ADULT SPELLING BEE IN AUSTIN!

By Molly Greaves

Always thought you were the best “speller” in your class, or even in all of Texas?!   Now you can put yourself to the test! Yippee!!
See below for information for the 6th Annual Great Grown-up Spelling Bee. This is put on by the Literacy Coalition of Central Texas. 
  
AUSTIN’S 6TH ANNUAL GREAT GROWN-UP
SPELLING BEE
FOR LITERACY 
Thursday, April [...]

Gov. Rick Perry Delivers the State of State Address for Texas

By Molly Greaves

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Today I went to the Capital and watched Gov. Perry deliver his State of State Address.  With my bright and early arrival, I was able to score a seat in the front row.  
Above you can see the standing ovation Perry received as he entered the room. He got warm a big Texas [...]

AUSTIN RANKS #11 FOR FOREIGN REAL ESTATE INVESTORS

By Molly Greaves

Sunday through Sunday construction is taking place all around the streets of Austin. Locals love it here as do non-locals, including real estate investors.  Investors from all over the globe are buying our real estate. Some of these folks are calling Austin their home, while others are buying up our real estate purely [...]

GOING GREEN? THEN TAKE THE RED…LINE THAT IS.

By Molly Greaves
 

Going Green? Then take the Red…Line that is.
I’m happy to note that the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released a tentative schedule for its new commuter rail service, the Capital MetroRail, aka the Red Line.
The Red Line will run on 32-miles of existing freight tracks between Leander and Downtown Austin.
Practice runs of the [...]

Report outlines decline in Texas construction

By Molly Greaves

According to the Austin Business Journal today, they report that Texas is expected to experience a considerable slowdown in construction activity in 2009, according to a report issued by McGraw-Hill Construction.

The outlook for the coming year calls for construction spending of roughly $54.4 billion in Texas, down 13 percent from 2008, the report indicates. However [...]

AUSTIN TO LOSE 2,800 JOBS IN 2009, CHICAGO TO LOSE 80,300

By Molly Greaves

As per the Austin Business Journal today:
A report prepared for the U.S. Conference of Mayors forecasts the Austin-Round Rock region will actually shed some 2,800 jobs in 2009, a decline of 0.4 percent.
 
They said the report also anticipates that the local unemployment rate will rise from 4.8 percent at the end of 2008 [...]

HOME SALES DROP IN AUSTIN. HOW FAR DID THEY GO?

By Molly Greaves

Guess what percent single-family home sales in the Austin metro area were down in December 2008?
21 percent compared with the same month last year, according to the Austin Board of Realtors. They also add that mediam prices declined 4 percent compared with December 2007, according to their research. 
But the drop in single-family home sales [...]

Austin City Limits Pictures…2008

By Molly Greaves

I only had my iPhone  on me to take pictures with, so sorry for any issues.
 
I couldn’t believe people were actually wearing white to the festival. Yellow wasn’t much better. Duh!
This was a 3 day festival and my friends were in from Vermont for all 3 days. It was a blast.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COOLING OFF WITH [...]

Austin ATT Marathon February 15, 2009

By Molly Greaves
     Austin Marathon is slated for the day after Valentine’s Day. What a great way to spend the day after a romantic holiday running the marathon and having your significant other cheer you on from the sidelines in one of the coolest towns in America. Perhaps you’ll run together…that is, [...]

AUSTIN RENTAL OCCUPANCY DOWN IN Q3…Only the second time in history that occupancy has fallen during a 3RD quarter

By Molly Greaves
I’m on a newsletter mailing list and thought this was good to post for my real estate investor friends, AND of course anyone else that happens to be checking out my blog and interested in reading further.
“…After 15 consecutive quarters of increasing rental rates, third quarter put the brakes on Austin’s momentum causing [...]