1/21/2008 12:07:00 PM
Sale Price: Replacing Zeros With Digits = Thousands More $ For Seller
I found the below excerpt from "The Atlantic" to be fascinating, and it will influence how I advise clients on pricing their homes to sell. From "The Atlantic" magazine - January/February 2008 issue: If you want to save money, don’t ...
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11/26/2007 4:56:00 PM
Home Sales Down 6% Year-to-date in Austin
From the Austin Board of Realtors.... Central Texas Home Sales Sluggish in October November 20, 2007 - Single family home sales saw a decline in October, according to the latest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) report from the Austin Board of REALTORS®. ...
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9/19/2007 8:05:00 PM
Home Inspection Nightmares
Whether my clients are buying a resale home, or a brand new home, I always recommend they hire a licensed home inspector. The website, www.ThisOldHouse.com has SEVEN galleries of Home Inspection Nightmares. The link to the latest gallery of nineteen photos ...
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9/18/2007 9:08:00 AM
Recouping The Cost Of Remodeling Projects
Making Home Improvements Pay What's the return for remodeling? Remodeling magazine's annual report compares construction costs with resale values for 25 common remodeling projects in 60 U.S. markets. This is the 2006 report. The 2007 report will come ...
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9/12/2007 12:14:00 PM
Deceptive Mortgage Advertising Language To Watch Out For
From www.consumerist.com In an almost comical case of too little too late, the FTC wagged a big finger at deceptive mortgage ads Tuesday . Here's some of the red-flag advertising language they warned consumers to watch out for : "Low "Fixed" ...
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6/8/2007 8:55:00 AM
Hays County Appraisals Jump Up
For out of town readers, Hays county is directly south of Travis county (where Austin is located). During the last decade Williamson county to the north experienced tremendous growth. While much growth is still occuring in Williamson county, now Hays county ...
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5/23/2007 11:58:00 AM
Austin Ranked 14th For Sustainability
SustainLane.com, an online media company empowering people, businesses, and government to go green, recently published a list of the top 50 largest US cities ranked by sustainability. Austin ranked 14th overall. As energy costs continue to go up, it becomes ...
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5/16/2007 10:24:00 AM
Hill Country land sale could be a record
By Shonda Novak w/ AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Touting it as the "crown jewel of the Texas Hill Country," a South Carolina company has purchased more than 21,000 acres on Lake Buchanan's northeastern shore in what might be the largest single land ...
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5/15/2007 8:06:00 AM
Seeing Live Music in Austin With Little Kids
If you don’t have kids you’ve already heard it, and if you do have kids you know it well: it’s tough to see live music when you have little ones. Most shows don’t even start until 10:00 pm which is the same time parents are stumbling ...
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5/14/2007 2:31:00 PM
Goldilocks Market Conditions Austin, TX Real Estate-1st Qtr 2007
Home Market Moderating Continued Record Growth Should Positively Impact Local Housing Market First quarter residential sales in greater Austin showed continued “goldilocks” market conditions with home appreciation rates up market-wide 6% over 2006, ...
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