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Gross Domestic Product by State, 2nd quarter 2018
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2018, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The percent change in real GDP in the second...
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Buyers May Find Relief in Cooling Housing Market
The housing market is showing several signs of slowing, providing a much-needed break for potential buyers who have been waiting to jump into the market. Existing-home sales were 2.4 percent lower in the third quarter than a year ago, and the drop...
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Boomtown: Kyle and Buda grow more than 80 percent as Austin’s growth spills over
Hays County has become the fastest growing county in Texas, according to the U.S. Census, and that’s because of cities such as Kyle and Buda. These are cities people used to pass by years ago, but now they’re drawing crowds of...
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Further Proof It’s NOT 2008 All Over Again
Home sales numbers are leveling off, the rate of price appreciation has slowed to more historically normal averages, and inventory is finally increasing. We are headed into a more normal housing market. However, some are seeing these...
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November home sales statistics for 5 popular NW Austin neighborhoods
Do you or anyone you know live in one of the neighborhoods below? We’ve kept home sales statistics for each of these since 2012 (since 2007 for Forest North) and just posted November’s numbers for each of them. Please feel free to pass...
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Wage Increases Make Home Buying More Affordable
Everyone knows that housing affordability has been negatively impacted by rising prices and increasing mortgage rates, but there is another piece to the affordability equation – wages. How much a family earns obviously impacts how easy...
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The 10 Best Big Cities to Live in Right Now
You don’t have to empty your savings account to afford city living in America—at least not in these locations. Urban areas offer a gateway to culture or a medley of activities, but they typically come with a high price tag....
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What is a “Shifting” real estate market anyway?
We’ve posted several articles and made comments over the past few months about our changing real estate market, so we thought we would spend a few minutes to discuss just what a real estate market “shift” really means. First...
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