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The Strengh of Texas Real Estate
Here are two interesting articles from the Wall Street Journal about the strength of the Texas real estate market. The first article discusses the attractiveness of investing in the stock of publicly traded, Texas homebuilders. Because the broader economic Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:46 PM by Craig Ellmaker | 5 Comments

BUYERS! TIME TO BUY!`
Information provided by Ted C. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President—Chief Economist, Stewart Title Guaranty Company. --April 2009 Time to buy is RIGHT NOW! U.S. home prices have declined across the nation in the past year—albeit at varying levels. Read More...

Posted Friday, May 08, 2009 8:54 PM by Craig Ellmaker | 0 Comments

Austin ranks No. 1 for job growth potential
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 1:28pm CDT Austin ranks No. 1 for job growth potential Texas dominates a new list on job growth potential among the nations largest metropolitan areas. Austin ranks No. 1 on the list of big cities for employment potential from Read More...

Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:53 PM by Craig Ellmaker | 0 Comments

Austin, Tx ranks #1 in Forbes!
Best and Worst Bang for the Buck Cities by Abha Bhattarai Wednesday, October 15, 2008 provided by © Shutterstock Your money will go farthest in Austin. The economic storm sweeping the country has left Americans with few places to hide. But those Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:41 PM by Craig Ellmaker | 2 Comments

Austin is #3 for Top City to Find a Job!
Take Control: Where are the hot jobs? Once again Austin, Texas proves to be untouchable compared to the rest of the nation! ABC NEWS March 12, 2008 Top 5 Cities to Find a Job: 1. Salt Lake City, Utah, tops the list in job growth with opportunities in Read More...

Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 7:43 AM by Craig Ellmaker | 0 Comments

UT residential tower breaks ground
UT residential tower breaks ground Austin Business Journal - 3:09 PM CDT Wednesday, September 19, 2007 A groundbreaking event was held today for 21 Rio, the 158-unit high-rise apartment development going up near the University of Texas campus. At 21 stories, Read More...

Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 6:15 AM by Craig Ellmaker | 304 Comments

Market Soars As Fed Cuts Interest Rate
Market Soars As Fed Cuts Interest Rate Tuesday September 18, 5:25 pm ET By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer Federal Reserve Slashes Interest Rate by a Half-Point; Market Soars WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:18 AM by Craig Ellmaker | 10 Comments

Massive Project Planned for Leander
1,110 homes and apartments and 800,000 sq. ft. of commercial planned Austin Business Journal 24 August 2007 Leander TX -24 August 2007 -Another piece of Leander's planned transit-oriented development is heating up as a Dallas-based developer plans Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:11 PM by Craig Ellmaker | 54 Comments

Austin bucks the trend --metro foreclosures down 6 percent in 2007
Austin bucks the trend --metro foreclosures down 6 percent in 2007 Austin Business Journal - 1:55 PM CDT Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Foreclosures in the metropolitan area are down 6 percent so far this year making Austin the only major Texas market to show Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:51 PM by Craig Ellmaker | 17 Comments

Austin home prices up 5.6 percent; national trend down
Austin Business Journal- 10:56 AM CDT Thursday, August 16, 2007 The cost of Austin-area homes has increased 5.6 percent in the last 12 months as prices on the national stage dropped 1.5 percent, a report released Wednesday shows. The median price for Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:58 PM by Craig Ellmaker | 246 Comments

Strong performances expected in housing, retail and apartment sectors in Central Texas
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Wednesday, August 08, 2007 Backed by healthy job growth, Central Texas' real estate market is expected to remain strong in 2008, a Texas economist predicts. The strength should span the region's housing, retail and apartment Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:44 AM by Craig Ellmaker | 0 Comments

Quick returns, partnership deals in Austin Texas
Deal 1: $6,000 Needed $900 in 2 months (15% simple ROI) I'm a way behind on the updated pics for this deal, so I'll try to add them tomorrow. Click HERE for PICS It has sheetrock completed, texture completed, the exterior siding is completed & Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:00 AM by Craig Ellmaker | 0 Comments

Austin ranks at #1 in the top ten GREEN cities!
For the record, the top 10 green cities listed by MSN City Guides are: Austin Berkeley Boston Chicago Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Portland San Francisco Seattle Austin leads the pack and is the home base of Whole Foods markets and Lance Armstrong. Read More...

Posted Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:14 PM by Craig Ellmaker | 0 Comments