Austin Real Estate and Investment Properties

Forbes: Austin best economic recovery in U.S. Austin Business Journal The Austin-Round Rock area tied for first on a list of large metros where the recession is easing. Central Texas tied Washington D.C. in the Forbes.com ranking that compiles job growth and real estate industry improvement, among other indicators. Washington has one of the lowest ...

In the late 80’s and early 90’s in Austin, job growth stopped, real estate values dropped and people left town. Probably because of the severity of that recession, Austin has faired much better this time. Home prices did not increase more than could be supported by median family incomes. Thanks to Texas’s home equity laws, ...

AUSTIN HOME SALES Area home sales jump, fueled by tax credit By Shonda Novak AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Existing home sales in Central Texas rose 6.4 percent in September, the first year-over-year increase in more than two years, and the median sales price also was up, rising 2 percent to $185,250, the Austin Board of ...

Austin-area real estate market shows improvement over last year Austin Board of REALTORS® releases September 2009 real estate statistics   AUSTIN, Texas – Oct. 20, 2009 – According to the September 2009 Multiple Listing Service report by the Austin Board of REALTORS®, activity in the Austin-area real estate market has ...

 It's a great long term trend for Austin. Knowledge workers will increasingly play a strong role in the economic health of a community. Startups and company growth depend on having a well educated work force and Austin is well positioned with 120,000 students enrolled in some type of upper education program. That number grows to 300,000 ...

Austin Business Journal Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 11:52am CDT Report: Austin among best performing U.S. metros Austin and San Antonio will be the first two U.S. cities to recover from the recession, according to a new national forecast from IHS Global Insight. The forecast from the Lexington, Mass. economic research firm suggests the two ...

Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 11:47am CDT Austin Business Journal Memo to working moms: Austin's your kind of town Working moms trying to balance family and the workplace may be better off in Austin than a lot of other cities around the country. That according to ForbesWoman's first ever list of the "Best Cities for Working ...

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 ...

The First-Time Homebuyer Credit is definitely a hot topic in the marketplace. Since a lot of consumers are still confused on the details, I have provided you a link to the IRS website. You will find the IRS 5405 form with all of the details including eligibility, amount of the credit, repayment of the credit, etc. ...