A friend of mine bought a resale home at Mueller and kept his old Austin home as a rental property. His tenants are complaining that the home is leaky, and he’s wanting to sell the home in the next few years. Should he have Home Depot come take a look Read more…
I recently listed a home for sale in the Mueller Garden Court, and the seller received an offer under the doormat of her home. The prospective buyer had decided not to use a real estate agent to put together the offer, and the seller dutifully scanned it and sent it Read more…
Travis County has just released it’s updated property appraisal values, and the complaints are already being heard in the streets. In an attempt to avert an Austin Tea Party, here’s how to protest your property tax bill. Know your appraised value. This is as simple as going to the Travis Read more…
The Energy Audit is coming to Austin! Here’s Austin home inspector Stan Pearson’s overview of the upcoming changes. I’ll talk more about the impact on selling your Austin home in a coming article. “In June of 2009, the City of Austin will implement the energy audit ordinance, which essentially states Read more…
It’s that time of year again – April 15th is looming, and W2s and 1099s are being shuffled as people attempt to minimize their tax liability. As April 16th comes, there’s a sigh of relief, though there’s another deadline looming for people who bought homes in the last 16 months: Read more…
Here’s some pretty good news on mortgage rates for home buyers in Austin. This is John Schutze’s mortgage rate update: œMortgage rates are holding steady as we end the week! As we reported last week, on Thursday, April 2nd the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released it’s ruling and relaxed Read more…