At Home in Austin, TX Real Estate Blog

I was lucky enough to be among the many happy Rainers to attend Raincamp Dallas this week, and despite the sunny weather there, which had indeed melted away their recent snow, I came away from the experienced soaked to the bone in ActiveRain and loved every minute of it! True confession, after sp...

It started as a Valentines day gift - to me you see. I am one of the luckiest REALTORS alive, as I not only get to live in the fabulous city of Austin Texas, but, I get to sell real estate in and around the fabulous area known as Central Texas as well. While we did see a bit of a downturn this ye...

Note: This is an article I wrote for the front page of my news letter this month - prior to Mr. Obamas announcing his train ride. It is a bit longer than most posts, but a worthy post I believe, and I include it here today as a tribute to President Elect Obama, Martin Luther King Jr., and to all ...

As the Thanksgiving holiday descends upon us, and the end of the year holidays quickly folllow, it is time to turn our thoughts once again to one of two definetes in life, Taxes! No, Stevie, say it ain't true! Alas My friends, if you are wise, and have any time at all to "get organized", now is t...

Listen up sellers, as I am sure your agent has told you before, look with a buyers eyes! A clean, clutter free home is not only more attractive, but, as statistics show, like the ones from Home Staging Resource to name one, it will usually sell quicker and for more money. Now the question is, how...

There's a lot of news these days about the credit crunch and how it happened. Makes you wonder if some of those businesses had to go through the checks that consumers go through, especially post crunch, if they would be able to borrow at all. That being said, I still get lots of questions about c...

The time has come and the stakes may have never been higher. By all accounts thus far, turnout may never have been higher either. Don’t let that fool you, and Do Not use that as an excuse to not honor the privilege & duty you have to make your voice heard, and register your choices in your local,...

We are quite spoiled here in the capital city of Texas. Certainly we have attained near superstar status for our multiple music and media festivals, and we have a ton of cultural happenings of all flavors at our beautiful new Long Center. Add to that the literally dozens of Live Theaters, and the...

The time is upon us for perhaps one of the most important and significant elections of our lifetimes. The issues are many, and most are of such a serious nature that ranking their priority is at best difficult. Voter turnout is expected to be quite heavy, and early turnout is showing this to be t...

There it was today, after many months of waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop, the Austin American Statesman reported on its front page that as the number of sales were down for an unprecedented fifteenth month in a row in Austin, the median price for houses had also come up flat. Indeed, for ...