August proved to be a slow month for the housing industry in Austin with home sales falling 15 percent over this time last year. Up until the month of August, home sales in Austin have been up compared to 2009 according to the Austin Board of Realtors. August also showed that the average home pr
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10/05/2010
The unemployment rate in central Texas fell for the second month in a row to 7.2% for the month of August after a drastic increase in January, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. The drop in the unemployment rate can be attributed to the 3,800 new jobs added to the area in the month of J
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10/01/2010
Many home buyers in Williamson County think that they could never afford the price of building a new home, and therefore never consider it. However, with mortgage rates at all-time lows, buyers are seeing more potential and ease in building their own custom home over buying a previously lived-in
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09/28/2010
Austin home owners under the age of fifty-seven are seeing home interest rates the lowest of their lives at this time. As a result, there has been a surge of homeowners rushing to refinance their home mortgage loans. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association refinancing applications are up 26
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09/24/2010
Have you ever wondered where the items you place on the curb to be recycled go? For the residents living in Cedar Park, those items are shipped all the way to San Antonio, but that is about to change soon. Central Texas Refuse is in the process of opening up a recycling facility right here in Wil
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09/21/2010
In recent years, with the housing market taking a downturn across the country, individuals are finding it harder and harder to get a home loan. Widows and widowers of fallen soldiers have also found it hard to secure a loan in Texas, but now that has changed. The Texas Veterans Land Board has bee
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09/16/2010
The 32-mile commuter line that connects Leander to Austin opened earlier this year to provide a service to commuters during peak morning and afternoon hours. Capital Metro is now in the process of doing testing to add a midday and evening service to its route, along with including a Friday evenin
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09/13/2010
There is nothing quite like going to a farmers' market and picking out fresh produce and knowing exactly where it came from. Cedar Park Farmers' Market allows residents to do just that. Recently, a national farmers' market contest ranked our own Cedar Park farmers' market the best in Texas for
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09/10/2010
In August the National Association of Realtors and the National Housing Conference met together to host a regional forum in Austin to discuss workforce housing issues. The goal of the conference was to create more affordable housing alternatives for those in both the private and public sector in
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09/08/2010
Leander Independent School District received a "Recognized" rating for the second year in a row from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The district received the recognition on July 30th at the same time the accountability ratings were released by TEA. TEA ratings rank with "Exemplary" being the h
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09/04/2010
