Austin Real Estate Investment News

Now through February 28th, 2010, Robert Grunnah is offering investment consultations for $300 for an hour. The fee will be applied to the buyer agent commission on purchase. Additional hours available for $250/hr for approved clients. Robert leads the duplex and fourplex investment market with over 1,000 properties sold since 2004. He currently owns over 50 rental units in the Austin market. Per hour fee includes on-site consultation at S Congress location....

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  July 29, 2009 Slide in Home Prices Is Slowing Down, Index Shows   By DAVID STREITFELD   The long slide in housing prices is continuing to brake, figures released Tuesday indicate. For the fourth consecutive month, there was modest improvement in home prices in May, according to Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Index, a closely watched measure of the market. The index of 20 metropolitan areas had an annual decline...

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America's Best Bargain Cities Zack O'Malley Greenburg, 05.13.09, 4:20 PM ET Nearly a decade ago, after making a donation to a volunteer-run radio station in Austin, Texas, local librarian Red Wassenich was asked why he chose to support a broadcaster with a penchant for playing strange crooner music. "Because it keeps Austin weird," he said. Since then, the phrase "Keep Austin Weird" has become the city's official rallying cry against the establishment of large chain stores near mom-and-pop shops--and, more generally, for maintaining the city's eccentric feel. The city may be weird, but perhaps...

    May 3, 2009 After the Great Recession   By DAVID LEONHARDT   On April 14, President Obama gave a speech at Georgetown University, trying to explain why he was taking on so many economic issues so early in his administration. He argued that the country needed to break its bubble-and-bust cycle and cited the...

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Tremendous writing and one of the stunning business situations of our time. Imagine - a 50% decline! I am vacationing in Vegas this weekend, and am taken aback by the stories I am hearing from locals. The most memorable is also the most inspiring - our recent Ethiopian-emigree cab driver is purchasing for his family a 4 bedroom, 2004 construction house for $150,000. The same house sold in 2007 for $350,000. Dreams are now within reach for many. Welcome to Las Vegas, foreclosure capital of America By Scott BurnsSunday, April 05, 2009 LAS VEGAS — If you'd like to learn...

Are you unsure if now is the right time to get back into the real estate investment market?   Do you fear that this may not be the bottom and you're better off waiting?  This week in our Central Texas Investment Property Update we discuss these questions and give you some solid reference material for your consideration in making these decisions.  In addition, as always, we show you some of our best property investment values around.  Give it a read and let us know in our comments system here what your thoughts are and if you think the bottom...