The 2 Davids

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_pub

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_pap  

In this article from the New York Times, a very strong case is made for buying now.  Simply put, the old wisdom of Buy Low, Sell High applies now more than ever.  We may not be at the bottom of the national real estate cycle.  Unfortunately, we will only know where the bottom is by looking back.  Still it is certain that we are ...

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

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 ...

Still another great ranking for Austin http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/11/10/daily12.html?b=1226293200%5E1730907&surround=etf

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 Forbes article here.  ...

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