Austin Home Sales Increase 11% in November 2011

Austin Home Sales Increase

The real estate news in Austin, Texas has been much better than in the rest of the country.  Here’s an article from the Austin Business Journal which details some of the reasons why the Austin real estate market is doing well: The number of existing single-family homes sold in November rose 11 percent and the [...] Read more »

You Can Still Sell Your House in Austin, Texas

Sell your house in Austin, Texas

Despite the problems with the rest of the country, you can still sell your house in Austin, Texas By sidestepping the national real estate bubble that has particularly decimated the once thriving economies in the south west part of this country, the Austin housing market served as a stabilizing force for the Central Texas economy. [...] Read more »

Government Foreclosure Aid Programs Results

Government Foreclosure Aid Programs

How Well Have Each of the Government Foreclosure Aid Programs Performed? Since the financial crisis of 2008, the Federal Government has taken steps to create Foreclosure Aid Programs to assist distressed homeowners.  After all, $800 Billion plus was provided to the banks to help them through a tough time.  How much was allocated for the [...] Read more »

Austin Home Prices Expected to Rise in 2012

Austin Home Prices

Case Shiller Home Price Index Predicts Austin Home Prices Expected to Rise in 2012 Despite the recent study that shows that Austin metro area home prices fell by 2.3 percent in 2011, the fact that Austin home prices expected to rise in 2012 is welcomed news. Austin Home prices will see a growth of 0.6 percent [...] Read more »

Almost 3 out of 10 Homeowner Mortgages are Underwater

Homeowner Mortgages are Underwater

29% of Homeowner Mortgages are Underwater Zillow announced today that 28.6% of homeowner mortgages are underwater nationwide, meaning that the mortgages are higher than the value of the home.   What this means, for example, is that if you took out a mortgage on a home for $120,000 and the home is now worth $100,000, [...] Read more »

Hippie Hollow Homes Owners Speak at Mega Partnering Event

Hippie Hollow Homes

Hippie Hollow Homes Owners Guest Speaker at National Business Event Mega Partnering is considered to be the number one wealth networking and business relationship building event.  This event is held in major U.S. cities a couple of times per year.  They generally bring in the Industry’s Top Business people to discuss their tricks to the [...] Read more »

Austin Home Starts Increase

Austin Home Starts Increase

Does the Austin Home Starts Increase Mean the Housing Market Is Beginning To Recover? There is definitely some positive housing news coming out of the Central Texas real estate market recently.  Consider the following statistics recently released from the Austin Statesman: the annual home starts pace improved for the first time in more than a [...] Read more »

Home Staging Tips

Home Staging Tips

Is Home Staging Important? An unfurnished home looks cold, empty, and unappealing. This cold look gives off a negative first impression.  Do you want your potential buyer’s first impression of a home you are trying to sell to be anything associated with feelings of coldness or emptiness?  You never get a second chance to make [...] Read more »

Austin Home Prices Continue to Increase

Austin Home Prices Continue to Increase

Austin Home Prices Continue To Increase Despite National Slump Nationally, average home prices continue trending downwards, falling 4.4% in August 2011 as compared to August 2010. Some cities, like Atlanta, GA., saw even greater declines. of over 7%. But here is Austin, things are much brighter, and it’s not just because we can’t get any [...] Read more »

The Latest Foreclosure Report for Austin, Texas

Latest foreclosure report for Austin

What Does the Latest Foreclosure Report for Austin, Texas Tell Us About the Real Estate Market? (September 28, 2011) There is good news bad news for the Austin real estate market. First, the good news:  the latest foreclosure report from the Foreclosure Listing Service Inc shows that foreclosure notices for this month are down 18.5% from [...] Read more »

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