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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
North Austin is the largest section of Austin Proper. Over the years Austin has grown north rapidly. Maybe this is because of the ease in which developers could access land along the 183 and I35 corridors. North Austin has grown into Round Rock and Cedar Park almost seamlessly. This has offered a great demand for shopping and entertainment int he North Austin area. With developments like the Arboretum, Gateway and the Domain North Austin seems to have a great deal to offer consumers.
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
East Austin, wow what a change. With all that is going on in East Austin it appears to be quite abit different than just a few years ago. The East 11th St project has had quite an impact on the real estate around it. One can drive through the area and see a great deal that is new to the areas. The Mueller Airport redevelopment offered its share of impact on the East side of I35 as well. The residential phase of the development has started and will be opening soon.
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By Sky Realty
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Austin is known for its night life. If it's dining, club hopping or theater Austin has it. The one of these things that I would like to point out is the Austin Theater. For city of our size we have some great places to catch an act. I  favorite is the Zach Scott. This is a tiny intimate setting that lets you be with the character as they are performing.Austin TX
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
Austin is great for the outdoors. One good thing about Austin is the weather, when its not hot, cold or storming. It seems that a great deal of the time the weather is perfect for doing things out side. I have composed a list of a few of the parks and outdoor venues. Follow this link to learn more about Austin parks.Austin Texas Real Estate
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
Austin Texas is quite the cultural town. Many people have and idea about Texas and when they get here, especially Austin, they find the unexpected. Austin is a multicultural place with lots to offer. One of the thing I like about Austin is all of the things to do when it rains or is just to hot. The Austin Museum options are great.
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
Welcome to Austin Texas! You've come to the right place to find out all about Austin, TX Real Estate.  We hope you'll find Austin as amazing as we do.  In order to help you out, we'd like to give you as much information as possible. Real estate is available in the form of single family resale homes, new homes, condos and Duplexes.  Whether you prefer living in the suburbs, Downtown Austin, North Austin, South Austin, East Austin, West Austin or on the Lakes (Lake Austin and Lake Travis), you're sure to find the right home or real estate to suit you.  We'll help you define your Austin home search to include the things that are most important to you and your family.
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
These are things that we've discovered after years of living here.  Austin has so many things to see and do and lots of great places to live and work.  We consider Austin beautiful, relaxing, eclectic, fun and interesting.  Austinites are friendly and love to share what they've discovered. There are some fantastic restaurants in and around the city.  Some are well known and others are little out of the way places that only the locals know about.  It's the same with shopping.  We have huge shopping malls, but there are so many little specialty stores tucked away just waiting to be discovered.  Entertainment is available all over the city.  Live music is the norm on 6th Street and in the downtown Austin area, but all around town you'll find museums, parks, theater, lakes and so much more ...
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By Alan Kirkpatrick, Alan in Austin
(Austin Texas Homes)
    Reading was not always a priority for me growing up but as I left High School and entered college, it suddenly dawned on me that, I had better start reading or I was going to be taking home some grades that first summer that might get me out of the house and on the street (permanently). I enjoy reading now and most of it has to do with my career field. Here are a few books that have really helped me over the years. Feel free to add to this list as many of you are great readers and can help me supply a great reading list for us all.  The BibleThe Purpose Driven Life (Rick Warren)Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki)Halftime (Bob Buford)Developing the Leader within You (John Maxwell)The Key to Everything (Jack Hayford)The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis)The Volunteer Revolution (Bill Hybels)...
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Strange title, right?  OK, so I baited you.  The real question is how can I build if my land is in the new Lake Travis floodplain?  Here is one way I just found today. This is in Graveyard Point.  Anyone who knows Lake Travis knows that Graveyard Point is one of the first areas to flood when the lake gets over a certain level.  In fact, many Graveyard Point homes are still airing out from our last round of flooding.Graveyard Point sits pretty low in terms of elevation.  Building on land inside the floodplain has to start with the first level of the house one foot above the floodplain.  In the case of this house, you can see just how high that is compared to where dry ground is.   In this shot, you can see the level of Lake Travis in relation to the main level of the house.  Lake Travis ...
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By Funmi Nwokolo, Realtor - FunmiAndTheCity.com
(Keller Williams Realty ®)
I lOVE Kayaking.  It's one of the most relaxing things to do.  My husband and I go to town lake in Austin as often as possible, and try to get our friends to go too, but most of the ones who live here, don't want to try it, and are missing out indeed. Because whenever we have guests in from out of town, we always take them out there.  It's just another one of the charming things about ATX, the fact that you can go out and rent a Kayak for about $20/hour, or $30 for the whole day at the Texas Rowing Center, which is what we usually do.  We've tried the two person Kayaks, but have learned that you have to be totally in sync with your partner in order to go in a straight line, otherwise you'll end up going in Circles...like we did this day :pNot a happy day :(So needless to say, we've deci...
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By Dee Copeland, Principal Broker
(Copeland Group Realty)
As you know, we've been experimenting with Slideshare.net presentations. Our team specializes in new construction, second homes, relocations and investments, so we have to be on top of upcoming projects. Austin is moving towards more mixed-use residential retail in Downtown and Central areas. By passing ordinances that allow for taller buildings, the city is set to handle the huge population boom that we will see in the next 10-20 years. View the full-sized version after clicking on the Slideshare logo. CONTACT US at CopelandGroupRealty.com for questions, full-sized pdfs and more information.
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By Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (512-796-7653)
(Austin Texas Homes, LLC)
  In marketing, as you have probably heard many times, perception is reality.  In real estate, this is certainly no different.  I have always tried to view this career as a service business, rather than strictly as a sales job.  To be sure, I use my sales skills every day.  I even have to use sales skills on my kids sometimes.  However, if you treat your real estate clients strictly as potential sales, you will probably struggle to build a successful business.  Instead, take some extra time to show your empathy.  Please allow me to explain.   When I am training new agents (and experienced agents, for that matter), I often reference a book that I read a couple of years ago called "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell (he is also the author of "The Tipping Point" - I would highly recommend reading ...
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By Jennifer Hart
(Sky Realty)
Last week an article in the Austin American Statesman caught us up on La Frontera. La Frontera is a 330 acre site in a great locationin Round Rock: Interstate 35, Texas 45 North Toll Road, and the Loop 1 extension. The project began in June of 1998 and the first retail stores began opening in July of 2000. In the works today are plans for office condos, a rehabilitation hospital, a new hotel, restaurants, shops and a 43 acre mixed-use and office site.
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By Alan Kirkpatrick, Alan in Austin
(Austin Texas Homes)
  The mild summer in Austin has perceived a lush green belt across the hill country. Normal temperatures in the high 90's and 100's have been replaced by several days in August where the temps did not climb past the mid-70's. The drought of central Texas has officially been declared over at least for the foreseeable future. Here are some fun farmers markets in the Austin Area. The Austin Area Farmers Market                                                                                                      CLICK HERE TO SEE LOCATIONS If you have any clients that are thinking of moving to Central Texas, I would love to help them and see that you get a handsome referral. Contact me at alanmaz1@earthlink.net or see my website of beautiful affordable Central Texas properties just click belo...
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By Steve Crossland, Austin TX Real Estate
(Crossland Real Estate)
Sylvia was broadsided yesterday in her new (3 months old) honda odyssey by an Illegal Immigrant driver on Manchaca Rd. He had no insurance, no driver's license, no proof of identification and didn't speak English. The police came and wrote him three tickets. I'm surprised he wasn't arrested, since he had no proof of ID. Luckily, the damage is cosmetic and the van is still drivable, but it was unnerving for Sylvia as she was 1 hour late to meet her buyers and was distressed that her nice new van is now damaged.The funny thing is, the first thing I thought as I looked at the damaged side of the van was "I wonder if that's going to cost more to fix than what we're saving on the cost of building our new home?" Then I wondered why I thought about it like that.The thing is, we all want the b...
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
I have noticed an increase in activity in our office over the last week. Most of it sems to be buyer activity. I do not know if this is due to an increase of market share or sign of something good. From time to time I see small burst of activity, and this burst seems to be one of the better ones. I compared our numbers for Aug over last year and our numbers are up. Yeah we have more agents, but the agents seem to be much busier over all. I see this as a good sign that will stay a while, for our office.
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
Avery Ranch sold stats for July of 07, for single family homes sold through the Austin MLSAll information deemed reliable, buyer or seller must verify
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
The following statistics are from the Austin TX MLS, and are based on single family homes sold during the month of June 2007All information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed, buyer or seller must verify
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
Avery Ranch sold stats for May of 07, for single family homes sold through the Austin MLS  All information deemd reliable, buyer or seller must verify
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By Sky Realty
(Sky Realty)
Below are the stats for single family homes sold through the Austin MLS durring  2006 for Avery Ranch List PriceSquare Feet$/SFBedroomsFull BathsLiving AreasYear BuiltSales PriceLP:SP%CDOMMin$ 152,5001413$75.273212001$ 151,00084% 0Avg$ 282,6302617$102.893222003$ 272,56397% 78Max$ 780,0005732$166.356452006$ 747,000106% 355 All information deemed reliable, buyer or seller must verify
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