Doug Mellen's Austin Area Real Estate Blog

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 was named an ideal city to help raise grandchildren. Austin's 351 acre Zilker ...

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 and second home community on the north shore of Lake Travis outside of Austin as "Best ...

COPY OF THE PRESS RELEASEMACFARLAN CAPITAL PARTNERS ANNOUNCE PURCHASE OF CENTEX DESTINATION PROPERTIES ASSETSMacfarlan Forms TerraMesa Resorts to Manage Exclusive Destinations andSecond Home Communities Located on Lakes, Ocean front and MountainsDALLAS, March 25, 2008 — Macfarlan Capital Partners, L.P. a Dallas-based private real estate ...

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 than in big coastal cities. But where and how much those cities are thriving might ...

In 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 during the first quarter, according to a report from housing research group Metrostudy. The ...