If you’re looking to buy a house in Austin and have high school aged kids, you’ll want to know where the top rated high schools are located. US World and News Reports does their national list and did include some Austin area high schools on their Best High Schools in the US list. They used […]
Neighborhoods Near UT Austin
The University of Texas serves over 50,000 students plus an additional 24,000 faculty and staff. With Austin’s recent population explosion, those who have to commute to and from campus are looking to live as close as possible to minimize their time on our congested freeways. If you’re looking for a home in a neighborhood near […]
Step by Step Guide to Relocating to Austin
Relocating to a new city can be an overwhelming task. We know, we made the move from San Francisco to Austin 9 years ago. Ideally you’d take several trips to your new city to get to know the place and find out exactly where you want to live. Realistically, though, that probably won’t happen. Our […]
Southeast Austin Master Planned Communities
Southeast Austin is the ideal part of town for you if you’re looking for a master planned community, but still want to be close to Downtown Austin. Southeast Austin is one of the last areas near Downtown that is yet to be developed, so there is still a lot of land left to build. As […]
Best Master Planned Communities in Austin
If you think of a neighborhood as a simple subdivision of cookie-cutter houses and cul-de-sacs, you’ll be blown away by the new master planned communities in Austin. Developers of these neighborhoods didn’t just throw in some amenities as an after-thought, but truly envisioned and created a community around a particular lifestyle. Need fun for the […]
Best South Austin Neighborhoods for Schools
When researching Austin schools and neighborhoods, there are some areas that don’t get the credit they deserve. Most of these overlooked areas are located in highly rated sections of school districts that, as a whole, aren’t as well rated as others. The larger districts, like the Austin ISD, span a much wider geographical area and […]
5 Essential Questions to Answer Before Starting Your Home Search
The Holidays are over and you’re ready to start looking for your next Austin home. But, are you really ready to buy a home? Lots of folks forget to get their ducks in a row before embarking on their Austin home search and it can make things really hard for them. Sometimes ignoring simple things […]
Why I Tell All My Buyers to Ignore Square Footage
Square footage is one of the metrics most buyers focus on when buying a home in Austin. They think about the places they’ve lived, how big they were, and come up with an arbitrary number as to the minimum square footage they can live in. Though this works to a point, it is not a […]
Southwest Austin Neighborhoods with the Lowest Property Tax Rate and Best Schools
Southwest Austin is an ideal area of town for someone who works in South Austin or even Downtown. With highly rated schools, lower property tax rates, fairly new construction and master planned communities, it has the feel of a suburb without being so far out. Southwest Austin is a pretty big area, however. And, you […]
10 Best Austin Suburbs
If you’re considering relocating to Austin and are looking for more of a suburban setting, you might be overwhelmed with your options. Some research will point you to some of our more well known suburbs like Round Rock and Cedar Park. But, are those the only suburbs to consider? Definitely not. To help you wade […]