Austin

Good Luck Finding a House! Forbes Ranks Dallas as Third-Fastest Growing City Behind Houston And Austin

By Joanna England / January 23, 2013 /

As Candy already mentioned, pre-owned inventory is scary low, which is driving prices up for Dallas properties. Sure, demand means a seller’s market, but what about all of the folks that are either being born or moving to Dallas? That’s putting our housing market in a tough spot! Several big corporations have moved to Dallas in recent years — Comerica Bank being one of the largest — which has made move-in ready pre-owned homes sell like hotcakes.

Speaking of Lance Armstrong, Now You Can LEASE Sandra Bullock’s Austin Crib for $8000k a Month!

By Candy Evans / January 18, 2013 /

The old news is Sandra Bullock’s home has been on the market down in Austin for  254 days, and it still on the market for $2,500,000. The new news: you can now lease Sandra’s house for $8000 a month. Stardom apparently is not as vital as good BBQ in Austin: as my fave Austin Realtor…

Speaking of Lance Armstrong, Now You Can LEASE Sandra Bullock's Austin Crib for $8000k a Month!

By Candy Evans / January 18, 2013 /

The old news is Sandra Bullock’s home has been on the market down in Austin for  254 days, and it still on the market for $2,500,000. The new news: you can now lease Sandra’s house for $8000 a month. Stardom apparently is not as vital as good BBQ in Austin: as my fave Austin Realtor…

How About a Spa 24/7 for a Vacation Home? Living at Austin’s Barton Creek Resort & Spa Is Life Just Like That

By Candy Evans / May 17, 2012 /

You know that feeling when you sink into a wonderfully padded (and warmed) massage table, the scent of Hill Country lavender in the air, relaxing soft music that takes you away from life as you know it for 50 blissful minutes? Wonderful, isn’t it? Recently, we stayed at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin…

Glass in High Rises Problematic Elsewhere: Remember the W in Austin?

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2012 /

It wasn’t reflective heat, but Austin, our oh so ecologically correct sister city to the south, had major problemos last summer with the W Hotel and Residences last summer. The Austin-American Statesman found that Austin “does not insist on the safest kind of architectural glass for guardrails, or specifically, require engineering inspections of exterior balconies on the…