June Market Report – High Demand and Low Inventory
June 14, 2012 by Laura Duggan · Leave a Comment
· 28% more homes sold last month than the previous month. However the number of homes for sale has only increased 3%. More buyers and fewer homes is why the average days on market for homes sold is only 59 days. This is 6% fewer days than last month and 35% less […]
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Travis Heights is Close to Home
July 15, 2011 by Laura Duggan · Leave a Comment
Today, Travis Heights bustles with activity. Its close proximity to downtown makes it one of the most sought after neighborhoods in the city. Funky, off beat places line South Congress Avenue just to the west with the likes of Lucy in Disguise costume shop, Uncommon Objects antiques, Ten Thousand Villages and lots of fun food trailers like Hey Cupcake and and The Flying Carpet Moroccan Burgers. Now trendy restaurants, boutique hotels, bars and live music venues like the Continental Club rock the neighborhood nightly. Upscale restaurants like Perlas in this popular SoCo area have been featured by traveling chef Anthony Bourdain, and Kendra Scott launched her spectacullar jewelry line here and has her store front nearby. Guero’s, a former Old Austin grain and feed store, is now a popular lunch or dinner stop with a killer new outdoor stage. Hotel San Jose draws movie stars, politicians and musicians from all over the world seeking a little bit of what makes Austin weird.
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Austin Real Estate Stats You Won’t Get Anywhere Else
March 15, 2011 by Laura Duggan · Leave a Comment
(To skip straight to the market report, scroll to the bottom of this post.) Can you believe that it’s mid-March already?! March, for real estate, marks the beginning of the Spring selling season. More and more people will be listing their homes for sale–trying to time the market to sell in the least amount of […]
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Foreclosed Homes up for Auction
March 11, 2011 by Laura Duggan · Leave a Comment
The next Austin foreclosure auction is coming up soon. The banks are set to liquidate some great properties and if you are thinking of investing, this is the perfect opportunity to pick up some properties at a fraction of their true value. There are a few things that you should consider before running out and […]
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Buy a house in 2010? Don’t forget to file your homestead exemption!
January 20, 2011 by Laura Duggan · Leave a Comment
Buy a house in 2010? Don’t forget to file your homestead exemption! It’s a very simple -FREE- process that a lot of homeowners forget all about. That’s right; the county wants to reward you for being a homeowner. They will lower the valuation of the property (the exact amount varies from county-to-county) for you so […]
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