Keeping up your credit scores is important and not just for getting a mortgage... Texas Homeowners Insurance Rates Higher For Those With Poor Credit Original report by: By TERRENCE STUTZ Austin Bureau of Dallas Morning News A recent report in the Dallas Morning News showed that homeowners with poor credit can expect to pay more than double the Texas homeowners insurance rates of their Continue Reading
Austin – January 2015 Home Sales Rise
Austin-area home prices hit all-time high for January, home sales rise in January 2015 Austin Board of REALTORS® releases real estate statistics for January 2015 AUSTIN, Texas – February 20, 2015 – The Austin-area housing market started the year strong in January 2015, with single-family home prices reaching Continue Reading
Living in a State of well-being …
What happens when Gallup interviews more than 176,000 U.S. adults across all 50 states, conducted from January to December 2014 in the following five essential areas of well-being? Add all the scores up and you get a Well-Being Index; the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index has released their 2014 results for the best (& worst) well-being states (The Oxford English dictionary describes Continue Reading
Austin, Texas awarded a Top Ten place in the 2014 Most Dynamic cities to Live in the World !
City Momentum Index Identifies Austin Texas as one of the World’s 20 Most Dynamic Cities! by Jone Lang Lasalle City Momentum Index If you live in Austin Texas, you can now say you're an inhabitant of one of the most dynamic cities in the world. At least according to the real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle, which compiled a list predicting the 20 most dynamic cities with the most momentum Continue Reading
3617 Bratton Heights Drive – Impeccable Wells Branch area home
This beautifully maintained Wells Branch area home is nestled in the desirable neighborhood of Bratton Hill located in the Round Rock ISD! This home features 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, a game room and formal dining room. It is impeccable with freshly painted interior and exterior and recently updated carpet upstairs. The master suite is huge! The downstairs features tile and laminate Continue Reading
Dripping Springs Named The First International Dark Sky Community In Texas
Dripping Springs Named The First International Dark Sky Community In Texas TUCSON, AZ, AND DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX, 11 February 2014 – The stars at night remain big and bright deep in the heart of the Texas – thanks to the hard work and dedication of Texas Hill Country residents. The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) announced today it has designated the first International Continue Reading
Drink and dine your way through these Dripping Springs hot spots
Drink and dine your way through these Dripping Springs hot spots! By Kristi Willis Austin.CultureMap.com 2.10.14 | 9:13 am If you had told me two years ago that I’d be hanging out in Dripping Springs on the weekends, I would have scoffed at you. Lo’ and behold, my brother-in-law's brewery, Twisted X Brewing Company, moves out there and now I’m a regular. This once sleepy town at the footsteps Continue Reading
The Top 5 U.S. Cities That Are Driving the Future – Austin Number One!
The Top 5 U.S. Cities That Are Driving the Future (a third of the top 12 are from Texas…..) Original article from Business Insider 01/07/2014 The American economy is being reshaped by the booming industries of technology and energy, according to new rankings by the Milken Institute. In the 2013 rankings of America's best performing cities, 13 cities defined by Milken as tech hubs made it into Continue Reading
London to Austin Direct – British Airways to open up new service
New nonstop service to London expected to generate millions for British Airways & Austin economy Credit: Eluveitie AUSTIN -- The first regular transatlantic flights to and from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will begin next year. On Tuesday City officials joined British Airways to announce the start of non-stop service to and from London, England. Continue Reading
2014 Homestead Forms now available. How to file homestead to reduce the property taxes on your primary residence
2014 Homestead Forms now available! How to reduce your property taxes on your primary residence! How to file your Homestead tax forms if you have purchased a home in the last year . An exemption removes part of the value of your property from taxation and lowers your taxes. For example, if your home is valued at $50,000 and you qualify for a $15,000 exemption, you pay taxes on your home as Continue Reading
