Austin

Good News For Austin Real Estate: Elon Musk Needs Double the Workforce

By Marlin Weso / April 1, 2021 /

If you needed encouragement to move to take advantage of the burgeoning Austin real estate market and needed a job, a billionaire’s tweet might give you that additional push. On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a tweet: “Over 10,000 people are needed for Giga Texas just through 2022!” Already, Musk primed the market by…

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Waterfront Lake Austin Home Is Definitely Feline Fine

By Adlene Neely Dealey / March 31, 2021 /

If you have $5.5 million in American dollars or bitcoin, you can have this waterfront Lake Austin home that includes a shaman and a feline touch, according to the listing for the property, which is for-sale-by-owner. And y’all, this is the fizziest FSBO that ever FSBO’d, making it a perfect option for the Wednesday WTF.…

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Did Elon Musk Offhandedly Drive Up Home Prices in Austin? We’d Like to Think So

By Marlin Weso / March 22, 2021 /

In a podcast interview last month, Elon Musk told Joe Rogan that Austin had the potential to be the “biggest boomtown that America has seen in 50 years.”

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Arlington Ranks Tops in Apartment Analysis, But Not in a Good Way

By Marlin Weso / February 8, 2021 /

Being No. 1 isn’t always a good thing. Arlington ranked first among the nation’s 50 largest cities with renters having the lowest average credit scores, according to a RENTCafé analysis. Arlington averaged a 580 score across four demographics. In comparison, San Francisco was tops with a 719. It wasn’t just an Arlington issue. Dallas averaged…

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If You’re Selling in 2021, Studies Have Good News for Texas’ Housing Market

By Marlin Weso / January 11, 2021 /

Thinking about putting your home up for sale but just haven’t found the right time or conditions? Will the seller’s market remain hot this year? The news is good. According to one analysis, median Dallas-Fort Worth market home values will grow 5.3 percent in 2021. California-based Construction Coverage analyzed data from Zillow in its study.…

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