4/14/2009 12:06:00 PM
Questions and Answers regarding the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
This really could be the best time for a first time home buyer to start building their nest egg. For another 8 months the Federal Government will help you out. After that, your guess is a good as anyone else's. But for now, this is an offer of free money. ...
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3/27/2009 4:26:00 AM
Chief Executive magazine Texas #1
Chief Executive magazine has again ranked Texas as the best state in the nation to conduct business. If only the national news reporting of doom and gloom would ease, we could all get back to work. Here is the article from Austin Business Journal. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/03/16/daily36.html?surround=etf ...
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3/26/2009 6:39:00 PM
Home prices in Texas, and Austin in particular, increased in 2008 - A look back
The summary of housing prices in the nation for last year from the Federal Housing Finance Authority are out. Nation wide housing prices fell 4.5%. Texas home prices were up 2.1% in 2009. Austin did even better with home prices increasing 4.4%. Here are a ...
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3/23/2009 3:21:00 PM
Austin Second Fastest Growing City in the Nation - ABJ
Austin is still growing at a good pace and that will help us all through the rough times in the national economy. The US Census Bureau now puts the population of the Austin MSA at 1.65 million. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/03/16/daily51.html?ana=e_du_pub ...
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3/17/2009 1:05:00 PM
Phase one of ACC's Round Rock Campus get under way
Soon, the second largest employment sector in Round Rock will be Health and Medical. This is great new for our regional economy. http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=5B2F32F2B2D34CF17425CDE6369AFA79 When completed, this facility will accommodate over ...
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3/17/2009 8:55:00 AM
Federal Stimulus impacts green home improvements
The $787 billion federal economic stimulus bill has several tax provisions affecting energy efficiency improvements in placed in service in 2009 and 2010. The tax credit for qualifying products has been increased from 10% to 30% up to a maximum allowed credit ...
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1/27/2009 1:40:00 PM
Number of homes sold nationwide is up - ABJ
The number of foreclosures continues to increase. However, we are now seeing the number of homes sold begin to increase again nationwide. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/26/daily4.html?surround=etf
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1/26/2009 8:36:00 PM
Good news for Austin is getting harder to come by. Austin in Top Ten for salary growth
10 Great Cities for Salary Growth by Siri Anderson, PayScale.com We all want to know what's going to happen with the job market in 2009, especially where salaries are concerned. Is a raise in your future? It might just come down to where you live. Yet ...
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1/9/2009 11:18:00 AM
Texas leading the nation in employment growth rates
This is from the latest report from the U.S. Department of Labor. Over the previous year, non-farm employment rose in 11 of the 38 metropolitan areas surveyed with the largest year-over-year percentage employment gain recorded in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ...
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1/9/2009 10:58:00 AM
Austin Office market 5th strongest in 2009, retail 8th strongest in 2009
Although the slowing in job creation in Austin is a concern to economists, we are still one of the best places to bo for real estate in 2009. Here is the artice from the Austin American Statesman. http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/realestate/entries/2009/01/05/report_austin_office_retail_ma.html ...
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