Austin Real Estate and Investment Properties

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. Latest national price declines range from as little as 4.5 percent (Dallas, Texas) on a ...

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 NewGeography.com. The Capital City posted modest job growth of just 1 percent in 2008 but that ...

Best and Worst Bang for the Buck Citiesby Abha Bhattarai Wednesday, October 15, 2008 provided by © ShutterstockYour money will go farthest in Austin.The economic storm sweeping the country has left Americans with few places to hide.But those looking to hunker down might want to head to Texas, where they can get the best value for their ...

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 interest rate by a half point on Tuesday -- the first cut in over four years -- and left the ...

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 steady improvement in the foreclosure picture, a monthly report shows. A total of 574 ...

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 sectors, though the office market might lose some steam, said Mark Dotzour, chief economist ...