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Fri, Jun 26, 2009

Enjoying Austin's Established Wi... by Jim Olenbush

Although quite a few wineries have popped up in Austin over the past 10 years are so, there are also plenty of wineries that have been around for much longer.  Each of these wineries has been around for so long for one simple reason: they prod...

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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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Tue, Jun 09, 2009

Austin one of the Top Ten Best P... by Jim Olenbush

According to Forbes, the city of Austin is the 8th best place for business as well as for career.  Among the reasons for the city's high placement on the list is the fact that the projected annual job growth rate for the city is currently at 2...

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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

New Home Starts Down in Austin by Jim Olenbush

According to Residential Strategies, Inc., new home starts continued to plunge within the Austin area during the first quarter of 2009.  In all, the number of new home starts was only 1,215 during the first quarter this year, representing a 47...

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Thu, Apr 09, 2009

Austin Considered to be Low Risk... by Jim Olenbush

While many housing markets throughout the country are experiencing a great deal of instability and projected housing process are looking grim for the next few years, a report released by PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. indicates that Austin is at a low ...

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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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