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Georgetown, TX Real Estate News

By Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (512-796-7653)
(Austin Texas Homes, LLC)
Early last year, I worked with some clients who needed to sell their home and purchase a new one closer to their business.  I am thankful that I met them, since they are the owners of Laurie's Too Tearoom, which is arguably the best dessert destination in the county. Laurie was apparently the previous owner, and when the current owners, Rodger and Cherry, bought the restaurant, they decided to leave the name alone.  Why mess with a good thing, right?  They closed the original Laurie's, and focused on this location, which is about 1/2 a block north of the town square in Georgetown, on Main Street.  The physical address is 612 Main Street. Whenever I eat at Laurie's, it reminds me of my grandfather's cooking.  I'm sure that you have heard this before in other restaurant reviews.  In this ...
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By Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (512-796-7653)
(Austin Texas Homes, LLC)
Today, I met my good friend and fellow agent Alan Kirkpatrick for lunch.  It wasn't hard for me to decide where to get together.  My first choice was Down the Alley Bistro on the square in Georgetown. Located at the corner of 8th Street and Austin Avenue (on the SE corner - facing the courthouse), the Bistro has become one of my new favorite places for a casual lunch in that area. The physical address is 118 W. 8th Street, #101. Alan had the tomato bisque soup, which he described as "terrific", and I had the Tuscan turkey panini, which has provolone cheese, fresh spinach, and a pesto which is delicious.  Let me preface my next statement by explaining that I have never considered myself to be a "foodie", nor do I usually rave about good meals.  Today's sandwich was likely the best one I ...
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By Alan Kirkpatrick, Alan in Austin
(Austin Texas Homes)
Met Jason Crouch for lunch today in Georgetown Texas. Just about 10 minutes from our houses this historical town in Central Texas has a great old downtown with pleanty of good places to eat, shop and hang out. Today it was "Down the Alley Bistro" I had a great bowl of homade Tomato Bisque soup. Jason had a turkey club. I know he would tell you the very best part of it was that he got to see me again. Ha           Just accross the street from us is this great site the court house.
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By Mary "B" Battaglia, GRI, CRS - Austin Real Estate - Austin Texas Real Estate agent
(Coldwell Banker United (referrals welcome!))
The Georgetown Real Estate Market:   The average sold price in the Georgetown market is steady from a year ago to $229,193.  Sales of single-family homes for the first 6 months of 2009 are down 24% compared to this time last year.  There is 8.9 months of inventory, which is an oversupply and reflects a market favoring buyers.  The number of active listings is steady from last month at 620 listings. Mary Battaglia CRS     Austin, Texas area real estate
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By Romeo Manzanilla
(Realty Austin)
There is still no shortage of press coverage on Austin these days. Recently, an article that caught my attention forecasted Austin as the 5th fastest growing metro area among 250 US cities. They are expecting the greater Austin area to grow 87% from 1.5 million residents to 2.7 million by the year 2025! Depending on your perspective, this kind of story could be interpreted as very good or very bad. There was also an interesting article written about Las Vegas home prices stabilizing that made reference to Trulia's top 10 cities where sellers were reducing their home prices in response to the market. Unfortunately, Austin was #9 on their list where Trulia claims 31% of homeowners reduced their prices an average of 8% in June. Fortunately, this trend has not yet shown up in the prices hom...
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By Suzanne Gantner, GRI, E-Pro, SRES, SRS, ABR, CNE, REDS, CPS, WCS
(Realty Texas)
I just came from Sun City, Georgetown, Tx and while I was only going to check on my listing. I ended up staying all afternoon.  I drove up in the driveway at 241 Crockett Loop (my listing) and out came the next door neighbors, who bought the home from me when they moved in from California.  Once the across the street neighbors saw us jibber jabbering, well out they came to visit as well.  This went on for several hours, people walking, jogging, biking all stopped to say HEY and what a great time I had meeting all you guys!! Next time I will bring the wine because we had so much FUN!  Now, I don't know if any of you do this, but I am going to start doing it more often.  It was better than an Open House for people just driving around. Invite the neighbors and let them do the selling for y...
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By Romeo Manzanilla
(Realty Austin)
This month's newsletter was the easiest to write in quite some time. It seems as though the press just can't stop saying enough good things about Austin. Take a look at some of these amazing headlines from some very reputable news sources: Forbes: Austin is nation's best bargain city Austin only major city to gain jobs in last 12 months Austin forecasted as 5th fastest growing US city Austin best city for a 'fresh start' Austin home prices rise, continue to drop elsewhere Texas in top 5 states to lead nation out of recession Texas foreclosures decline 9% in April 2009 Austin unemployment rate drops in April 2009  First time home buyers also got another dose of good news as the Federal Government rolled out a new plan that allows the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit to be used at ...
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By Edward W. Lui, Georgetown Texas Real Estate
(Mars Hill Realty Group)
Georgetown, Texas: Homes for Retiring Wine Lovers Every hard-working person dreams of the day of their retirement, when they can sit back, relax and enjoy the fruits of their labor throughout the remainder of their days. Ideally, people rediscover the passions they were too busy to pursue and fill the void that the lack of work suddenly leaves in their lives. This could mean moving to a region of the country or world that helps retirees experience their ideal retirement. Many retirees are discovering their retirement dreams are coming true in the wine country of Central Texas. During these pressing times, it may be more difficult than before to find a location where an affordable housing market and low cost of living will allow you to pursue fine pleasures such as wine. A recent U.S. Ne...
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By Romeo Manzanilla
(Realty Austin)
This is some information that was provided to me by one of Austin's top mortgage brokers: As you may have noticed, interest rates on 30-yr fixed mortgages have really shot up over the last few days.  We have gone from 4.5% with 1 point on Thursday morning of last week, to 5.25% as of late this afternoon (Wednesday, May 27)! I have never seen anything like this!!  Several recent events have contributed to what we are seeing: Thursday, May, 21, on the heels of Standard and Poor's announcement that it was reviewing the triple-A credit rating of the United Kingdom because its debt burden was to rise to 100% of gross domestic product, bond guru Bill Gross of PIMCO said that there is a fear that the U.S. may lose it's AAA credit rating. This has shaken confidence in the U.S. government's abil...
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By Edward W. Lui, Georgetown Texas Real Estate
(Mars Hill Realty Group)
Berry Creek Country Club in Georgetown, Texas To all you residents out there who live in Berry Creek, you now have a community forum! I just created a Facebook page for neighbors to interact, network, conduct business and get the inside scoop on Berry Creek real estate! All you have to do is click here: Berry Creek Country Club Getting a Facebook account is real simple and it's a great way to connect with friends...and this is just another reason to do it!:) Looking for information on Georgetown Texas Homes For Sale? Visit my website or call me anytime!! Want the latest updates on Georgetown Texas Real Estate, news and latest developments? Sign up for the blog by clicking the link below:
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By Romeo Manzanilla
(Realty Austin)
Many people I talk to are feeling a bit more optimistic these days.  Even President Obama believes the economy is showing 'glimmers of hope.'  In Austin, we are by no means immune to the economic crisis, but we feel very fortunate that our local economy has remained relatively strong in spite of the challenges we've faced as a nation. To support this statement, I have included a number of links to some very relevant and respected news publications and economic data.   1.    Austin's unemployment rate actually FELL in February as the Austin area added about 6,000 jobs.  Our overall rate of only 6.3 percent remains well below the national average.  2.    While many cities across the nation are shrinking, the Austin metro area continues to grow.  More people continue to move in to Austin t...
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By Russ Phillips
(Keller Williams Realty)
Good morning real estate afficionados, from the World Headquarters of Optimism Atop the Hill (based in my study with a wonderful view of rural Williamson County, Texas).  I was sitting here reading my email this morning, going through the maze of "How to Survive" and "Get More Listings" spam from vendors, and it occurred to me - they want us to buy in to this sensationalism, but the real truth is that things are going briskly here in the Georgetown area.  Sure, we still have a little over 2 years of inventory in the $500-750k market here (on the west side), but you know what?  If you have that kind of money to spend, you've seen them all and the ones that have sat forever have sat forever FOR A REASON.  NEWS ALERT:  WELL LOCATED PROPERTIES THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY PRICED AND CLEAN/STAGED ...
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By Edward W. Lui, Georgetown Texas Real Estate
(Mars Hill Realty Group)
Ok, I know what you're thinking..."A festival that's named after a flower?" But, what a beautiful flower it is: (Photo was taken by Lucas Adams) Every year, the city of Georgetown Texas celebrates the introduction of the Spring season and along with it, all of the beautiful flowers of the Hill Country landscape. Georgetown, just happens to be the Red Poppy Capital of Texas. If you love flowers, that's a good thing. If you only like flowers because you can give them to your wife when she's mad at you, it's still a good thing. The Red Poppy Festival has something for everyone: Lots of live music and performances; food (time to get your Kettle Corn!); a car show (for you non-flower enthusiasts); and ofcourse a parade. This festival definitely has the kiddos in mind with lots of free entert...
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