Lake Travis Real Estate Blog

Buyer's Market - Or Why It's a GOOD Time to Buy - Article in Yesterday's Austin Business Journal Reports "Travis (County) Home Foreclosures Reach Record-High"

If you're in the market to buy, there hasn't been a better time in several years. Interest rates are still relatively low and the inventory is high--in short, it is truly a Buyer's Market. As we enter the traditional "selling season", Read More...

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...

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 - 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...

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...

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...

Baffled By Foreclosure?

The Texas A&M Real Estate Center publishes a Tierra Grande, a monthly Journal of a wide variety of interesting basic and advanced articles related to Texas real estate. This Journal is available to the public. An interesting recent article in the Read More...