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2008 

According to the Austin Business Journal, the business climate in Texas is the best in the nation.  This was a study completed by a marketing company named 'Development Counsellors International.  They polled 281 corporate executives across the country, 40.8% of those polled, stated Texas had the...
07/29/2008
According to Jean Chatzky of TODAYShow.com offers some advice to potential buyers and sellers in a shaky economy.  Over the past 5 weeks HSH Associates latest survey indicates mortgage rates have risen approximately half a percentage point.  This is true for fixed-rate, adjustable rate mortages a...
07/25/2008
According to the Austin Business Journal, the Texas Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved an energy plan in which the state will build power lines to move clean energy produced in West Texas to populated areas in Texas.  The plan is a $4.93 billion plan that will allow the state to move ...
07/19/2008
Forbes.com named Austin the number 2 best city where to buy a home.  Three other cities within Texas were ranked in the top sis.  Houston was rank No. 1, San Antonio, No. 5 and Dallas, No. 6.    Some of the reasons given were: low vacancy rate despite a lot building in recent years, affordable ho...
07/16/2008
According M.B Taboada of the Austin American Statements states developer Bob Wunsch has purposed to develop nealy 1,000 acres near the Round Rock Higher Education Center and Seton's new hospital on University Boulevard.   The project would include possibility 1200 single-family homes and 5,500 co...
07/14/2008
Currently, the housing market is experiencing a buyer's market in most communties.  Therefore, the real estate agent and the seller must work together in order to price the home properly.  This means the real estate agent must develop a comprehensive market analysis (CMA) of like properties in th...
07/01/2008
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