bee cave tx homes for sale: Real Estate - Falconhead West - Bee Cave Austin TX - Homes for Sale - 04/12/11 05:46 AM
Falconhead West is a growing community in Bee Cave TX and building new homes right and left.  Falconhead West is located just West of the Falconhead community and the Falconhead Golf Course.
Even though the newest phase of building has already begun, and there is still another phase that isn't ready to start, there are already Resale homes on the market.  Many people think this is odd since it's a brand new community, but brand new to whom?  The Falconhead West community started in 2007 with it's first sales in 2008. It's now 2011, three years later.  Many people like to … (0 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Falconhead West - Bee Cave Austin TX - Resale Homes are Coming on the Market - 03/14/11 03:26 AM
Falconhead West in Bee Cave TX, just West of Austin, is still building up a storm.  Brand new streets have been poured, and still a couple more to go. This community, MY community, never had a slow-down like other communities did across Austin or Texas.
The community is now three years old, and this is when turnover starts to happen. I wanted everyone to know that if you don't have the time to build a new house, there are some resale properties available as well. Not many, but they're popping up every so often.  I talked with one of the listing … (2 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Stucco Home Details - New Construction Homes - 11/29/10 02:58 AM
Have you ever wondered how the details on Stucco homes are created? You might be a little amazed. I had no idea until recently when I was actually watching carefully on how some of the homes around me were being built.
Here is a picture of what the final detail looks like so you know what I'm referencing.

You can clearly see the fancy details around the windows and framing area, as well as a couple of feet off the ground.  Looks like it would be complicated to get it all semetrical, right?
Here's a picture showing what it really … (7 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Real Estate - Austin TX Home Builders - New Construction Homes - 07/13/10 05:01 AM
New Construction Homes - Austin TX Home Builders - A couple of weeks ago, I posted a picture showing a mistake the builder made when doing the plumbing and pouring the slab. The picture of this new construction home shows the plumbing outside the edge of the concrete slab. How do you think the builder dealt with this issue??  Take a look below...


You'll notice that they went right on with what they were doing and put the outside, protective water barrier up against this plumbing issue. You'll also notice that from the inside picture, the barrier has been … (10 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Lake Pointe - Bee Cave Austin TX - Market Report - 07/12/10 06:24 AM
Lake Pointe - Austin Bee Cave TX - Homes for Sale statistics tell the story.  The below chart shows you the currently active properties on the left and the properties that have sold second quarter on the right. The ones that dip out of order in the middle are currently contract pending.

As you can see, there was a lot of activity in Lake Pointe Austin TX this second quarter of 2010. I'm sure the tax credit had some to do with that. But overall, I feel the pricing had a lot to do with it. Last year, Lake Pointe … (3 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Senna Hills - Austin TX - Homes for Sale Market Report - 07/07/10 04:39 AM
Senna Hills Austin TX had a great second quarter. In the first quarter, there were only seven sales, whereas in the second quarter, there were 10 sales. The below chart will show you what's currently active on the left, as well as what sold the second quarter on the right.

You will notice that the properties that are selling are still properties priced lower than what most home owners are willing to price theirs at.  I'm not sure what's going to wake the Senna Hills homeowners up, but I'm sure the days on the market will continue to tell their … (6 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Falconhead West - Bee Cave - Austin TX - Community Park and Playground - 02/20/10 07:23 AM
Falconhead West Bee Cave Austin TX is finally getting their community park and playground.  Back in November, I mentioned Falconhead West's playground was finally fully approved, but it sat as dirt for a long time.  It's more than three months later, and it looks like some fairly decent progress is being made.


Alyssa thinks the playground is being built just for her as she calls it "my playground". This will be about a quarter mile from my house, so very convenient, and we'll be there all the time... if they ever finish it! Falconhead West Bee Cave Austin TX … (5 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Senna Hills - Austin TX - Homes for Sale - Market Report - 02/04/10 07:59 AM
Senna Hills in Austin TX is showing an interesting trend right now.  Look at the chart below.

The bars on the far right are sold properties, showing their listing price compared to their sales price.  The bars on the far left are active properties.  As you can clearly see, the active properties have significantly higher asking prices than what their neighbors have sold for just in the past three months. Why are Senna Hills Home Owners doing this?  Earlier, I compared the community Lake Pointe in much this same way.  Lake Pointe is just down the street off Bee Caves … (2 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Lake Pointe - Bee Cave Austin TX - Market Report - 02/04/10 04:05 AM
Lake Pointe - Bee Cave Austin TX - Market Report looks a little different than a couple of weeks ago.  Just a couple of weeks ago, the Lake Pointe chart didn't show any "pending" sales.  If you look at the chart below, after the big spike at the top, the next few bars are properties under contract. 

You'll also notice that the blue line is very low on the pendings.  These are houses that went under contract within just a few days!!  Those properties are also priced right in line with the bars to their right that show the sold … (0 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Lake Pointe Austin - Bee Cave TX - Market Activity - 01/22/10 02:06 AM
Lake Pointe Austin TX is a very nice neighborhood with a lot of activity going on.  You can get a house for $250k or you could get a house for over $1M in the gated section.  You could get a one story or a two story home, an older or a newer home, upfront with all the action or secluded in the back. Take a look at the current activity since the fourth quarter of 2009.

What do you see?  What I see is an interesting trend, but still consistent with my previous market reports on the area.  The smaller, … (4 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Rates Have Gone Up, How Much Buying Power Did You Lose? - 12/23/09 07:28 AM
Rates have moved above 5% again... how much buying power did you just lose? Buying power?  What do you mean?Your Buying Power is about how much you can afford and at what price.  The best buying power is when you can buy as much as you want for as little as you can.
Huh?Let's put it to numbers...At a 4.5% 30 year fixed mortgage with 5% down, you could buy a house at $250,000 and pay a mere $1203.38 a month (not including taxes and insurance).At a 5% 30 year fixed mortgage with 5% down, you could buy that same house … (10 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Seven Oaks - Austin TX - Hill Country Real Estate at its Finest - 11/18/09 04:59 AM
Seven Oaks - Austin TX- Hill Country Real Estate at its Finest is a very unique community just West of Austin.  Seven Oaks is not within the city limits, sitting between Austin and Bee Cave TX on FM 2244- Bee Caves Rd. 

Because Seven Oaks does not sit within the city limits of any city, there are no city taxes. Therefore, the tax rate is low, only a mere 1.8626%. What does Seven Oaks have to offer?  Look at these pictures!  Seven Oaks offers topography like no other. There are hills within the hills.  There are views as far as … (3 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: New Construction Homes for Sale - Falconhead West - Bee Cave - Austin TX - Part 3 - 11/16/09 12:52 AM
Falconhead West - Bee Cave - Austin TX - has a lot of new construction homes for sale in all different stages right now.  In a series of posts, I'm going to show you pictures and describe a little of what is going on.Many people will never have the opportunity to build a brand new house, and many who do, never pay attention to the process it takes to get that house to stand there for many years to come.Falconhead West in Bee Cave TX used to be a Ranch, called Spillman Ranch.  Much of the land was just acres upon … (1 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Falconhead West - Bee Cave - Austin TX - Community Park - 11/11/09 03:15 AM
Falconhead West - Bee Cave - Austin TX is finally going to get their community park!A few weeks ago, in the middle of the community, a playscape area was started.  The ground was leveled and the stone barrier was made into a playful shape... and then last month, it all disappeared...Where did it go?  Why did they stop the construction of our community play area??  No one knew... until now!Falconhead West has been approved for a 400 sqft Pavilion in addition to two Playscapes, a large one for older kids and a smaller one for younger kids. I guess they originally … (5 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Falconhead Bee Cave - Austin TX - Homes for Sale - 11/07/09 04:34 AM
Falconhead Bee Cave - Austin TX - has a large variety of homes for sale. The houses that are currently on the market range in age from 2003 up to brand new built in 2009.  Sizes range from 2967 sqft up to 6204 sqft.  Prices range from $379,900 up to $1,250,000. Why is there such a large difference in homes available in Falconhead Bee Cave Austin TX?  Because we have a wide variety of people moving to the area, and they're all looking for something a bit different. Many people are drawn to the community because of the Falconhead PGA Golf … (0 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Hyper-Local Blogging is Loved by Google Juice - 10/28/09 09:17 AM
For the past few weeks, I've been learning a lot about SEO and how to get my blogs and websites ranked higher up in the search engines, without paying ungodly amounts of money to all those spamming companies.  I've spoken to a few of my regular blog visitors and they've all noticed a change in the formats and how the blog posts are written. Is that good or bad?  It's good on my part, but I can see how it's a little more robotic on their part. However, I'm not blogging just for conversation with other members of ActiveRain.  I'm blogging … (82 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: New Construction Homes - Austin TX - Choosing a Brick Color - 10/28/09 02:46 AM
New Construction Homes - Austin TX - The color brick you choose for your new home says a lot about your personality.  When our brick started crumbling and falling apart around us, and we were forced to choose a new brick, it was very hard. The brick we originally chose has a lot of depth to it with reds, oranges, blues, browns, greens, and greys.  It was called Western Sunset, and had many colors you would see in the sky during an actual sunset.  In a nutshell, it had personality, and we liked that a lot!  It's the brick on the … (4 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Real Estate - Buying a House - Austin TX- The Simple Steps to Follow - 10/23/09 03:19 AM
Buying a House in Austin TX can be simple, if you break down the process.  There are several steps, but knowing what those steps are, and in what order to do the steps, can make buying a house less intimidating.A couple of months ago, I wrote a seven part series on the main steps of buying a house, but I wanted to put those steps all in one place for easy reference for anyone buying a house in Austin TX to find and follow.  Below are the links to those steps with a brief description of each.
Getting pre-APPROVED verse getting … (6 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Falconhead - Bee Cave TX - Golf Course Community Great Place to Call Home! - 10/05/09 06:03 AM
Falconhead - Bee Cave TX - Golf Course Community is a great place to call home!  Buying into the community does not automatically make you a member of the Falconhead Golf Club.  Falconhead Golf Club opened in 2003 and is a PGA Tour design course.  Instead of just the typical three tee boxes, Women's Men's, and Professional's, this course has five sets of tee boxes for every level.
There are several different types of memberships you can buy, depending on how much you golf, and many tournaments held throughout the year, so check back at their event's website often for more … (3 comments)

bee cave tx homes for sale: Lake Pointe Austin - Bee Cave TX - Market Activity - 10/02/09 06:37 AM
Homes in Lake Pointe Austin - Bee Cave TX Market Activity - tell an interesting story.  At the end of July, I wrote a blog post called Lake Pointe Austin TX Market Activity, and it explained how things were going in May, June, and July 2009. I have decided to revisit the community to show you the Lake Pointe Austin - Bee Cave TX activity over the past 90 days of July, August, and September 2009. Two months ago, there were 42 properties on the market, where as now, there are only 33.  Did that many more homes sell??  You would … (2 comments)

 
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