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Austin Realtors know one factor many Austin residents look for in homes for sale--especially new homes--is green features.  Now the rest of the country is likely to know as well, thanks to a recent spate of "Green Publicity," as it were, including Austin's landing at the top of one major list of ...

The City of Austin has been so far largely spared the nation-wide slump - homes for sale on the market for month after month, prices falling, builders postponing or canceling entire developments.Austin builders, however, are seeing a local silver lining to this national cloud.  As national builde...

Austin Realtors know that Austin is growing at a booming pace-and has been for some time, and can be expected to for some time.  And to confirm it, Forbes magazine has put Austin at the very top of their "fastest-growing" list of large cities-ahead of places like Atlanta, Seattle, Orlando, and Ho...

Just a year or two ago, many people got caught up in the national real estate boom and jumped into the market as "investors." They did this mostly for the wrong reasons. Many were driven by the eye-popping property appreciation rates on the East and West Coasts. Fueled by the gains in their real ...

It's apparent the East Riverside area is changing, but not everyone may be clear on how rapidly and how much.  One canary-in-the-coal-mine appears to be Linder Elementary in the Riverside and Oltorf area.Changing demographics in that part of town mean that AISD won't build a new elementary school...

It's known that neighborhoods in transition don't always transition smoothly. Case in point: Riverside.The Statesman tells us that CWS Capital Partners has postponed their fight to get variances allowing them to build condos closer to the lake than normally allowed.  They hoped to get the varianc...

It's common knowledge that some neighborhoods are just easier to walk around in than others.  Clarksville or Tarrytown, for example, offer any number of ways to get things done on foot.  Travis Heights and Bouldin Creek residents know how nice it is to walk to the South Congress shopping and ente...

The type of people who are going to be attracted to Traditional Neighborhood Design don't necessarily want to live in a quiet cul-de-sac.  They may not want to live at the center of a 24-hour entertainment district, either, but one of the general assumptions and goals of TND is an economically en...

Most know that density is probably the most counter-intuitive part of the appeal of Traditional Neighborhood Design.  After all, aren't we all searching for homes with more rooms, more square feet, and bigger lots?  If we could have a whole block to ourselves, wouldn't we take it?  What can the b...

In today's market, Austin home buyers want something more than the average client. Maybe it's quick access to the greenbelt, maybe it's a cutting-edge design, but for a lot of Austinites, it's the knowledge that their home is making a positive impact on the environment.  And that's one of the big...