Courtney Baucum's (cbaucum) Blog

Transit Oriented Districts (TODs) are changing the face of Austin real estate along the route of Capital Metro's coming MetroRail commuter system.  Although we might tend to associate the new-urbanist, mixed-use, pedestrian friendly features of a TOD with the hipper and more trendy neighborhoods ...

Austin's far suburbs have grown exponentially in recent years. One of the hottest is Cedar Park, which lies about twenty miles North of Austin. With a median home price of $234,000 and median family income of $81,000--and a cost of living slightly below the national average--Cedar Park real estat...

In addition to the new toll roads and upcoming commuter rail, there's a third component to Austin's attempts to extricate itself from its current traffic and congestion woes: light rail. While we've determined that light rail is not remotely the same thing as commuter rail (although the names are...

Realtors in Austin know that one of the hottest markets going is the downtown condo market.  But just what's going on downtown?  How does a buyer know if a condo is the right choice? Before you start looking, stop to think whether this is the right move for you. First of all, downtown condos aren...

[Austin, TX] In recent weeks, the Austin City Council took important actions to meet the challenges posed by two revitalization corridor projects in East Austin. Hopefully, with an end to a long-simmering dispute over 11th street and the beginning of the architectural process on Riverside, the Au...

[Austin, TX] According to a recent survey conducted by the Human Capital Institute and Monster.com, Austin is among the top ten relocation sites for employees. Nationwide, Austin trailed only San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Atlanta and Boston as the sixth most desirable relocation site. In Te...