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Maxwell McDaniel | Keller Williams Realty | 512-236-0223 4404 Companeros Way, Austin, TX Walk to Bowie HS from this Sendero home! 4 Bdrm Single Family House offered at $225,000 Year Built 1999 Sq Footage 2,023 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors 2 Parking Unspecified Lot Size 6,325 sqf...

Maxwell McDaniel | Keller Williams Realty | 512-236-0223 1600 Larkwood, Austin, TX Fantastic remodel with vintage feel! 3 Bdrm Single Family House offered at $275,000 Year Built 1956 Sq Footage 1,419 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 2 Car garage Lot Size 9,030 sqft HOA/Mai...

I just heard that there is going to be a Home Depot at Mueller.  The local retail component of Mueller is still being cooked, but I hope we can get a smaller local hardware store in there.  Austin is home to a great local store called Breed and Company.  I think they would be an excellent additio...

Fantastic Remodel For Sale $469,000Location: Cherrywood / French PlaceIncredible gourmet kitchen, wine cellar, open floorplan. Huge backyard with giant trees. Walk to the hippest restaurants, near Mueller redevelopment, UT, downtown. This one has it ALL!! Just steps from the proposed Manor Rd str...

Hot off the wire.  Starbucks has joined the rest of the national retailers at Mueller.  I'll leave the comments to you.  Sometimes they're just too easy.  The  powers that be state that once the Town Center gets built it will focus more on local retailers.  There has been a fair amount of discont...

In case you've missed all the headlines, we've gotten a bit of rain here in central TX over the last few days.  19 inches (yes I said "nineteen") in one night alone in Marble Falls.  Those poor people out there are going to need a lot of help.  Since Marble Falls is just upstream from Lake Travis...

I just read an article in the Austin Business Journal that said the demand for homes sub $200k were down in Austin.  I had to chuckle to myself when I read it as it paints a very different picture of what reality is here.  Sub 200k homes are down where the new builders have chosen to build is a m...

Okay, that's a bit of a trick question, I think we all know that staging is important.  The better question would be "how far do we go with staging?"  My professional experiences lead me to believe that a properly staged home is the difference between a home selling and not-with everything else b...

It's happening folks, whether you like or not.  Austin is getting a new MLS system in November.  MLXchange will be our new platform and you can say goodbye to Tempo.  Is this good news for us agents?  Maybe, maybe not.  I was on the task force that came up with the recommendation to make the swit...

I've scoured the Mueller website looking for a complete list of which retailers are going to be there and haven't been able to find one yet.  HOWEVER, I did locate a partial list and I suspect that the reason that more haven't been announced yet is that they haven't been signed on yet.  So here i...