Dove Springs-a Quaint, Family-oriented Community By: Ki Gray | - A quaint, tree-lined rural community exists in Southeast Austin called Dove Springs, and it has a unique charm and many opportunities for recreation, housing, entertainment and access to the central city area. Dove Springs can be found by exiting I.H. 35 and traveling east on Stassney, among other routes, and the neighborhood's proximity to the freeway is another advantage to residents.
How To Acquire Austin Real Estate Listings The Easy Way By: Vikram Kumar | - When considering the purchase of Austin real estate most home shoppers will immediately contact a local real estate agent to set up a meeting. They will attend this meeting and will be presented with a listing of available properties in the Austin area that are within their price range. Many of these people who go about the Austin real estate search in this manner will deal with one or two real estate agents in hopes of obtaining that perfect place to call home.
Where To Turn To For The Best Austin Real Estate Listings By: Vikram Kumar | - Austin, Texas the and surrounding area is growing in popularity amongst individuals who are seeking out real estate. Austin, Texas is a wonderful place to live and to raise a family. It is a place where there is a strong focus on family and friendliness. The crime rate in Austin is low and the countryside is absolutely amazing to behold. These are just a few of the main reasons why more and more people are choosing to seek out property in the Austin area.
The Jolly Area Of Jollyville Road By: Ki Gray | - Jollyville Road has recently become a mecca for shoppers, business people, and residents, due to its varied character, which is a combination of high tech businesses, shopping venues, and nice but fairly reasonably priced homes with big, shady yards.
A Day At The Ballpark By: Ki Gray | - For some reason a beer and a hot dog just taste better at the ballpark. Arlington has the Texas Rangers and Houston has the Astros, but Austin has its own baseball team just up the road in Round Rock. The Round Rock Express may be a minor league team, but they've got big league appeal. To begin with, the team is owned by Major League Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan.
The Current State Of The Texas Economy By: Ki Gray | - A recent Associated Press survey on the economy by economists didn't paint a pretty picture. Home values are stagnant, consumers are still cutting back and not enough jobs are being created. While all of this is true in Texas, too, the Lone Star state still seems to be weathering the economic "recovery" better than other states.
How To Buy A Tax Sale Property In Travis County By: Joe Cline | - Tax sale properties can be a great way for would-be homeowners to find an affordable residence. Properties sold at a tax sale can also be an affordable way to get started in the real estate investment market. Many of the previous owners of these tax sale properties have not paid their property taxes in years. Because the tax assessor's office needs to recover at least some of this lost tax income, they often sell these properties for a fraction of their appraised value. Even during a rough real ... Tags:Austin homes for sale, Austin Texas real estate, Austin MLS blog
Austin Museums By: Ki Gray | - Austin is known for its live music, but the city also has a rich culture of museums and art galleries. The Austin Museum Partnership is a good place to find information and resources about Austin's diverse museum offerings. The following is a mere glimpse of the Austin museum scene.
The Economic Story Behind The Statistics By: Ki Gray | - We keep hearing that the economy is improving and about the statistics to back up the claim. Personal incomes rose, but unemployment held steady. Consumer spending increased, but not as much as expected. The economy grew at an impressive 5.7 percent in the last quarter of 2009, but most economists expect the overall growth for 2010 to stay under 3 percent. What does all this mean?
Taking Hunger Off The Table By: Ki Gray | - A recent study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine determined that almost half of all U.S. children will be on food stamps at some point of their young lives. After analyzing 30 years worth of data, from good economic times and bad, the authors of the study found that 49 percent of all children had been in a situation to need foods stamps before reaching age 20.
Preparing To Buy A Home By: Ki Gray | - Are you preparing to buy a home for the first time? Or have you closed on a number of homes in the past and are preparing to buy your next home? Regardless, you'll want to keep in mind the steps necessary to successfully navigate the preparations for buying that next home.
Storm Clouds On The Solar Horizon By: Ki Gray | - This is the conundrum of doing good things for the environment: How do you embrace green energy without the old technology providers becoming broke and obsolete in the process? That is the dilemma faced by the City of Austin and Austin Energy as they try to promote solar energy.
Why Recession Recovery Will Be Slow By: Ki Gray | - Austin is one of 79 metro areas across the country to be officially out of the recession, according to Moody's. Although the state of Texas is still considered to be suffering the constraints of the recession, Austin and seven other Texas cities have been given the all clear. This determination was based on an index that included employment, housing starts and home prices.
The Recession Is Over, In Case You Hadn't Noticed By: Ki Gray | - The Associated Press reported recently that a new government survey indicates that the recession is over. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and analysts across the country say that the economy is showing growth again. However, what no one can predict is how deeply the so called Great Recession has permanently changed Americans' spending habits.
The Austin Convention Center In Historic Downtown Austin By: Ki Gray | - The Austin Convention Center is a huge, sprawling convention complex in the heart of downtown Austin, and the facility can host just about any gathering, from sports events to conventions, garden shows, car shows, sales of every imaginable kind, and political gatherings, among others. The Center is located between Cesar Chavez to the South, 4th Street to the north, and Red River on one side and Trinity on the other. It covers numerous city blocks, and is practically a city inside a city.
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Star Of Texas Rodeo In Austin By: Ki Gray | - This is the time of year when Austin's residents head down to Auditorium Shores for a full, Texan Cowboy Breakfast with all the fixings, the prelude to the Star of Texas Rodeo. Every spring, during the first weekend of March, many Austinites head to the shores of Lady Bird Lake to get a belly full of biscuits and gravy, bacon and sausage, eggs, and various other kinds of grub, including grits and hash browns, and with a full stomach, make plans to attend the rodeo.
Seeing The Big Picture At Austin's Imax By: Joe Cline | - If you want to see a plain, old movie, you can find any number of theatres playing all sorts of mainstream films throughout Austin. Action, horror, romance and drama are only a short walk, bus ride or car trip away. But when youve finished seeing the show, you may wish that there had been a little more flair and panache to truly make that 10-dollar ticket worth it. Youll be mildly disappointed (even if tit was the best film of the year) as you wander home, thinking you should hav ... Tags:Austin Texas real estate, Austin MLS, Round Rock real estate
Why You Should Use An Austin Mls Search And Realtor Links By: Vikram Kumar | - If you are looking for a home, condo, investment property or any type of real estate in Austin, Texas, you should be sure that your realtor is using an Austin MLS search to help you find the perfect homes for you. In some cases, the realtor may also apply realtor links on their website to give you additional help. The more of a selection you have when you are looking for homes in Austin, the better your chances are of finding the ideal property for you.
What You Need To Know About The Austin Mls And Real Estate Link Exchange By: Vikram Kumar | - Your best chance of finding property in Austin is through the Austin MLS. Most realtors today use the MLS which is an anagram for the Multiple Listing Service. This gives you the opportunity to find all of the properties that are for sale in the area, not just those that are listings of one realtor. Whether you are looking for a home or selling a home in Austin, it pays to use a realtor that not only uses the MLS but also has a website that uses a real estate link exchange.
The Round Rock Express - Celebrating America's Favorite Pastime By: Joe Cline | - Everyone knows the Astros, at least everyone in Austin and in Texas. They are the major league baseball team of Texas, hitting homeruns and striking visiting players out whenever possible, from their home-base of Houston. While they may not be as nationally known as the Yankees, the Dodgers or the Red Sox, they are still a baseball force to be reckoned with, and part of that can be owed to a team within Austin, a minor league team known as the Round Rock Express.
Agave Development In Austin Real Estate By: Dane Smith | - Modern housing is on the rise in Austin, making it easier for the modernist to move into a brand new home, instead of waiting for a mid century A.D. Stenger to come on the market. Six miles east on Martin Luther King Blvd, the Agave residential development is finishing up its first round of homes. Touted as Austins premier contemporary residential development, all of Agaves 160 homes will be built with a modern flair.
South By Southwest In Austin By: Dane Smith | - In 1987, South by Southwest started as a weekend long music festival run by a handful of people, and today has grown into a 10 day long music, film and interactive festival with a full time, year round staff, and 1500 volunteers. The number of musical acts has increased ten fold, and attendance has gone from 700 people to over 10,000.
Austin Burger Places By: Dane Smith | - Though many in Austin consider themselves to be health conscious, there are still moments in each of their lives when a good hamburger sounds delicious. Austin is home to many burger joints, and some have been around for over half a century.
Hut's Hamburgers has been around since 1939. Homer "Hut" Hutson opened his establishment originally on S. Congress Avenue. That same year, Sammie's Drive-In opened on W. 6th Street. In 1959, Hut moved his burger joint to the current lo ... Tags:austin, burger, dirty martin, hut's, austin mls, austin real estate, austin homes, restaurant, food, sandy's, casino el camino,
Austin Profiles: Bookpeople By: Dane Smith | - Since 1970, BookPeople has been offering a wide variety of literary works to magazine browsers and rare book collectors and all those in between. With a built-in coffee shop, and lots of comfortable seating nooks scattered throughout the store, BookPeople promotes a relaxed atmosphere that will invariably lead to a purchase or two.
Located on the corner of 6th street and Lamar, BookPeople boasts a sprawling 28,000 square foot two-story store with over 150,000 titles from which to cho ... Tags:bookpeople, book, store, austin, local, business, austin real estate, austin mls,
Austin Profiles: Amy's Ice Cream By: Dane Smith | - Austin prides itself on many things, and having independent retailers around town would be one. Amys Ice Cream got its start in Austin back in 1984, and currently is one of Austins pride and joys.
Amy Simmons got the ice cream bug while attending college at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. She was majoring in Pre-Med and working for Steves Ice Cream shop, and ended up putting off medical school to help the ice cream business grow. Steves ended up being b ... Tags:amys, ice, cream, austin, mls, local, keep austin weird, austin real estate, business, amys ice cream
Austin Profiles: North Campus By: Dane Smith | - In Austin, Texas, just north of one of the largest universities in the US, lies the neighborhood many refer to solely as North Campus. This should be a small indicator of exactly how much Austin's culture and prosperity is influenced by the University of Texas. This area is home to an incredible amount of diversity for relatively compact size. Of all the North Campus residents, the largest demographic is also the most difficult to describe with any certainty: the students. While the population o ... Tags:austin, real estate, north campus, hyde park, neighborhood, austin mls, buying, home
Austin Neighborhoods: French Place By: Dane Smith | - Nestled in central Austin between Airport Boulevard and Manor Road lies the quiet yet vibrant neighborhood of French Place. Austin has always been renowned for its individual personality, and while its expansion continues to dilute that sentiment over the years, these quaint houses with ample yards exemplify the type of house considered a classic "Austin home." While other adjacent areas such as Hyde Park, Maplewood, Tarrytown, and all the property around the University of Texas have skyrocketed ... Tags:french place, austin mls, austin real estate,
Austin Neighborhoods: Barton Hills By: Dane Smith | - Tucked away off the bustling restaurant row on Barton Springs road, and just west of Lamar Boulevard, lies a conglomerate of little neighborhoods that make up Austin's Barton Hills community.
The area where Barton Hills is currently located holds some of Austin's oldest historical features. In the early 1990s, dinosaur footprints were found dating back to the late Cretaceous period, 97 to 65 million years ago. Artifacts have also been found from Native American tribe ... Tags:barton hills, austin real estate, austin mls, neighborhood, real estate, austin blog, austin
A Guide To Austin's Greenbelts By: Dane Smith | - On the eastern edge of the Edward's plateau lies one of Austin's greatest treasures: the Barton Creek Greenbelt. After millions of years, the runoff of rainwater carved a canyon into the plateau, and created one of Austin's treasures.
Austin Farmer's Markets By: Dane Smith | - As many Austinites relish living a healthy lifestyle, it's no surprise that Farmers' Markets are a hit in the city. The markets bring fresh foods from locally grown areas to those looking for an alternative to the goods found in the neighborhood grocery store.
Profiles In Green Building: The Austin Real Estate Market By: Dane Smith | - Austin has long been a home for friendly folk- friendly to each other, friendly to animals, and friendly to the environment. What used to be considered as only the concerns of hippies and the bohemian sect, environmentalism is now at the forefront of commercial and residential design, and "green" businesses are popping up nationwide. Austin, however, was the first city in the United States to establish a local green-building program, laying out environmentally friendly and sustainable guidelin ... Tags:green building, homes, real estate, builders, austin real estate, austin homes, austin mls
Sxsw: Which Admission Option Is Best For You? By: Dane Smith | - Every March, thousands of music lovers and industry insiders flock to Austin to party, network, and discover the next great band at the annual South by Southwest Music Festival. The weeklong music blowout has been packing them in since it was founded in 1987. Austin was chosen as the site for the annual festival because of its abundance of unique clubs featuring country, folk, punk, reggae, jazz, and rock artists on a nightly basis. In the late 90s, the festival added two new additions.
Waterloo Records: An Austin Original By: Dane Smith | - Since 1982, Waterloo Records has been providing Austin with music for all tastes. Winning Best Record Store in the Austin Chronicle Reader's Poll since its inception explains why Waterloo Records still stands when many other record stores have fallen.
John Kunz partnered with Louis Karp to open Waterloo, and five years later he became the sole owner. Waterloo Records was originally located at 221 South Lamar, and sold vinyl records exclusively. After outgrowing t ... Tags:waterloo records, austin record store, austin mls
The Alamo Drafthouse - An Austin Original By: Dane Smith | - Not many new businesses open their doors and become an immediate Austin success, but the Alamo Drafthouse is an exception to the rule. In 1997, Tim and Karrie League opened the Alamo Drafthouse in a downtown Austin warehouse building that was being used as a parking garage, playing mostly second run movies. Their twist to the movie-going experience was to offer food and drinks brought to the viewers by black-clad servers.
Christmas In Austin, Texas By: Dane Smith | - Like most towns during the holiday season, Austin brings out their festive lights. However, there are two areas in town known for displaying an awesome array of lights- 37th Street, and the Trail of Lights in Zilker Park.
Starting back in the early 80s, neighbors on 37th Street in Hyde Park came together to create a completely unique Christmas light experience that is creative, wacky, and fun- what today would be deemed as, "Keeping Austin Weird." Resident Jamie Lipman began ... Tags:christmas, austin tx, austin mls, trail of lights, 37th street
Hyde Park: An Austin Original By: Dane Smith | - Imagine a neighborhood of adorable medium houses seated comfortably on shady streets lined with trees. But then splash a rainbow across the entire area. That could get you close to what the Hyde Park neighborhood in central Austin is like. This old part of town has a lot of history, and was one of Austin's first developments north of the Capitol. Many of the houses are over fifty years old, but are lovingly cared for by tenants and successive owners, often with a heavy dose of their personality ... Tags:austin real estate, hyde park, neighborhood, older homes, austin mls
Evaluating The Different Options Available For Downtown Austin Condos By: Escapeso Austin Real Estate | - Downtown Austin is growing faster than ever. Well, maybe not ever, but more than in the last 14 years I have lived here. The city council and the community in gereral is pushing for growing the downtown into a live-work area with high density, shops downstairs, and living upstairs. The term is "multi-use" and it is pretty much pretty much the montra for Austin real estate. There are 10+ condo projects going up in the next couple years that cater to the different appeals of living in downtown ... Tags:austin real estate, austin home search, austin mls, downtown austin condos
