane! Now it appears that many … (3 comments)
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appreciation: Hyper Housing Bubble or Economic Downturn? - 10/07/06 10:43 AM
There will always be a some sort of growth in real estate, but sometimes just as in the stock market, if there is high appreciation (or price increases) mainly due to hype, then there comes a time when the "market corrects itself"
This is the so-called bubble effect. It's not … (3 comments)
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appreciation: Austin's New Home Building Continues to grow - 10/02/06 12:27 PM
According to a recent report from a market research firm, Residential Strategies Inc, the Austin Area had 17,000 new starts within the past 12 months.
A qoute in the Austin Business Journal confims some of my previous blogs on Austin's Appreciation.
"While Austin builders are concerned about the housing slow-down reported in … (0 comments)
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appreciation: More Food for Sellers Market in Austin!! - 09/28/06 07:44 PM
Coldwell Banker's 2006 home price comparison index showed that the avg price of a 2200 sqft home is $220,000. A suburb town 45 min from the Greater Austin Area, Killeen, is rated as the 2nd most affordable area in TX with housing avg of $140,310.
Dallas, was reported as the most … (1 comments)
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appreciation: Austin's Appreciation YTD by MLS Area - 09/22/06 12:36 PM
View MLS Map HERE or email me for one. Email me for past month's stats as well.
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appreciation: Keeping up with the Jones', Gas Prices, Wages - 09/16/06 01:41 PM
About 6 months ago, when the gas prices were just beginning to rise, I wrote a letter to my congressman like many others did as well. BUT my letter wasn't about how gas prices should come back down. It was about the fact besides gas prices, real estate throughout most of … (1 comments)
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appreciation: Why does Austin/San Antonio keep Appreciating while the rest of the County Suffers? - 09/15/06 01:14 PM
In my opinion, JOB GROWTH.
A couple of years ago, Venture Capital Money spent in the Austin/San Antonio areas significantly declined. The upside to that decline was that the firms were spending the majority of their time raising additional funds.
The result is that the past year or so, they've been spending it. … (2 comments)
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appreciation: Mind over HOUSING BUBBLE, well, too late but maybe next time! - 09/15/06 12:14 PM
Interesting site that provide quick synopsis of market conditions in different cities throughout the country.
Congratulations Salt Lake, NO housing bubble there I'm assuming.
Click here to view stock market for Real Estate
As I previously stated in another blog (Austin/San Antonio Getting HOT HOT HOT), Central Texas isn't having a Housing … (0 comments)
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