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Check out the Stats: Juice...

2009-11-09T20:31:13Z

Check out the Stats: We have a higher production per agent than any of the top 10 largest agencies in Austin... We're at close to 3 million in production year to date on average. Good stuff. For a better link on the market share graph below cl...

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PMI Ranks Austin as Minimal Risk - Meaning Great Opportunities for Buyers

2009-02-27T17:51:13Z

So PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) produces a newsletter called Economic and Real Estate Trends that covers a pretty wide gamut of economic risk and models projecting residential real estate risk for the top 50 MSAs, and Austin is among the best...

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East Austin, Artists, Early Adopters and Appreciation

2008-11-04T16:30:32Z

There was a great article in Business Week about real estate trends and looking at patterns in appreciation following artists moving into neighborhoods. Basically, it asserts that artists can act as the forerunner for re-development of neighbor...

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The Changing Economic Landscape

2008-10-31T20:44:06Z

November 2008 My family and I just returned from a 12 day overland journey into Mexico for a pretty amazing adventure. There were so many incredible things to share about the special time that we spent there and the absolutely incredible beauty ...

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So the September home sales for Austin just came out....

2008-10-21T02:26:26Z

So the September home sales numbers came out and it looks like Austin's numbers have taken a fairly big dip (down 8%), see below article from the Austin Business Journal...what this means is that a buyers market is being accentuated even more. ...

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First Time Homebuyers Tax Credit

2008-10-19T20:28:37Z

Seems like there’s a whole lot to talk about these days with regard to housing nationally and locally. With all the national attention focused in on the housing crunch, here in Austin we’ve had some reasons to consider ourselves (at least relati...

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Downpayment Assistance program for first time homebuyers

2008-10-19T17:48:50Z

There's a great resource for the City of Austin Downpayment Assistance Program. Check out the details at the link below: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/ahfc/first_dpa.htm Sam

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Foreclosures up in Austin

2008-10-19T15:07:04Z

Foreclosures rise in the Austin area Postings climb 31% in November. By Shonda Novak AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Saturday, October 18, 2008 November foreclosure postings in the Austin area jumped 31 percent compared with a year ago, and climbed ...

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Austin on Best Bang for Buck Cities

2008-10-19T14:44:42Z

Best and Worst Bang for the Buck Cities Abha Bhattarai, Forbes.com Oct 10th, 2008 The economic storm sweeping the country has left Americans with few places to hide. But those looking to hunker down might want to head to Texas, where they...

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