Posts Tagged "Austin Metro"

Top Demographic Trends for Austin, TX Total growth and population increase during the decade: Austin’s total growth increased incrementally over the past 50 years.  During the 1960s, the total growth in Austin totaled 90,000.  The numbers rose to 190,000 during the 70s and 250,000 in the 80s.  By the 90s, the total growth number was almost 400,000 and in 2010, hit 466,000.  The total population for the Austin-Metropolitan Area was 1,720,000 in 2010.  The metropolitan area is often referred to as the Austin MSA, or the Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The Austin MSA ranked third in a list of top 30 metropolitan areas ranked by percentage growth.  In 2010, the City of Austin ranked 14th, just under San Francisco, for Top 30 largest cities in the...

Have you ever wondered what makes Austin……. Austin?!?!  I have!  So what is Austin’s unique equation? This is (distilled!) result of over a year’s worth of conversations and research distilled into a simple expression: Experience + Community = Scene. Cities that have what I call Unique Ambition are: Boston: be smart Silicon Valley: be powerful Berkeley: live well NYC: be rich LA: be famous DC: be an insider Austin? We have all heard Austin, TX described as: Keep Austin Weird, Live Music Capital of the World, an Open City ……. What makes Austin, TX uniquely Austin is it’s powerful social exchange!!!  The scenes that make Austin...

We have a New Listing in the Harris Branch Subdivision that shows beautifully well.  The home at 11625 Loweswater Lane features beautiful dark cherry hard wood floors throughout kept in mint condition Priced at $159,500, the home at 11625 Loweswater Lane has some outstanding features, including: 3 bedrooms with large study perfect for a home office 2 living and 2 dining rooms, plenty of space to entertain guests 2 full baths 2,179 square feet ($73.19 sq ft) .242 Acre Lot – lot’s of space between you and your neighbors Built in 1990, 1 owner, well maintained and in Immaculate Condition Beautiful Street Appeal *Wow-Za* Beautiful Dark Cherry Hard Wood Floors throughout kept in mint condition tile in wet areas Stainless Steel Appliances New leaded glass...

Dear fellow Austinites & Future Austinites, In the late 80’s and early 90’s in Austin, job growth stopped, real estate values dropped and people left town. Probably because of the severity of that recession, Austin has faired much better this time. Home prices did not increase more than could be supported by median family incomes. Thanks to Texas’s home equity laws, consumers could not borrow against their home appreciation nearly as easily as homeowners in other states – which helped keep home prices stable and consumer debt manageable. If you don’t have a bubble then you don’t have a bust. While most other major real estate markets have seen home prices drop by as much as 50% and experienced high unemployment, Austin’s median home ...