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April 2008 - Posts

Price Reduced AGAIN on 17800 Maritime Point #202 in Hollows At Northshore - Named Best Master Planned Community in Austin 2008
Hollows At Northshore, Jonestown - Announcing a price reduction on 17800 Maritime Point #202, a 1,245 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story. Now $375,000 - Hollows Hilltop Condo. This Hollows Hilltop Villa condo is an extraordinary value. It features custom Read More...
Austin Business Journal reports - Central Texas home sales still slow, but prices keep rising
It is a rather strange phenomenon. The area's home sales decline doesn't seem to be slowing down yet prices continue to rise. Sales of existing homes fell a whopping 21%, 1,832 homes in March, the 9th consecutive month to show a decline, according Read More...
Two Story Lake View Cabin, Cottage For Sale in Hollows At Northshore - Austin Business Journal's "Best Master Planned Community" 2008
• 2,180 sq. ft., 4 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story - MLS® $780,000 - Largest Model Available Hollows At Northshore, Jonestown - Rustic elegance abounds in this spacious water view Cottage in The Bluffs section of The Hollows at Northshore, recently voted Read More...
Austin Business Journal Names The Hollows at Northshore on Lake Travis as the Austin Area's "Best Master Planned Community" for 2008
Move over Steiner Ranch! There's a new place to live that offers a completely unique and exciting lifestyle! An article in a special section of today's issue of The Austin Business Journal names The Hollows at Northshore , an exclusive luxury Read More...
Macfarlan Seeds $1B Plan With Centex Resorts and Aquires Three Second Home and Resort Properties in Texas including The Hollows on Lake Travis, The Waters at Horseshoe Bay and Pointe West in Galveston
An article published today on GlobeSt.com, a Web site providing "Commercial Real Estate News and Property Resource" reported that Dallas-based Macfarlan Capital Partners LP, whom they referred to as "an industry-recognized contrarian" Read More...
Austin Business Journal Reports - Study says tougher financing could kill some Austin condo projects
The Austin Business Journal reports that a new research report questions whether some of the new condo projects projected for Central Austin will move forward under their original timelines, or at all, given the decline of available financing. The report Read More...
Latest Austin Area Market News Bulletin - March 23, 2008 to March 29, 2008
Courtesy of Alamo Title Company The Week in Review March 23 - March 29, 2008 (compared to the same week in 2007) New listings up 33.07% Pendings are down 75.27% Solds are down this week by 55.45% As for Average Prices: Mar. 23 - Mar. 29, 200 8 (compared Read More...