As a home seller in Austin, how much do you need to pay the buyer’s agent? If everything is negotiable, what is the best commission to offer to a buyer’s agent?
The concept of a buyer’s agent is prevalent in Texas real estate, and firs...
One goal of the Mueller Development is to be a mixed-income neighborhood, and I recently got a comment from KC on a previous post asking where all of the homes in the $400,000 – $550,000 range were? The short answer is that they’re lived in...
If you bought your home new in Mueller, you probably glossed over the parts that the builder paid for at settlement, and were busy questioning the items that you paid for. And you may have forgotten about the Mueller Enhancement Fee due on ...
With so many people relocating to Mueller from other states these days, I thought it prudent to answer this frequently asked question – what are Mueller property taxes?
What is the property tax rate? Well, it varies. For 2011 it amounted t...
It is what passes for winter in Austin right now with today’s high reaching 73F (about 23C), and we are still enjoying a riot of sunshine in the city. It’s been a month since Austin Energy updated their utility billing model, and I started ...
There are several Mueller rental options, though rental inventory is extremely low in the single family home, condo and townhome portions of the neighborhood. Mosaic has luxury apartments for rent, but for those looking for a private yard spac...
This is a question I often get asked, and the answer depends on how much you like the standard finishes in their market rate homes. I like the fact that David Weekley put a list of their upgrades deployed in the model home – the Antone floorp...
The Stimulus Package gave us the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers in February. It looks like now that buyers in Austin can use this tax credit for their downpayment. Is this the return of the zero-down home purchase in Austin?
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A friend of mine is refinancing his home due to the all time record mortgage rates right now. He isn’t using my favorite Austin lender which is a shame, and his appraisal came out jaw-droppingly low. I mean, not even in the ballpark of what I...
How good are the schools in Austin? That’s a question I get asked as a real estate agent all the time, and one that I am ethically bound to refer to objective data (unless you’re asking my opinion as a parent and I’m off the clock)
The...