Lake Travis Real Estate Blog

Austin Tops U.S. News and World Report's "10 Greenest Places to Retire" List!

Think living in Austin is like a permanent vacation? I agree, and we're not alone. A recent article in U.S. News and World Report cited Austin among the "10 Greenest Places to Retire". With so many wilderness preserves and parks, Austin 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...

Macfarlan Capital Partners Announces Purchase of The Hollows, The Waters and Pointe West in Texas, Bear Lake in North Carolina and Southpeak on Loon Mountain in New Hampshire

COPY OF THE PRESS RELEASE MACFARLAN CAPITAL PARTNERS ANNOUNCE PURCHASE OF CENTEX DESTINATION PROPERTIES ASSETS Macfarlan Forms TerraMesa Resorts to Manage Exclusive Destinations andSecond Home Communities Located on Lakes, Ocean front and Mountains DALLAS, Read More...

Austin #1 in "America's Fastest-Growing Metros" according to Forbes Magazine "Best Places"

Best Places America's Fastest-Growing Metros Brian Wingfield and William Pentland 01.30.08, 2:20 PM ET It's no secret that the Southeast and Western United States are booming. The costs of living and doing business there are often cheaper there Read More...

New-home Construction Rate Rises Finally but Not Up to the Rates of Last Year

I n a report today, The Austin Business Journal wrote that after a cautious slowdown in new construction late in 2006 and early this year, Austin homebuilders are forging ahead, starting more than 1,100 more homes during the second quarter of 2007 than Read More...