How a Sellers Market is Affecting Buyers Another month has passed and the Austin real estate market is continuing to show solid growth for 2014. Last month, Multiple Listing Service (MLS) reported that 1,449 single family home within the low $200,000 medium price were sold in the Austin area alone. This is a 7% increase when compared to January 2013. [...]
Austinites - do you ever sit in morning traffic, look over to the left, look at new road construction site, and wonder how did Austin get so packed? How many people move to Austin everyday? Is this number so large that we need to make these roads wider? Moving from Houston over a decade ago to attend the University of [...]
Septic tanks are common with Texas homes in unincorporated areas and custom homes. They also are common in isolated homes or homes situated on larger parcels of land. For the most part, homes that are located in urban to suburban areas are built with a waste water system already in place. The City or the utility districts in these areas [...]
Its official - You are selling your home in Austin, moving away and never looking back! You are taking that new job offer, met with your SmartLiving realtor and hassling over a 5 dollar difference with moving company bids. So stick a for sale sign in the front yard and hope that potential buyers will love your home as much as [...]
There are commonly two types of foundations - Pier and Beam and Slab. A pier and beam foundation is one where the base of the structure is held up by support beams and piers. A slab foundation is one where the structure sits right atop the concrete that is poured into the ground. Many new home builders, particularly production builders, [...]