The Central Texas Real Estate Specialist

  According to the Austin American Statesman, current projects around central Texas will add more than 1.3 million square feet of office space when they are completed this year.   What's driving this momentum?  -Central Texas' strong job growth!  Here are the stats- job growth in central Texas wa...

 According to recent figures from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight,  during first quarter 2007, home prices in Texas increased 6.8 percent while the national average increased just 4.3 percent."Despite the national slowdown, Texas is still strong," said Dr. James Gaines, researc...

Hello Rainers....                                                                                   Some of you may or may-not be willing to share this information with us but I thought it would be interesting to see just how much of your business you would attribute to blogging?  For me, since I...

                                                                                          Leander residents who make the daily drive to Austin have a new, eco-friendly commuting option.Capital Metro's commuter rail has officially opened its first Central Texas station in Leander.  While the train...

 According to data collected by Texas A&M real estate center, Texas land prices hold strong and continue to rise to record levels.                                                                                                                                                  The five year trend f...

Average Prices: May 6 - May 12, 2007 (compared to the same week in 2006) "New Listings" average list price is up 16.88% to $304,747.  Sold average sales price increased 27.77% to $262,782.In 2006 average sales price was $205,663 during the same week. The information is provided from Alamo title b...

The Austin division of Dallas-based Centex Homes Corp. has purchased 135 acres from Harris Branch developer The Galesi Group. Harris Branch is a master-planned development that consists of 1,100 single-family homes. Galesi began developing the project, which is near Parmer Lane and the new SH 130...

Many investors are seeking to buy rental properties near and around the nations universities.  Here is why...according to the National Center for Education Statistics, US College enrollments are expected to increase by a minimum of 13% to 19.5 million between 2004 and 2015.  But that is not the f...

- I was excited to see that the Avery Ranch Boulevard extension, connecting Parmer Lane west to Hwy. 183, opened this morning. Heading east from Parmer Lane, Avery Ranch Boulevard becomes O'Connor Boulevard just before Great Oaks Drive.  The road dead ends into R.M. 620.  The road provides an alt...