Market News
Austin cited as one of the next youth-magnet cities
Friday, July 17, 2008
What do Washington D.C., Seattle, New York, Portland and Austin all have in common? They are the five cities that top a new Wall Street Journal poll on where young people are likely to flock once the economic recovery takes hold. Read More
Retail center planned near Lake Travis
Friday, July 17, 2008
A large development planned along FM 620 in North Austin could bring more than 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurants to the area. Read More
Housing shortage may cause home values to rise by 2011
Friday, 27 February 2009
While many homeowners across the country have watched the values of their homes plummet, the Central Texas real estate market has fared much better. Economic forecasters are now saying a housing shortage will... Read More
Forbes Ranks Austin Best City for the Value
Thursday, October 16, 2008
When it comes to getting the most for your money, Texas appears to have a lock on the country. The state's four biggest cities are among the top 10 on Forbes magazine's list of the best bang-for-your-buck... Read More
Austin economy ranks 4th on Milken/Greenstreet list
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Even in a tougher economy Austin is still outperforming many other areas of the country in job creation and other economic markers... Read More
Austin Job Growth Second Only to Houston in National Study
Friday, September 12, 2008
The past year has been a rocky one for the U.S. economy. The country has seen 394,000 private-sector jobs slip away since mid-2007, equaling a loss of 7,570 jobs each week. The unemployment rate has... Read More
Austin Fifth Fastest-Growing Metro Area in Nation
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The city was the only one in Texas to make the list of the 10 fastest-growing U.S. metro areas, ranking fifth, with a population increase of 4.3 percent in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau... Read More
Some Cities Are Spared the Slide in Housing
Friday, February 15, 2008
The real estate market these days is a tale of two Americas, and one of them is not doing too badly. In the America of big-city housing markets, especially on the coasts and in the struggling industrial... Read More
Austin Economy Spanks the Competition
Thursday, January 31, 2008
High-tech, a booming film industry and the University of Texas all helped propel Austin to the top of Forbes' 2008 list of America's Fastest Growing Metros. The magazine ranked Austin No. 1 among the nation's... Read More
Ten Cities Ready To Bounce Back
Thursday, October 18, 2007
The horror show of America's residential real estate market just keeps getting scarier, what with the sub-prime mortgage crisis threatening to slash demand for homes while the inventory... Read More
Cedar Park Ranked Among Top 20 Fastest Growing U.S. Suburbs
Friday, October 26, 2007
More than 523,000 square feet of office space was absorbed in the Capital City during third quarter 2007, according to the latest numbers from Grubb & Ellis.... Read More
Austin Office Market is One to Watch, Report Says
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Projected rent growth and the region's population boom have combined to make Austin a hot office market, according to one national real estate firm. Sperry Van Ness included Austin in its 2007 Top 10 Markets to... Read More
CAMPO Moves Forward with $2.2B Toll Plan
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
In a lively meeting at Anderson High School in Northwest Austin Monday evening, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization gave the green light to build five toll roads. The new toll plan, which replaces... Read More