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Here is some good news for people who are looking to take that big step of owning a home. This past Friday (November 6, 2009), President Obama signed into law an extension of the up-to-$8,000 tax credit offered by the federal government to first-time home buyers. First-time home buyers cannot have owned a home in the 3 years prior to their ...

The news is partly good about this government give-away program for trading in a "clunker" for a new car (and the payments that go along with it). Getting up to $4,500 off the price of a new vehicle is great. Response to the new program has been larger than expected. I only wish I had a clunker--neither of my two vehicles qualify! Car ...

While I was in Leander and Cedar Park today showing a home and dealing with business for buyers who are relocating to the area, I decided to drive through the D.R. Horton development Town Center. The last time I was there, there were several homes under construction. Today, I was surprised to find at least 2 dozen completed homes with ...

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 ...