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Home prices in Texas, and Austin in particular, increased in 2008 - A look back

Posted Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:39 PM by David Richard
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...
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Number of homes sold nationwide is up - ABJ

Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:40 PM by David Richard
The number of foreclosures continues to increase. However, we are now seeing the number of homes sold begin to increase again nationwide. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/26/daily4.html?surround=etf Read More...
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Good news for Austin is getting harder to come by. Austin in Top Ten for salary growth

Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 8:36 PM by David Richard
10 Great Cities for Salary Growth by Siri Anderson, PayScale.com We all want to know what's going to happen with the job market in 2009, especially where salaries are concerned. Is a raise in your future? It might just come down to where you live. Read More...
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Texas leading the nation in employment growth rates

Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 11:18 AM by David Richard
This is from the latest report from the U.S. Department of Labor. Over the previous year, non-farm employment rose in 11 of the 38 metropolitan areas surveyed with the largest year-over-year percentage employment gain recorded in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Read More...
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Austin Office market 5th strongest in 2009, retail 8th strongest in 2009

Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 10:58 AM by David Richard
Although the slowing in job creation in Austin is a concern to economists, we are still one of the best places to bo for real estate in 2009. Here is the artice from the Austin American Statesman. http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/realestate/entries/2009/01/05/report_austin_office_retail_ma.htm Read More...
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Perspective on Austin's Housing Market - ABJ 12-30-08

Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:27 PM by David Richard
As long as Austin continues to create jobs, we well fair quite well through this economic downturn. As the following article shows, our new home construction remains in line with what our current economy can absorb. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/12/29/daily14.html?ana=e_du_pa Read More...
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Austin job creation still outpacing rivals

Posted Saturday, December 06, 2008 4:19 PM by David Richard
ABJ - 12/2/08 Once again our stats show slow but steady growth. Its good to be in Austin. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/12/01/daily24.html?ana=e_du Read More...
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What is happening in West Campus - ABJ 11-28-08

Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:53 AM by David Richard
We have all noticed the cranes in West Campus the last few years. ABJ put together a good summary of the changes. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/12/01/focus1.html?surround=etf Basically, the University Neighborhoods Overlay Plan, UNO, Read More...
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Texas Foreclosure numbers for October - ABJ 11-14-08

Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 9:55 AM by David Richard
Out of the 279,561 homes that entered the foreclosure process nation wide, only 9,900 of them were in Texas. Texas represents 6.3% of the total population and only 3.2% of these foreclosures. Here is the link to the full article: http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/11/10/daily59.html?b=1226638800%5E1734281&surround=et Read More...
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Austin 4th on List of Major Growth Centers - ABJ 11-10-08

Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 8:19 PM by David Richard
Still another great ranking for Austin http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/11/10/daily12.html?b=1226293200%5E1730907&surround=etf Read More...
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Forbes Ranks Austin 4th Best for Value

Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 8:09 PM by David Richard
This one is really bullish on Austin. It is nice to be recognized for the positive results of missing out on the 2005 real estate bubble. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/10/13/daily43.html?b=1224129600%5E1718264&surround=etf Full Read More...
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Austin unemployment rate at 4.5% - ABJ 9-19-08

Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 8:05 PM by David Richard
Once again good news! http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/09/15/daily52.html?b=1221796800%5E1703611&surround=etf Read More...
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Austin economy ranks 4th on Milken/Greenstreet list, ABJ on 9-18-08

Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 7:59 PM by David Richard
I am catching up on the good news for Austin. It seems like we are fortunate enough to be in one of the best places to weather this economic storm. http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/09/15/daily26.html?f=et51&ana=e_du Read More...
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