Austin Real Estate ... Texas Realtor®

The program hosts and guests on the CNBC network know a lot about the financial world. I often watch some of the shows to see what is happening and to see what I can learn. The terms they use show me how little I know! However, when the Dow is headed up, I know that is in the right direction. If it is going down, I understand what that ...

In an earlier blog, I discussed the cyclical nature of the Austin Texas real estate market. When viewed over a several-year period, the market cycles are predictable in many ways. What cannot be foreseen from the historical data is what will happen in the future—what the highs and lows of the market will be. Just a year or so ago, homes in ...

Do you wonder what the typical cycle of business activity in Austin real estate looks like? The graph below, published by the Austin Board of Realtors® in a February 2009 report, shows that listing and sales activity follows a pretty repeatable pattern every year. What varies the most is the height and depth of the cycles. (Based on ...

        A couple of miles from the Village of Bee Cave, in the rolling hills of Northwest Travis County, is the beautiful Senna Hills subdivision. With average sales prices for the past two years in the $600K range, you can tell that this is not your average neighborhood. Quite the contrary! Senna Hills is ...

        The Olympic Heights neighborhood was built in the years 2002-2008 by D.R. Horton Homes. It is located in South Austin about a mile and a half south of W. Slaughter Lane on Manchaca Road. The main entrances to Olympic Heights are on Marcus Abrams Blvd.—from Manchaca just past Ravenscroft Dr., and ...

Because of its proximity to downtown Austin, shopping, schools and major roads, Austin zip code 78739 is still a highly prized area in which to own a home. This blog highlights 2007-2008 real estate market stats in zip code 78739, and is intended to give current and potential homeowners some feel for how property values are faring. Subdivisions in ...

Because of its proximity to downtown Austin, shopping, schools and major roads, Austin zip code 78749 is still a very popular area to own a home. This blog highlights 2007-2008 real estate market stats in zip code 78749, and is intended to give current and potential homeowners some info on how property values are faring. Subdivisions in zip 78749 ...

Being close to jobs, shopping, and downtown Austin is important to lots of homeowners. But how do you do that if you can't afford a home in Tarrytown or other expensive areas?  There are a number of options available to you in SW Austin, including the neighborhood called Legend Oaks. If you are looking for a nice home in a quiet, ...