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Chief Executive magazine has again ranked Texas as the best state in the nation to conduct business. If only the national news reporting of doom and gloom would ease, we could all get back to work. Here is the article from Austin Business Journal. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/03/16/daily36.html?surround=et Read More...

The summary of housing prices in the nation for last year from the Federal Housing Finance Authority are out. Nation wide housing prices fell 4.5%. Texas home prices were up 2.1% in 2009. Austin did even better with home prices increasing 4.4%. Here are Read More...

Austin is still growing at a good pace and that will help us all through the rough times in the national economy. The US Census Bureau now puts the population of the Austin MSA at 1.65 million. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/03/16/daily51.html?ana=e_du_pu Read More...

Soon, the second largest employment sector in Round Rock will be Health and Medical. This is great new for our regional economy. http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=5B2F32F2B2D34CF17425CDE6369AFA79 When completed, this facility will accommodate Read More...

The $787 billion federal economic stimulus bill has several tax provisions affecting energy efficiency improvements in placed in service in 2009 and 2010. The tax credit for qualifying products has been increased from 10% to 30% up to a maximum allowed Read More...

The following candidates (in no specific order) came together for the first time in one room at the Austin Board of Realtors forum on Wednesday 3/11: David A. Buttross, 39, real estate investor Josiah James Ingalls, 28, a Hilton houseperson Lee Leffingwell, Read More...