If you are selling a horse, you brush off all the mud before a prospective buyer shows up. If you are selling a motorcycle, you clean it and shine the chrome to sparkling. It’s the same with selling your house, albeit on a larger scale. While not on the stand out list, your first action...Read More

If you’re looking for affordable homes in Austin, you may find yourself a bit overwhelmed. Anything “affordable” means different things to different people at different levels in the economic spectrum. The affordable housing category, however, does have some numbers attached to it. For any home buyer, the monthly mortgage expense, plus the cost of utilities,...Read More

There are a lot of moving parts in the Austin real estate buyer’s market. Interest rates, mortgage qualifications and structures like ARM and fixed-rate versions, new construction and more particulars vacillate this way and that. Yet perhaps the greatest impact in our region rests in supply and demand. A Housing Shortage Creates a Seller’s Market...Read More

Austin is one of the best cities to live in, and there’s been a dramatic spike in growth, but, how has this impacted the real estate market? From the price of hiking boots and television sets to cell phones and single family homes, the law of supply and demand rings true. First described by Adam...Read More

Will Austin’s single family home prices go up or down in 2024? Clearly, there are many factors involved. The ubiquitous single family home is an integral part of the American Dream – a private place to come home to, to raise kids, to advance one’s investment portfolio, to remotely work from and to shape and...Read More

There are many ways to showcase your success, and few can rival and capture the rugged spirit and individualism of American liberty like residing in one of Austin’s many luxury homes. The country may be clawing its way out of a pandemic and economic downturn, but entrepreneurship is spawning millionaires and billionaires perhaps just a...Read More

If you’re considering a move to Austin, you may be wondering what type of housing inventory awaits you. Housing inventory is basically the amount of properties that are listed as ‘active’ on the current market, in addition to sales that are pending. Once a property is listed on the market, it’s classified as inventory. This...Read More

Perspective can be a vague concept. Defined as “a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view,” it is shaped by our personal experiences and influenced by people, world events and a host of external factors. Home buyers are thinking mortgage rates in 2024 are high in the six-point-something range and...Read More

As the city has drastically expanded, in terms of population over the years, there are concerns about possible infrastructure issues in Austin. Bottom line: It’s a BIG job running Austin. And it gets bigger and more challenging as a it grows, and more people expect the same and more from their new home. In its...Read More

If you’re at the stage in life where you’re considering leaving the workforce and relocating, Austin is certainly a great place to retire. Once upon a time, retirement occurred right around age 65 and indicated someone was leaving the full-time workforce, maybe never to work again. With a cake, gold watch, an engraved plaque perhaps...Read More