You may wonder whether you should sell your home during the pandemic. The timing couldn’t be better. Inventories are low due to the reluctance of many homeowners to allow strangers into their homes. Regarding COVID-19 concerns, the real estate market already offers virtual technology that makes it easy for buyers to see every inch of your home without stepping foot …
Three Things to do to get Ready for the Spring and Summer Selling Seasons
Just as bears come out of hibernation in the spring, so do home buyers. With the longer days, and relaxed schedules as the kids are out of school, the spring and summer are popular times to put a home on the market. In order to stack up to the competition, you’re going to have to pull out all of the …
East Austin Opens its’ First Agrihood
Village Farm Tiny Home Community has partnered with Green Gate Farms to develop the first Agrihood in Austin, Texas. This Agrihood is just south of Meadows of Walnut Creek in East Austin. This partnership brings farmers Skip and Erin onsite to live within the tiny home community while providing a farm stand, hen house for fresh pasture raised eggs, and …
Project Connect, Austin’s Traffic Solution
Austin’s transit plan just put even more emphasis on trains to move people around an ever-growing city, with a potential rail line running through Dell Medical School. Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO and President Randy Clarke and Austin Assistant City Manager Gian Fiandaca wrote in a recent memo to Austin City Council that they’ve made more tweaks to Project Connect, …
Austin Expanding the Convention Center
The Austin convention center does more than just hold conventions for the city. This year alone in 2020 the convention center has housed covid paitents, hurricane shelterSecond Street on the south and East Fourth Street on the north, between Trinity and San Jacinto Boulevard. Sources:
Amazon Hiring in Austin Metro Area
Amazon hasn’t slowed down on delivering products or building facilities to help meet demand. With the holiday season coming up, the company announced it plans to hire an additional 100,000 full and part-time employees throughout the U.S. and Canada. Of those, 1,700 are in the Austin metro area. “We’re always investing when it comes to supporting customers, so we’ve opened 75 …
Lowe’s distribution center coming to Kyle
The City of Kyle is getting a new addition to it’s growing community with a new Lowe’s distribution center. The major employer signed a lease for 120,000 square feet in Kyle Crossing Business Park. It plans to open a distribution center in Plum Creek, which is adjacent to where Amazon plans to open its facility. The 2,200-acre community houses about …
Water rate rules leave Homeowners Paying More than they Thought
Until they got the bills, with Georgetown, homeowners paid $1.75 per 1,000 gallons. With Leander, their rates jumped to $2.40 per 1,000 gallons, but those were temporary rates. It’s about to get even more expensive. The rates are set to go up to $5.40 per 1,000 gallons starting in October. Starting in the October service period, which is usually the …
Improving Your Odds of Buying the House You Want in Austin, Texas
It is no secret Austin, Texas is a red hot sellers market. Housing prices throughout the market, and in particular East Austin, have risen dramatically over the past decade. While there are those who, like Chicken Little, may be claiming “the sky is falling” when it comes to housing, the facts simply don’t bear that out. They may be using …
Brodie Oaks Shopping Center Transforming on South Lamar
Nothing beats shopping and dining in one of the many Austin, Texas outside shopping centers. One of the many outdoor shopping centers is Brodie Oaks, located right on the northeast corner of South Lamar Blvd. This regional community shopping center offers an assortment of retail and restaurants such as Hobby Lobby, Pinthouse Pizza, Sprouts and more. Barshop & Oles Company, …