For those of you out there who may be thinking of purchasing and using a FHA loan for financing, this press release has some good information. The bottom line is that you should purchase prior to 10/4/10 or your payments are jumping up for your mortgage insurance. FHA Gives Home Buyers One-Month Window September 1, [...]

Hey gang, we picked up a new listing today at 2930 Grand Oaks Loop.  It’s unit 801 of the complex.  I think these units are really well done, well at least this one is anyway.  We have it listed for 189,000.  If this condo were 10 minutes closer to Austin it would be double that [...]

Well, after a lot of guessing and speculation, the announcement that many have been waiting for is here.  The location of Austin’s F1 racetrack has been announced.  It’s just off SH 130 and FM 812.  It’s about 900 acres in the middle of nowhere, but very close to town and ABIA. Follow this link if [...]

If you’re a listing agent or a homeowner in a short sale position, READ THIS BLOG, cause this one is for you.  Then watch the video. We’re fortunate enough to work with many different types of clients.  Recently, we were approached about doing a show on HGTV about our work with first time homebuyers, which [...]

Maxwell discusses the new Central Austin Pricing Index that he created.  This index gives you the ability to see what is happening in central Austin vs. the entire Austin MLS that covers 69 unique MLS areas.  For this index, we selected Austin MLS areas 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 5, DT and UT. We’re happy [...]

Dan Blasingame and I will be coming out with a series of videos discussing the short sale process.  Here is the first video of the series. In this video, Dan and I are discussing how filing bankruptcy can affect the foreclosure and short sale process and our view of how best to handle the situation [...]

Have you always wanted to know how the other half lives?  Well this is your chance.  Come to the Luxury Home Tour and see our listing at 5905 Bold Ruler Way.  Also on the tour will be 7 other homes priced to over 4.3 million.  Wine and cheese will be served!

We all know that Austin is the live music capital of the world and now we’re getting the premier tour of female musicians via the Lilith Fair.  The date has been known for a little while now: August 14th.  I think most people would prefer a nice cool indoor space for an event at this [...]

For all my Realtor friends out there who have been following my rants about having to use the ActiveKEY, there is hope! I noticed (Jenn told me) on the bottom of the Showing Value emails there was a new blurb about being able to open lockboxes with iPhones.  At this point, little other information is available, [...]

Great article that I thought I would share with everyone. If  are a real estate investor, take a quick look and make sure your bases are covered.