Austin Real Estate News

We added a new profile today for Muirfield, a gated neighborhood in Southwest Austin that is part of the larger Circle C Ranch development. Visit our Muirfield Austin profile page to learn more about this great community, Muirfield homes for sale, location, schools, and area attractions.

Feel free to comment on Muirfield if you know the community – we would love to hear from you!

Also, if you are looking for a home in Muirfield, we would love to help! Contact us at 600.1800 today!

Forbes.com is speaking highly of Austin once again. Our city just ranked #1 on their “Best Cities for Recession Recovery” list posted on June 10, 2009. Forbes gives credit to our relatively low unemployment rate and diverse economy that includes the University of Texas, Texas government, and high-tech employers like Dell.

Other good news more specific to the real estate market is that nationwide pending home sales are up for the third month in a row. The National Association of Realtors® says “buyers are responding to very favorable market conditions.” These conditions include more affordable home prices, record low interest rates, and the rush for first-time home buyers to purchase homes before November 30th in order to benefit from the up to $8000 tax credit.

Sources: Forbes.com The Best and Worst Cities for Recession Recovery and NAR’s Pending Home Sales Up for Three Months in a Row

U.S. News and World Report posted a top 10 Best Places to Live report on June 8, 2009. Since we love seeing Austin make it on best places lists, we thought we would share! Here’s what Luke Mullins has to say:

“If you’re a free spirit, music junkie, or barbecue lover—or if you simply have what it takes to ‘keep Austin weird’ – Texas’s state capital is for you. Considered ground zero for live music, this city of 716,000 residents is home to legions of musicians and nearly 200 performance venues. In addition, Austin hosts the always popular South by Southwest festival. Since its inception in 1987, the event has mushroomed from a local gathering to a 1,800-band, 80-stage extravaganza of music, filmmaking, and interactive activities featuring performers from all over the world. Austin is also a high-tech hub, with companies like Dell and IBM, which employ thousands of residents. ”

Read the full report at Best Places to Live 2009.

Ready to make a move? Call Great Austin Properties at 512.600.1800 to buy or sell Austin Real Estate!

We now have over 250 neighborhood quick search links at AustinHomeListings.com! We created the QuickSearch you see in the top right corner of every page to assist you in your Austin home search. These predefined searches make it easy to search for homes in popular neighborhoods such as Tarrytown, Steiner Ranch, Falconhead, Spanish Oaks, and Great Hills.

You can also search by subdivsion by navigating to Search > Subdivision, but sometimes neighborhoods are entered in the Austin MLS using names you may not associate with the community. For example, Spanish Oaks is often entered in the Austin MLS as “11505 TX 71″. Another great example is Tarrytown. Because this central Austin community came to be known as Tarrytown over time, it has names like “Bello Vista” and “Johnson Subd” in the MLS – making it rather difficult for most of our site visitors to see all active Tarrytown listings without our QuickSearch.

Of course, the best way to make sure you are seeing every listing on the market for a given neighborhood or area is to work with a Realtor – and we hope if you are ready to buy or sell you will call us! Great Austin Properties, LLC runs AustinHomeListings.com to attract buyers and sellers of Austin Real Estate – and we are ready to go to work for you. Call us at 512.600.1800 today!