DeeinAustin

The buying season heated up in Central Texas in May according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS) May 2008 sales report.  Single-family home sales in May are up slightly over April 2008 numbers, when 1,981, homes sold. Homes are spending fewer days on the market and ov...

Who pays if we don't create affordable housing for Austin real estate?  This question was posed at the Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development's Affordable Housing Forum, held last Friday (June 13). The third in the forum series on affordable housing issues for real estate in Austin...

The Austin Board of REALTORS sent an alert last week to encourage agents to vote for Austin city council candidate Cid Galindo. Galindo faces Laura Morrision in a runoff that ends on June 14th. The main point of contention is the recent Point of Sale Ordinance that is part of the Mayor Wynn's Cli...

Austin Habitat for Humanity needs more land to build affordable homes. Austin struggles with affordability, so charities like Habitat are needed to create more home owners. Habitat for Humanity offers affordable housing to low income families. The charity uses volunteers to rehab these newly acqu...

According to a recent survey by BizJournals.com, Austin ranks as the number 2 city in America for young adults to live and thrive in the job market. The survey surveyed the 67 largest metro areas in America and then ranked them according to many factors, including size of the young adult populati...

We know that the Baby Boomers account for a large part of the real estate owning population in America. But did you know that they may be the latest trend-setters in Austin real estate also? Sounds unlikely, but it is very true! As this article in the Wall Street Journal explains, designers and a...