Brian's Blog

The hardest thing about marketing homes is correctly anticipating the needs of your clients, and figuring out what they want. Don’t get thrown off by this statement, but it’s easier than it sounds. If it’s not already, Twitter should be one among many tools in your marketing toolbox. But simply b...

With home prices still fluctuating, it’s sometimes hard to know exactly how to price a house so that it will sell quickly and for the most money possible.  If you choose the price correctly, however, you could get a serious offer within days -- allowing you to close the sale quickly and get on wi...

  The United States luxury housing market is on sale at rock-bottom prices -- and affluent Chinese buyers are doing what they can to scoop of low-cost properties for investment purposes and to help them realize the American dream. Not surprisingly, the real estate markets in high-profile New York...

The Austin real estate market has slightly improved when May 2010 is compared to May 2009.  2010 has shown a 16% increase in home sales and 2.6% increase in the median sold price per square foot when compared to the same time period in 2009. However, May 2010 still proved to us summer is among u...

The Austin Real Estate market is showing signs of heating up this summer. Austin experienced a 4% sold price per square foot increase and 8% increase in the number of Austin homes sold during April 2010 compared to April 2009. It took 7.7% less time to sell a home during April 2010 compared to Ap...

While technology has greatly enhanced the public's ability to find an Austin real estate agent online, how do you know who the best Austin REALTOR® is to use when purchasing a home?  One of the easiest ways to find a good REALTOR® is to use an internet search engine such as Google and search for ...

The Austin, TX declining unemployment rate is a comforting indication that the local economy is holding its own. Austin's overall unemployment rate has decreased .4% since April, and as of the end of May 2009, it is 5.8%. This number remains lower than Texas' overall unemployment rate, as well a...

The number of Austin, Texas home sales have been gradually increasing since January of 2009, following a pattern of seasonal increase. While the numbers are down this year (28% fewer homes sold in April 2009 as compared to April 2008, to be exact), the supply of homes for sale has also decreased ...

Despite the national recession, the Austin real estate market continues to outperform the majority of the country. Even though fewer homes sold in March of 2009 than in March of 2008, only moderate reductions in price have been felt in the last couple of quarters. In fact, the number of homes so...

Median selling prices for Austin area homes are down 3.2% for February 2009, as compared to the median selling prices for February 2008. In addition, homes sold in February 2009 has decreased by 41% in number, as compared to homes sold during February 2008. Through February, bank rates for a 30 ...