Ki's Austin Real Estate Blog

What makes one home sale go quickly while other homes linger on the market for months? The answer is usually price. Determining a home's worth is a tough question these days. For many, it is difficult to reconcile what their home is worth today versus what it was valued at just two years ago. How...

As Valentine's Day fast approaches, anxious paramours turn their attention to how best to express their affection. And of course, the preferred language for this expression is chocolate. Locating the perfect chocolate in Austin, Texas isn't actually as arduous as you might imagine. And if the cit...

Mortgage rates for the most part held steady this week. The 30 year rate dropped from 5.12 to 5.10. Rates are still at historic lows. The rates for the last month have all been below anything we have seen in the last 40 years since we started tracking weekly mortgage rates. The 15 year rate held ...

Just 45 minutes from Austin, nestled in the heart of Texas, is the Horseshoe Bay Resort. The resort is a "members only" resort, but guests of Horseshoe Bay Marriott and The Waters at Horseshoe Bay receive a temporary membership allowing visitors access to all the wonderful amenities during their ...

Located just 47 miles northwest of Austin, Marble Falls is in the middle of the Highland Lakes area, the largest chain of lakes in Texas which are Lake Marble Falls, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis. With a population of 7,200 it is a beautiful little town. Surrounded by rolling...

All good things must come to an end. After 12 weeks of falling rates interest rates went up this week. The 30 year rate went back above 5 jumping from 4.96 to 5.12. Below are rates from the last few weeks and October 30 which was when rates first started to fall. Jan 22, 2008 30-yr 5.12 15-yr 4.8...

Standing on South Congress Avenue on a Saturday afternoon it doesn't look like the country is experiencing a deep recession. The shoppers streaming in and out of places like Uncommon Objects and Cici's Market don't come out empty-handed. There is not a parking place or bare spot on the sidewalk t...

Deep in the heart of Texas, in the middle of the Hill Country, is the quaint little German community of Fredericksburg. With a population of just under 10,000, this town is one of the most visited in the Hill Country. With beautiful rolling hills, blooming flowers, antiques and bed and breakfasts...

San Marcos is known as the "gateway to the hill country." It is a beautiful community that has a lot to offer its visitors as well as its residents. Located on Interstate 35 just about an hour south of Austin, San Marcos is easily accessed. San Marcos is the home of Texas State University, which ...

Two lovely neighborhoods can be found in Austin just north of 35th Street and west of MoPac Blvd., called jointly the Highland Park-West Balcones neighborhood, as they are usually considered to be one residential area now. The other two boundaries are Mount Bonnell Road and R.R. 2222, with Bull C...