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Some real estate statistics for Williamson County courtesy of the Williamson County Association of Realtors:Week of:10/14/2007     # Homes Sold SqFt$/SFList PriceSold PriceDays on Market87Average2020$90$184,279$179,87271 Median1923$88$169,900$164,00058 High4194$155$665,000$650,000415 Low919$45$89...

I know you guys will have some good advice for me!!  For the past 6-8 months, I have been using a mailing campaign to contact the owners of expired listings in my farming area.  Mailed a lot, used up a lot of postage - got no response!!  I know that these people are getting bombarded with phone c...

There is alot of buzz around Austin about new toll roads these days.  Just this week five more new toll roads were approved by the Capital Area Metropoitan Planning Organization board.  People seem to be very divided on the topic citing double taxation for the land as the reason not to support th...

WOW!  This new complex is going to be an amazing asset for Round Rock.  The city and the YMCA have partnered to build an indoor, competitive aquatic center.  Construction for the 14,025 sq. ft. facility will begin next month and they expect to have it complete by September of 2008.  The $6 millio...

I have recently been thinking about getting some more expertise in short sales.  Anyone out there worked with many of these?  If you are an "expert" - how are you getting leads for people in need of doing a short sale?  Are you marketing in some way to let people know that you are an expert?  I r...

We have been making a huge effort here in my office to get out the POSITIVE news about real estate in Central Texas.  The media is insistent on reporting how bad the market is, but that is such a sweeping overview of what's going on in the country as a whole.  Our Team Leader here in the office d...

Wow-great article in the Austin American-Statesman on August 8th.  The article, entitled "Job Growth Keeps Area Real Estate Healthy, Economists Say," says that the Central Texas real estate market is expected to remain strong in 2008!  A lot of what we are hearing about on the news these days is ...

Next Monday, August 6, the new 72-bed Scott & White University Medical Campus Hospital will open.  The hospital is affliated with Texas A&M University and their 3rd and 4th year medical students will be able to do clinical work there.  The new hospital has hired 200 employees and will focus on he...

I just read this morning that Austin is in the top four "retirement-friendly" cities to watch according to the AARP magazine.  That is some great news as the baby boomer generation continues to reach retirement age.  The Austin area has a lot to offer anyone coming here, but specifically better h...

In the July 29 edition of the Austin American-Statesman, there was an article about June home sales dropping for hte first time in five years.  While I certainly can't dispute the facts, we need to look at this information in context.  Even though sales were lower than June of 2006, they were sti...