Bill Morris Realtor

I have posted a number of articles at www.AustinMarketInfo.com in recent weeks and months that demonstrate that developers and employers recognize the strength of the Central Texas economy and are making tangible bets on the future.  Three more appeared today: LegalZoom eyes Austin Water park dea...

Austin's real estate market remains a significant bright spot among many U.S. metro areas that continue to struggle.  I have written many times over the past year about the health of the Austin/Central Texas economy.  I have also pointed out that we are not without challenges, and that difficulti...

From the Community Impact Newspaper, Cedar Park/Leander Edition: Biotech company to open in Leander “Joule Biotechnologies [of Cambridge MA] has been in negotiations with the city for several months about opening a pilot-scale plant in Leander, which would allow the company to take its technology...

I have posted a number of recent articles to www.AustinMarketInfo.com, including Austin unemployment rate held steady last month, added today. As I have noted for months, the Austin/Central Texas economy has been adding jobs while other metros were treading water or being washed backward.  Today'...

With sincere wishes for strong nationwide recovery soon, and not to harp on the continuing strength in Austin's economy, these two pieces of news caught my eye today.  I have been writing and talking for many months about how Central Texas was largely insulated from the worst effects of the rece...

An article appeared in the Austin Business Journal earlier this week indicating that Austin-area home values remained soft late last year (Austin home prices still falling).  That was true through November, but there was a significant recovery in average and median prices in December! More detail...

Whole Foods and National Instruments have been among the most respected employers for years, and the honors continue this year: Two Austin companies named Fortune best places to work winners "The Austin-based companies were two of 13 winning companies in Texas, which was the most awarded state se...

I just added two articles from today's Austin American-Statesman to www.AustinMarketInfo.com: Home construction falls; wholesale prices edge up Experts see rebound brewing in region's home sales after slow 2009 Not surprisingly, the first article points out the continuing uncertainty facing the n...

Please don't misunderstand ....  I completely understand that Florida (and California, Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan) have really taken most of the hit in the real estate downturn over the past two years.  I do NOT begrudge my colleagues in those troubled markets any reasonable policy initiatives...

Clearly, social media is all the buzz these days in marketing of all kinds, and those of us on AR are active particpants.  Marketing professionals have understood for decades the importance of measuring and managing the exposure and response impact of the time and money invested in marketing acti...