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Austin Region Likely to See Shortage of New Homes with Continued Population Growth on the Horizon

Austin News, Austin Real Estate News, Austin economy, Real Estate

The HBA held the 2010 Mid-Year Economic Housing Forecast yesterday.
The program was presented by Dr. Ted C. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for Stewart Title Guaranty Company. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Colorado State University, Ted earned a PhD in finance with a minor in statistics [...]

Is a Housing Shortage Coming?

Austin News, Austin Real Estate News, Real Estate

By Les Christie, staff writerJune 15, 2010: 2:08 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — As the nation struggles to shrug off the worst housing crash since the Great Depression, it may be hard to believe a housing shortage could be on its way.
The nation is simply not building enough homes to keep up with potential demand. [...]

Austin Projected to Rebound from Recession Q1 2011

Austin Real Estate News, Austin economy

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the data collected by Moody’s Economy.com, home prices in the Austin area should stop falling by the final quarter of this year. Furthermore, according to a Fiserv Inc. report that was released earlier this month, the prices of homes in the Central Texas area are likely to [...]

TDHCA Bond 77 Mortgage Revenue Bond Program Details

Austin Real Estate News

On May 24th the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs – TDHCA released its new Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bond Program Series 77. Selected lenders lenders may register and close loans under this program effective immediately!
***Interest Rate is set in “LOTS”. Each lot is good for 90 days. Based on date of sale, borrower [...]

Austin Real Estate News Post April 30th Tax Deadline

Austin Real Estate News

What now?
Everyone in the real estate industry wondered what might happen after the government tax credit incentives expired on April 30th.
Would my phone stop ringing?
Would buyers who didn’t find a home in time just give up?
Would sellers want to take their home off the market and wait it out?
While the tax credits definitely had a positive [...]

Austin Rated “Best City for the Next Decade”

Austin Community, Austin News, Austin Real Estate News

“Everything may be bigger in Texas, but Austin’s genius is nurturing the power of small,” states a recent article released by Kiplinger (http://www.kiplinger.com/), which rates Austin as the best place to live during the upcoming decade. The personal finance magazine awarded the title based on what it calls the city’s rare ability to combine big and small businesses, [...]

The New Face of Downtown Austin.

Austin Real Estate News

Downtown Austin, circa 2004.

I found this photograph of downtown Austin the way it looked when I moved here in 2004. As I look at what Austin is turning into today I am in constant awe. Over the past decade, downtown Austin has grown into one of the most sought after residential markets in the region. [...]

Austin Swinging Through the Recession

Austin Real Estate News

Some analysts are saying Austin, Texas, may be a national leader in economic recovery. CNN’s Tom Foreman shows us why.

Platinum Realty Launches New Website

Austin Real Estate News

We are proud to announce the launch of our new and improved website! We decided to sit down and totally re-think the functionality and purpose of a real estate website from the ground up and here is what we came up with:

The site needs to be easy enough to [...]

Austin Homeowners Downsizing

Austin Real Estate News

At BartonPlace we are seeing a very interesting trend where most of our buyers seem to be downsizing. Most of our buyer are coming from larger homes in the suburbs and are looking to move closer to downtown. These buyers are telling us that they want to be downtown but are not necessarily [...]