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How Much Are My Green Home Utilities?
Living in my green home bubble at Mueller Austin, I sometimes forget that other Texans don’t always enjoy the same low utility bills that I do. This became apparent on Friday when a prospective buyer asked me how much my electricity bill was ...
How Much Does It Cost To Sell Your Mueller House?
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 ...
How Much is Property Tax in Mueller?
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...
How Much Is Your Sunshine Worth in Austin?
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 ...How Much Will I Spend on Upgrades With David Weekley?
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...How to Buy a Home in Austin, TX With No Down Payment
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? Sin...
How to Find the Ratings of an Austin School
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...How to Get A Home at Mueller
Buyers familiar with the current Austin Sellers’ Market might think that buying a new home at Mueller might be the answer. I met some folks in that boat last night at a party, and I had to break it to them that this wasn’t going to be an e...