Bill Morris Realtor

On March 22, 2010, Capital Metro says it is finally prepared to launch the first passenger rail service in Austin since 1940 (Commuter rail poised to open in March).  Very late, far over budget, and still very controversial, this has been a long-time coming. For additional perspective, this very ...

Lead story in today's Business section in the Austin American-Statesman: Job plunge in January is steepest of recession Sensational?  Yes. True?  Not so much. I have reviewed the Texas Workforce Commission report that apparently was the basis for the article: TWC Report 03/04/2010 It does indeed ...

What Price Ranges Are Selling?   Markets operate in cycles, and the Austin real estate market is no different.  As I have written many times, we have avoided the most severe effects of the mortgage/housing crisis and recession over the past couple of years.   One indication of market resilience i...

I view my relationship with my clients as primarily consultative.  I provide information about neighborhoods, commuting considerations, schools, potential property-related issues before and after inspections, etc.  Good third-party advice is always valuable, though, and these articles from US New...

Obviously, the current housing downturn is still unpredictable, and subject to many influences in the larger national and world economies, but Warren Buffet has made a lot of money by being right in his forecasts more often than he has been wrong.  Bloomberg News reported yesterday on his recent ...

Following up on a post a couple of days ago about the coming end of homebuyer tax credits, and of the Fed's program of buying mortgage-backed securities, I took note of this article over the weekend: Housing sales drop; GDP revised upward Two months of consecutive decline is worrisome, and even A...