Archive for December, 2006
Getting to New Zealand, we travelled through San Fran in order to see my oldest and dearest friends, the Ryans. We arrived Friday and took ourselves from the hotel to Fisherman’s Wharf. It’s a really cool dock style shopping area/strip mall. There are these wooden docks that giant seals lay out on. Giant. And they […]
I’m just about gone. 6 am tomorrow. I’m pretty sure that I won’t be able to blog at all, but I will try to keep a detailed journal to bore you with when I return. All of you, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
If you know anything about me, it’s that I’m a little tomboy, a little designer heels. I could go wither way on some stuff. This profile is a stretch. I don’t typically go for this kind of fruitsy stuff, but I think this works well for what I need and I like the colors. I […]
Austin Job Market Looks Good - hiring managers optimistic
Closed Published by Steve Crossland December 13th, 2006 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateThis article is from the Austin Business Journal. Job growth drives the real estate market more than anything else. Austin’s job growth continues to look better than the nation as a whole.
Austin Business Journal (12/13/2006)
More than a third of Austin employers will look to hire in the first quarter of 2007, according a recently released […]
Austin Rental Market - Nov 2006 Update
Closed Published by Steve Crossland December 13th, 2006 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateThe Austin Rental Market for single family homes continues to show modest gains over a year ago. As you can see on the graph below, 2006 looks like it will be the year when rent values in Austin finally took a turn upward after falling for 4 years in a row.
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Foreclosures: Blame It on Second Mortgages
Closed Published by Steve Crossland December 12th, 2006 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateI thought this was interesting. Again, people are over-borrowing against real estate and getting into trouble. At our sales meeting this morning a Mortgage person updated us on a few things and then wanted to make sure we knew that they can do so-called 80/20 loans (80% first mortgage, 20% second mortgage = 100% loan) […]
We are going to New Zealand. It’s all booked. I have to start packing. I need a new wardrobe. I’m going to be gone for a very long time. Miss me? We leave Friday, and will be stopping for a couple days in San Francisco to visit some friends. We then will be flying to […]
No one’s even mentioned the careful aversion of that fact that due to typing all the time, I’m forever late with this one:
Final count on the Calendar of Depression:
The letter W appeared a total of 4 times.
The letter C appeared a total of 5 times.
The letter D appeared a total of 9 times.
If you don’t […]
Pros: seeing family, learning how to play mah johng, cooking the turkey, getting to watch football (against the law at some other Thanksgivings), seeing the sights, the Nintendo ds SSHH bought to help the flight go by faster, the cutest little sister-in-law, the mall with the M-I-L, finding the last $3.99 USB drive.
Cons: Dirty, busy, […]
Zillow.com Now Posting Homes For Sale in Austin
Closed Published by Steve Crossland December 8th, 2006 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateZillow.com, the website that provides “Zestimates” of home values for properties in the U.S. has now enabled new features that allow homes to be listed for sale. This is the next logical step for Zillow as they try to gain a foothold as the place to go for home information. More on that later.
For Sale […]