Showing posts with label Austin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austin. Show all posts
Friday, April 3, 2009
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
902 South Center Street Austin 78704
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Lucky 13
SustainLane has just published their 2008 list of greenest US cities.Austin is ranked #13!
Please read more here.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Austin is better than ever!
Even in a tougher economy Austin is still outperforming many other areas of the country in job creation and other economic markers.
The Austin-Round Rock region ranks 4th among the country’s largest metropolitan areas on the Milken Institute and Greenstreet Real Estate Partners’ 2008 Best Performing Cities list. That’s a dramatic improvement from Austin’s 20th place ranking on last year’s list. The list ranks cities according to a series of matrices such as job creation and salary and technology growth.
Provo-Orem, Utah; Raleigh-Cary, N.C.; and Salt Lake City, Utah, were the top ranked cities on the list, in that order.
Among other Texas metro areas, the McAllen-Edinburgh-Mission region ranked No. 7 on the list followed by Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood at No. 13, San Antonio at No. 15, Houston at No. 16, and Dallas at No. 23.
To see the full rankings, click here.
Now is the time to buy your dream home, here are a couple of the cooler ones:
Friday, July 25, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
2010 Jones Road Unit A --- LEASED!
2 Bedrooms, 2 Bath duplex with an office on greenbelt near Central Market South. This is a two story duplex with a balcony on each floor overlooking a greenbelt creek in back. Interior has been remodeled and includes a fireplace, washer dryer connections, dishwasher, kitchen appliances, contemporary lighting, ceiling fans, wood floors, and more. Has open floor plan with kitchen open to dining room and living room. Exterior offers a large additional 3rd deck overlooking the creek, a fenced-in yard, storage closets, and covered parking. Rent is $1250/month, requires a $900 deposit. Pets OK, but require an additional $250 pet deposit each. $25 application fee. Owners are local and easy going...not a large corporation. Address is 2010A Jones Rd. eMail this address if you would like to set up an appointment to see this property in person: jonesrd@juddgilbert.com
Pictures: 2010 Jones Road Unit A
Pictures: 2010 Jones Road Unit A
2010 Jones Road Unit B --- LEASED!!!
2 Bedrooms, 2 Bath duplex on greenbelt near Central Market South. This is a two story duplex with a balcony on each floor overlooking a greenbelt creek in back. Open floor plan with kitchen open to dining room and living room. Interior has been remodeled and includes a fireplace, washer dryer connections, dishwasher, kitchen appliances, contemporary lighting, ceiling fans, wood floors, and more. Rent is $1000/month, requires a $900 deposit. Pets OK, but require an additional $250 pet deposit. $25 application fee. Owners are local...not a large corporation. Address is 2010B Jones Rd.
Please eMail if you would like to set up an appointment to see this property in person: bjonesrd@juddgilbert.com
Pictures: 2010 Jones Road Unit B
Please eMail if you would like to set up an appointment to see this property in person: bjonesrd@juddgilbert.com
Pictures: 2010 Jones Road Unit B
Friday, June 27, 2008
Top 25 Appreciating U.S. Markets
In Austin, where the high-tech business has drawn a youth culture of working class professionals, the market still shows many signs of strength and should sustain that growth through the year. The state’s capital will see relatively healthy home sales carry it through what will be an otherwise tough year in many housing markets.
Austin will witness appreciation of 4.0%, mainly because of first time home buyers who want to get into their first home. This highly white-collar town will carry itself strongly through the credit crisis storm.
Cool Interactive Map of Austin Home/Land Values
The Austin American Statesman has a very cool interactive map with which you can map the increased values of land and real property. Here's an example of the growth in the 78704 area:
Incredible Contemporary Renovation in NW Hills -- SOLD!
The views are amazing from the veranda overlooking the canyon and your own private wildlife refuge! This completely modern home is featured on HGTV for its stunning remodel. The homeowners and their architect have acheived a sophisticated design that is contemporary, warm and lush causing you to relax the moment you enter. The superb amenities in this home are unexpected in this price range and represent what we feel is the best value on the market in North West Hills.
Contemporary Condo Downtown 1 Block from Town Lake
This gorgeous free standing condo home in the Holly Street neighborhood just east of downtown is one block from Town Lake, Festival Beach and the 12 miles of Hike and Bike trails surrounding Town Lake. It features a large 2 car garage, spacious upper level deck under the tall trees, a very private back yard, spiral staircase, wood floors and black granite counter tops in the kitchen. There are Crema Marfil tops on the vanities in the 2 gorgeous full baths and a glass basin pedistal sink in the downstairs powder room.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Study: Austin homes prices up 8.6%
Home prices in Texas -- especially in Austin -- have defied the overall downward trend seen in other U.S. housing markets, according to a study by First American LoanPerformance.
In the Austin market, home prices increased 8.62 percent over the 12-month period ending in October. Other Texas markets included in the study's top 30 statistical areas include Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, which increased 3.92 percent; Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, up 4.52 percent; and San Antonio, with a 7.89 percent increase.
LoanPerformance Home Price Index reports 12-month home price changes by the top 30 core-based statistical areas as of October 2007.
Home prices fell in 21 states over the past year, according to the index, which provides monthly home price indices and median sales prices covering 7,451 ZIP codes, 956 core-based statistic areas, and 662 counties in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
"The real estate market continues to exhibit ongoing declines in a number of key residential property markets," says Damien Weldon, vice president, collateral and prepayment analytics for First American LoanPerformance. "The overall picture continues to be mixed, however."
The LoanPerformance HPI incorporates more than 30 years of repeat sales transactions, representing more than 45 million observations, sourced from the property information database owned by its parent company, First American CoreLogic Inc.
First American LoanPerformance is a subsidiary of First American CoreLogic, and a member of The First American Corp. (NYSE:FAF) family of companies.
On a related note, for the 10th month in a row home prices across the U.S. dropped, according to a different study.
The record 6.7 percent monthly drop in the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index was the largest drop since April 1991. The index tracks prices of existing single-family homes in 10 metropolitan areas compared to a year earlier.
A broader index of 20 metro areas fell 6.1 percent. Among the 20 metropolitan areas used in the broader index, 11 posted record monthly declines and all 20 declined in October compared to September.
In the year-over-year comparison, Miami posted the largest decline among the 20 markets with prices -- down 12.4 percent in October compared with the same month last year. Tampa, Fla., was the second-worst performing city with declines of 11.8 percent. Besides those two cities, Phoenix, Detroit, Las Vegas and San Diego also posted double-digit year-over-year declines.
Only three areas included in the study -- Charlotte, N.C., Portland, Ore., and Seattle -- posted year-over-year home price appreciation in October. Charlotte posted the largest gain at 4.3 percent.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Austin housing market a bargain
Austin housing market a bargainTexas homes are some of the most undervalued in the nation, report says.
Austin American-Statesman; Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Austin and other Texas housing markets are among the most undervalued in the nation, according to a new analysis of data by Global Insight Inc. and National City Corp.
The companies looked at prices in 333 metro areas in the third quarter of 2007. Such reports are considered important indicators of potential decline and growth in specific cities.
In calculating valuations, the companies used a complex statistical model that included prices, interest rates, household incomes, population density and any historical premiums or discounts for each market. The percentage of over- and undervaluations is intended to reflect where a housing market's price should be.
In Austin, and in Texas overall, recent rapid increases in home prices never occurred, so the state has avoided the real estate bubble that has plagued coastal areas.
If a city's housing is over- or undervalued by up to 14 percent, it is still considered within a fair market range. Anything outside that range means a considerable over- or undervaluation.
For instance, Austin, at -9.1 percent, is in the fair market range, while Dallas, at -28.1 percent, is considered undervalued.
The writers of the report, "House Prices in America," caution about overinterpreting the data. For instance, though homes in Bend, Ore., are overvalued by 70 percent, that does not necessarily mean prices in that city are expected to fall that much in the near future.
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