Real Estate In Austin Blog

Why are rates near 8%?  Mortgage rates have increased rapidly in October and are now just under 8%.  But the Federal Reserve hasn’t ...

Are home prices going up or down?  As we head towards the end of 2023, various housing economists have given their predictions on how national ...

Let’s check in on Opendoor.  If you don’t know, they buy homes from consumers and resell them at a higher price.  In 2021, they ...

An update on the Airbnb nightmare.  I recently shared the story of a woman in Los Angeles who hasn’t paid rent in 18 months for the Airbnb ...

An Airbnb nightmare! A woman in Los Angeles has stayed in an Airbnb for 18 months without paying. In September of ’21, she rented a guesthouse ...

Welcome to the October 2023 edition of "How's the Market in Central Texas.”  Before we look at the figures, let me say that the stats ...

Welcome to the October 2023 edition of "How's the Market in Steiner Ranch.”  It’s a mixed bag of stats this month, so let’s ...

We’ve got 10!  The 2023 Forbes list of the wealthiest Americans is out and 10 are from Central Texas. Elon Musk tops the list, worth over ...

Let’s talk mortgage rates…again. Obviously, the big real estate story since the spring of ’22 has been mortgage rates, which are ...