by Sylvia
While I'm finding the market to be a little sluggish overall, I have found a way to sell my listings quicker. I've had several in the last few months sell for list price in less than a we...
The Austin Business Journal reports that home construction and closings of recently completed homes in Austin remain depressed, but that’s unlikely to bring prices down any time soon.
Home builder...
I recently did a walk-through on a property that was closing with our buyer the next day. The contract stated in Special Provisions paragraph 11: "home and carpet to be professionally cleaned prior...
Below is the Texas A and M Real Estate Center Mark Doutzour's take on the financial bailout. As usualy, he puts everything into a nutshell quite well.
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – As neg...
Realtor.com has a nice iPhone specific url that allows you to view real estate listings from your iPhone. I'm not sure what percentage of U.S. listings are fed into Realtor.com, but I would be supr...
The average sales price for houses in Austin in August 2008 remained about level, decreasing slightly (-1.96%) to $259,500, down from $264,695 a year ago. Median sold price rose slightly (+2.05%) t...
The Austin Metro area ranks 4th among the country’s largest metropolitan areas on the Milken Institute and Greenstreet Real Estate Partners’ 2008 Best Performing Cities list. Texas as a whole did w...
My favorite economist, Mark Dotzour from the Texas A and M Real Estate Research Center in College Station has some thoughts on the mortgage mess.
DOTZOUR: STEP ONE, RECHARTER FRANNIE
COLLEGE STA...
As the U.S. government debates a $700 Billion bailout for the financial industry, what does that mean for you and me, and our kids? One summary I saw broke it down like this:
About $2,300 per Amer...
The average sales price for houses in Austin in August 2008 remained about level, decreasing slightly (-1.96%) to $259,500, down from $264,695 a year ago. Median sold price rose slightly (+2.05%) t...