South by Southwest Austin Real Estate

South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 9/26/2009
South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 9/26/2009 Finally fall, ahh fall. Cooler temps and the forgotten feel of wet grass on bare feet. And then the small wet puddles where the small feet traipsed through the living room.  Ahhhh. That also means there is barely time left to take advantage of the First [...]

Another Great Reason To Buy A Home For Sale In Tanglewood Forest!
The number of reasons to make Tanglewood Forest your home keeps on growing.  If you have little ones, and I do, the quality of the schools they will attend is a top priority.  Today the Texas Education Agency (TEA) released their school accountability ratings, and one of Tanglewood Forest’s neighborhood elementary schools received the highest rating possible. [...]

South & Southwest Austin: Tim Tole?s Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 6/15/2009
South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 6/15/2009  Summer is almost here?on paper anyway. But you couldn?t convince me it didn?t begin weeks ago with the return of the ?furnace in the sky.?  Whew! Along with the summertime heat, comes the home buying season, and it has definitely begun.  First Time Home Buyer [...]

Did you say ?Stimulus?? Austin Homebuyer Stimulus?that is! UPDATE!!!
$8,000 HOMEBUYER INCENTIVE AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE According to The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) the $8,000 incentive for first-time homebuyers has been tweaked from a refund at tax time to cash made available for assistance on down payments or closing costs. The mechanics of the new program, according to National Association of Home Builders economist [...]

South & Southwest Austin: Castlewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 6/01/2009
South & Southwest Austin: Castlewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 6/01/2009 Castlewood Forest is coming alive with the sound of music?ah..ah..ah..aahhh?.yes, the late spring & early summer buyers.  First time buyers and moving up buyers, too.  Four homes sold April through May, with three currently under contract, and six more actively looking for buyers.  That [...]

South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 5/31/2009
South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 5/31/2009 Tanglewood Forest is a great place to call home, and now its a great place to SELL a home.  With SIX homes selling per month, and just SIX homes currently available, that leaves us with barely ONE month of home inventory.  Recent sales are coming [...]

South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 4/30/2009
South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 4/30/2009 Tanglewood Forest is hot hot HOT again.  Buyers are getting off the fence.  With two to four homes selling per month, and just 5 homes currently available, that leaves us with barely 2 months of home inventory.  Don?t look for prices to come down [...]

South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 3/31/2009
South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 3/31/2009 Tanglewood Forest This is the tale of the new Spring tape.  Thus far into the new year, our absorption rate sits at .20.   With two to three homes selling per month, and ten homes currently available, that leaves us with five months inventory.  Which of these [...]

South & Southwest Austin: Castlewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 2/24/2009
South & Southwest Austin: Castlewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 2/24/2009 Still no takers on great homes in Castlewood Forest.   No homes sold again this month.   Sigh. One lucky seller has a contract and is holding their breath that the buyers do not bail before the checks clear the bank.  Hang in there brave soul! Don’t despair!  There is [...]

South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 2/23/2009
South & Southwest Austin: Tanglewood Forest Homes for Sale Market Snapshot 2/23/2009 The average days on market for homes selling in Tanglewood Forest shoots down to just 30 days! Gloom and doom in the media are making a great real estate investment environment even better. Some kind of stimulus is coming, will it stimulate local home [...]