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Mon, Jun 15, 2009

Texas Residents to Get Help with... by Jim Olenbush

Although the Austin metro area is fairing well than most of the country in terms of foreclosures, the city of Austin as well as the State of Texas have decided not to sit back and simply “ride out” the wave of foreclosures that have tak...

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Mon, Jun 15, 2009

Austin Receiving $132 Million fo... by Randall Kopp

The General Services Administration, which is responsible for providing support to other federal agencies and for managing approximately $500 billion of Federal property, will be dispersing money to over 100 different development projects across th...

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Tue, Jun 09, 2009

Home Sales, Traffic and Expectat... by Jim Olenbush

According to a survey conducted by John Burns Real Estate Consulting, the number of new home sales, expectations, and traffic increased in January.  This is consistent with statistics for the rest of the nation, which showed that current and e...

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Tue, Jun 09, 2009

Austin Listed as the Nation's Se... by Crystal Guthrie

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Austin was the second fastest-growing metropolitan area in the country between 2007 and 2008.  During this time period, the population within the Austin-Round Rock area grew to 1.65 mil...

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Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Texas Schools to Receive Funding... by Randall Kopp

Students throughout the state of Texas should soon see an improvement in the quality and the nutrition of their school-provided lunches.  According to the Texas Department of Agriculture, the state recently received $11 million in federal fund...

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Wed, Apr 08, 2009

Tech Jobs Remain Relatively Stro... by Crystal Guthrie

Although job loss and general unemployment has been a major concern around the country, a new report put out by TechAmerica indicates that the technology industry found throughout the state of Texas has not been hit as hard as the private sector th...

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Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Foreign Investors Still Investin... by Jim Olenbush

Despite the fact that the global real estate marketplace has been struggling over the past several months, the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) reports that Austin is still considered an attractive investment among foreign ...

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Thu, Apr 02, 2009

Austin Ranks in the Top 10 for J... by Jim Olenbush

Considering the current economic troubles the world is currently facing, much of the state of Texas is faring remarkably well in terms of job growth.  In fact, according to figures that were recently released by the United States Bureau of Lab...

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