If you visit this site regularly, then you’ve already heard me preach that the economy in Texas (and in its largest 4 cities) continues to buck national trends.  I have so many frazzled buyers asking me “Why are all the crazy sellers in Austin trying to sell their home without slashing the price in half?”  [...]

Source: Forbe’s It’s not just Austin that’s getting national attention, Texas is making the news as a strong state as well.  Texas ranked #3 of the Forbe’s “America’s 10 Fastest-Growing States”.  This growth helps keep the local economies strong in our big cities, including Austin.

The Austin area, specifically the Texas Hill Country, has made the headlines again, this time in the New York Times. “THERE used to be a time — oh, let’s call it 2007 — when summer was considered a time of almost limitless possibilities, a time of languorous vacations, of trips filled with the promise of [...]

Did you know… It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone. Texas law forbids anyone to have a pair of pliers in his possession. It is illegal for children to have silly [...]

On the Austin Real Estate Headlines Page, I have bee keeping careful watch of how Austin ranks in news stories, polls, and websites. This is really just for fun and based on subjective opinions, but it is very interesting to look at. Plus, those of us who live in Austin know it is deserving of [...]

Image credit: USA Today via Transparent Real Estate   Real Estate is an industry with local markets, but as a follow-up to my last post, “Austin Real Estate & The Austin Economy,” I thought I’d share a few more bits of information illustrating how Austin compares to the rest of Texas as well as the [...]

How Austin’s Real Estate Market Fits in to the National Economic Equation. The Texas A&M Real Estate Center is a great resource for studying trends and statistics, and I will try to put their January 2008 Texas Economic Review in perspective for you and how it relates to Austin’s Real Estate Market. The Texas economy [...]

Austin has been making national headlines lately, and good ones at that. While we hear that the real estate market nation-wide is in a slump, we also keep hearing that Austin’s economy is still strong (even if it is no longer booming). It should be no surprise, then that Austin topped Forbe’s list for big [...]