Real Estate Information

This 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home features a game room and two-story dining room.  17302 Zola Lane, Round Rock, TX 78664.

For even more information, including a virtual tour, school links, room sizes, and plenty of photos, click here.  To request a showing, contact me via email, online form, or at 512-735-7200.

As always, if you purchase one of my listings, you can use my moving truck.

I just updated the Neighborhood Home Sale data for November. You can access the sales prices for home sales in over 90 Austin area neighborhoods by clicking here. Detailed information is available for those who register and summary data is available for those who do not.

If you are ready to become part of these monthly statistics by either buying or selling a home, contact me via email, online form, or at 512-735-7200.

In this edition of How's the Market in Steiner Ranch?, I review a few of the monthly sales stats, give my interpretation of them, and reveal some of the Austin area's great Christmas light displays. 

To view summary and detailed information for all Steiner Ranch neighborhoods, check out the Neighborhood Home Sale Data.  If you are looking to buy or sell a home in Steiner Ranch, contact me via email, online form, or at 512-735-7200.

A closing yesterday on Miami's South Beach set a record for a condo sale with a price of $21.5 million.  The top floor penthouse has 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, and 5,803 square feet (that's $3,705 per square foot).  The property was originally listed for $27 million last year by the founder of Netscape who paid $9 million for it seven years ago.  Read the whole story here.

At the time I wrote this, we don't have any homes priced above $20 million in the Austin area.  However, here are are the homes currently priced above $5 million in the Texas capital. 

If you are looking to buy a home (even if it is priced lower than this condo in Miami) contact me via email, online form, or at 512-735-7200.

If you are looking for a great Christmas light display, I suggest going to visit Chinati Court in Cedar Park.  All twelve homes on the cul-de-sac are decked out with a dazzling array of lights.  Storyboards declare 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' two Lionel trains run through two yards, Christmas carols ring out, and more.  On Friday and Saturday evenings, you can buy hot chocolate and donuts with the proceeds going to Brown Santa of Williamson County (they are also a toy drop off for Brown Santa).  Take some time to enjoy the roaring fire pit, too.  This is the 12th year that the Chinati Court neighbors have put on this display and the 8th year they have been a part of Brown Santa (they've raised thousands of dollars and donated countless toys over the years).  Chinati Court is located just off Sun Chase Blvd in the Ranch at Cypress Creek in Cedar Park.  It is suggested that you park on Sun Chase and walk down Chinati Court to view the display.  You can find their Facebook page here.

The folks on Chinati Court don't move very often so I can't offer you the opportunity to buy a home on their court at this time.  However, if you'd like to be in their area, check out these available homes that also attend Westside Elementary.

Coming in mid-December, this 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home is located in the Meadows at Cambridge Heights in Pflugerville (though the mailing address is Round Rock).  Two-story living & dining rooms, game room, and island kitchen.  Carpet, some paint, and minor repairs needed.  Eligible for HUD $100 Down Payment Program.  To request a showing before the house hits the market, contact me via email, online form, or at 512-735-7200. 

17302 Zola Lane, Round Rock, TX 78664

I was just reviewing the foreclosure postings for the December 6th foreclosure auction in Travis County.  There are 606 properties posted for foreclosure which is a drop of 29% from the 850 posted last December. It is an increase of 25% from last month. Usually 25% to 30% of the properties posted are actually foreclosed upon so I'd expect somewhere in the area of 150 to 180 foreclosures. Of those, maybe around 20 will be sold to third party investors while the remainder will go back to the banks who hold the mortgage.

I came across an interesting notice as there is a block of 17 lots in Villa Montana being foreclosed upon. The value of the lots assigned by Travis Central Appraisal District is almost $3.7 million. I tried to contact the trustee to get more information, but he wouldn't share any more information beyond the basics included in the posting. The $4,066,176 mortgage was taken out just over a year ago in September 2010. The properties are owned by Waterford Oasis, LLC. The Villa Montana development is owned by the folks who own the Oasis and I presume this is one of their corporations. While I'm sure this is common in Nevada, California, and Florida, it isn't everyday we something like this in Austin.  There are also three houses that appear to be spec homes slated for foreclosure in Villa Montana.

Click here to view properties for sale in Villa Montana.  Click here to view foreclosed homes across the Austin area.  If you are ready to start looking for a home, contact me via email, online form, or at 512-735-7200.

This fabulous new listing is located in Eagles Glen at the University of Texas Golf Club in Steiner Ranch.  In addition to the beautiful house, the back yard offers an oasis with pool, hot tub, fire pit, and more.  1808 Eagles Glen Cove, Austin, TX, 78732.

For even more information, including a virtual tour, school links, room sizes, and plenty of photos, click here.  To request a showing, contact me via email, online form, or at 512-735-7200.

As always, if you purchase one of my listings, you can use my moving truck.

This new listing is located in the pool community of Brookfield Estates in Pflugerville.  It has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and almost 1700 square feet of living space.  14400 Spearmint Tea Trail, Pflugerville, TX 78660.

For even more information, including a virtual tour, school links, room sizes, and plenty of photos, click here.  To request a showing, contact me via email, online form, or at 512-735-7200.

As always, if you purchase one of my listings, you can use my moving truck.

David Schwimmer (Friends) just listed his Los Angeles home for $10.7 million (photo below). Back in the day, lots of people thought I looked like him. Clearly, he hasn't moved on to the "distinguished gray hair" phase of life since no one mentions the resemblance any more.

Anyway, click here to see the listing on Realtor.com.  To see the Wall Street Journal write up about the house, click here.

I quite certain we don't have any Friends' homes on the market here in Austin, but here are the homes we have priced above $10 million in the Texas capital.