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Luxury Home for sale-Buda Texas

Luxury Home 905 W Bartlett-Buda, Austin, TX

Featured Luxury Home for Sale

The perfect Lone Star Luxury Home

A private and gated community, exclusive real estate in Ruby Ranch

  • Sale: $459,000
  • 4,100 Sq. ft.
  • 1.3+ Acres
  • 4 bedrooms, 4 full Bathrooms
  • 3 Living rooms, 2 Dining rooms
  • 3 Car Garage, media room, double vanity, 24 foot ceilings..
  • A 2001 build, but home feels like a 2013
  • Now available (make an offer or schedule a showing) [Read more…]

Austin’s New Rules for Short Term Rentals

The Fight to Keep Austin Short Term Rentals Reasonable Continues

On October 18, 2012 just weeks after the Short-term Rental (STR) Ordinance went into effect, the Austin City Council amended the ordinance to significantly reduce the registration fees and approved a resolution directing the city manager to explore ways to make the registration process simpler and easier to enforce rules deviated from the intent of the ordinance, and ABoR immediately spoke out against them, advocating a reduction in fees and a simplified application process. The notification fee, which is used to notify homeowners that an STR is operating within 100 feet of their property, was reduced to $50 from $241.
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a Lender’s “needs list” for financing real estate

Below is a list of items needed for financing; which can be sent to the Lender between now and when you have a property under contract:

  1. Lender Needs ListLast 60 days of pay stubs
  2. Complete 2010 and 2011 FILED tax returns (all pages, schedules, and w2’s)
  3. All 2012 W-2’s
  4. Bank statements for most recent 2 months (all pages)
  5. Most recent retirement account statements (all pages)
  6. Copy of drivers licenses and social security cards for all applicants
  7. Employer contact info to verify employment
  8. Realtor contact info to help with contract preparation
  9. Your chosen homeowner’s insurance agent contact info
  10. Credit card authorization or check for appraisal fee (fee determined by lender)

If you have fixed income

  1. Annual Social Security Benefits statements
  2. Documentation of other retirement income (if applicable)
  3. 1099’s for 2010 and 2011 and 2012 for all fixed income
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11 Reasons to Sell your Home During the Holidays

  1. Top reasons to sell real estate-home in tx winter holidaysPeople who look for a home during the Holidays are more serious buyers!
  2. Serious buyers have fewer houses to choose from during the Holidays and less competition means more money for you!
  3. Since the supply of listings will dramatically increase in Spring  there will be less demand for your particular home! Less demand means less money for you!
  4. Houses show better when decorated for the Holidays!
  5. Buyers are more emotional during the Holidays, so they are more likely to pay your price!
  6. Buyers have more time to look for a home during the Holidays than they do during a working week!
  7. Some people must buy before the end of the year for tax reasons!
  8. January is traditionally the month for employees to begin new jobs. Since transferees cannot wait until Spring to buy, you must be on the market now to capture that market!
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Formula 1 racetrack after a fight between investors

Aerial photography of formula 1 racetrack construction 2012

Formula 1 racetrack, Austin TX, October 2012. Photographer- Jared Tennant


Austin Texas is less than 2 months from hosting a Formula One race after a fight between investors including billionaire Red McCombs and Tavo Hellmund, a promoter and former driver, almost stopped the first U.S. Grand Prix in five years.

The dispute over the $300 million project in the Texas capital, which is known for high-tech companies and live music, as well as wet weather from December to March delayed builders at least three weeks. That left construction crews working extra shifts to ready the venue, with capacity for 120,000 fans, in time for the Nov. 18 start. [Read more…]

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