Real Estate In Austin Blog

There’s a local organization making a huge difference by ensuring thousands of school kids have meals to eat each weekend. We’re going to ...

I’ve got good news about mortgage rates.  30-year fixed rates have been in a relatively narrow range for more than just a few weeks with ...

Austin hosts a lot of festivals every year. But I was surprised at which one was on top. Courtesy of the Austin Business Journal, here are the top ...

With the increased usage of Ring doorbells, Alexas, and Google devices in the home, it changes the dynamic when buyers look at houses. These devices ...

The year-end report covers how the Steiner Ranch real estate market performed in 2022. 

2022 was a tale of two different markets. We started remarkably strong with major increases while the second half of the year saw the market begin to ...

This edition of How's the Market in Steiner Ranch outlines the December sales stats for Steiner Ranch. Now, I typically also recount the year-to-date ...

If you purchased a home in Texas in 2022, it’s time to file your homestead exemption.  This exemption is for your primary residence, not a ...

Let's talk about the hand signs ​used at various Texas colleges in this episode of Discover Austin. Do you know them all?

This video will look at the December stats, but the 2022 recap is coming soon. If you only watch one, I suggest watching the year-end report.

I have a lot of pet peeves about real estate. One of them is the use of the phrase ‘Top Producer.’ You’ve probably heard an agent ...

With the change in the real estate market last year, contingent contracts have returned.  Here in Central Texas, when we refer to a contingent ...

Just one since 1999.  That’s when I started selling real estate and since then, only one of my clients has filed a claim with their title ...

You can buy a lot of things at the Domain, but a place to live isn’t one of them.  Often referred to as Austin’s second downtown, ...

The names are familiar.  The tremendous growth in Central Texas has been driven by jobs.  Ever wonder who the biggest private-sector ...

A recent study found that Austin was the most equity rich real estate market in the county as of the end of October 2022. What exactly is equity ...

Back in Episode 32, I introduced some common Texas sayings. Now, with the help of Three Fingers Morgan, it's time to add even more Texas phrases to ...