Lake Travis Real Estate Blog

Austin Area Housing Market Data For April Still Shows Prices Rising, Sales Trending Upward

There are lots of different ways to look at the Austin housing market. Some make it look frightening, some are much more optimistic. To me there are three things that present a meaningful indicator of the overall health of the Austin, Lake Travis, Cedar Read More...

IRS Relaxes Rules Regarding Capital Gain on a Primary Residence Owned for Less Than Two Years Under Certain Circumstances

Tierra Grande, a publication from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M discusses some recent changes in the IRS Tax Code regarding capital gains and includes some examples of how they apply. A portion of the article follows: Tax rules for home sales 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...

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...

The New York Times Says 'Some Cities Are Spared the Slide in Housing' - Austin is Among Them!

February 15, 2008 By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and RON NIXON AUSTIN , Tex. — The real estate market these days is a tale of two Americas, and one of them is not doing too badly. In the America of big-city housing markets, especially on the coasts and in the 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...