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Best Date Spots to Take Your Valentine In Austin
Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 11:34am. 220 Views, 0 Comments.
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Austin shops are stocking their windows with love-filled gifts, couples are submitting photos to cutest couples contests, and restaurant reservations are filling up fast. Have you made reservations yet? Not to worry! Austin is known for its support of small business and has a number of charming restaurants to take your special someone. Whether you’re moving to a new part of Austin or finally joining us from afar, the friendly folks at Realty Austin will get you into the home you want with time to devote to these more important things. Once you’re settled in, try one of these great restaurants for your most romantic of evenings.
Austin Is a Top 10 Fittest City
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 11:03am. 167 Views, 0 Comments.
MapMyFitness, a mobile app that helps users track workouts, releases a Fittest of the Fit Index once a month which ranks the fittest US states and cities. Each month, MapMyFitness updates the rankings from almost 2 million exercisers actively updating fitness activities on their fitness profiles.
This month, Austin ranked 9th fittest city in the large city category. In January, Austin ranked 8th fittest city. With over
18,000 MapMyFitness members, almost 115,000 recorded activities, and a lower-than-average overweight and obese BMI, Austin remains one of the Top 10 fittest cities month over month.
Click here to see a full list of fittest US cities and states.
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Stalled Sweetwater Community Back In Development
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at 12:48pm. 139 Views, 0 Comments.
Several reasons account why new developments stall, but in the case of Sweetwater Community – which is expected to take a decade to complete – it was a case of growth vs. nature. Since its inception, the project has stirred controversy. Sweetwater developers wanted to provide housing for a growing city and Save Our Springs Alliance wanted to protect local waterways. With a start and stop pace, the beautiful Sweetwater community in the Texas Hill Country has survived a tumultuous development.
In 2004 when Sweetwater's original developer announced plans to develop 3,000 new homes on land with canyons, scenic ridges, and steep hills in western Travis County, Save Our Springs Alliance intervened and sued the developers stating that the development will pollute…
Realty Austin New Website Launch
Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 4:20pm. 353 Views, 2 Comments.
This December, Realty Austin's Leadership Team met on several occasions to discuss the past, present and future of our rapidly growing company. Several great things came from these meetings including a decision to release the newest version of our website by the end of January.
This new version has been under wraps for almost a year while we simultaneously worked to improve the content and features on our current site, which, by the way is the most widely used home search website in Austin.
We are all excited to get this new version launched and cant wait for you to tell us what you think. Here's what's to come very, very soon.
- Even faster than our current site (which is already pretty fast).
- Much cleaner, brighter and appealing look and feel
- All…
Austin Prepared To Thrive In 2012
Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 10:35am. 204 Views, 0 Comments.
Main Street has placed Austin as one of the top 10 cities poised for greatness in 2012. Having a 6.6% unemployment rate to go along with decreasing home prices, many are able to live comfortably and enjoy all that Austin has to offer. Living recession proof while keeping it weird is what Austin's all about.
Click here to read more.
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Austin's Positive Housing Trend to Continue In 2012
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 10:16am. 722 Views, 0 Comments.
The beginning of the year is usually a good time for experts to interpret trends from last year and forecast trends for the new year. Many investors want to know how is the real estate market in Austin. To predict trends in this year's real estate housing market, last week ABOR and Home Builders Association of Greater Austin held the Fourth Annual Housing Forecast, an event totally dedictated to discussing trends in the Austin real estate housing market in 2012. And so far it's looking positive. Some even say that Austin's housing market is the best real estate market to invest in 2012. It definitely helps that Austin is a Best Performing City going into 2012.
Austin's upward trend in the housing market last year is expected to increase this year according…
Austin Snags Best Real Estate Market In 2012
Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 5:13pm. 877 Views, 0 Comments.
Austin's market never fails to impress as noted by Trulia's Chief Economist, Jed Kolko, who listed Austin as number one out of the top five real estate markets to watch in 2012. Other than the obvious appeal to the city's beauty, other factors such as job growth, technology skills, advances in construction around the city, and education levels have made Austin a hot commodity in the real estate business. Other cities that made the list include Houston, San Jose, Boston suburbs and Rochester, for reasons similar to Austin's advantages.
Click here to see more information on why these cities made the list.
Want to make the move to Austin? Ask us how!
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Austin Is One of the World's Top 10 Cities for Street Food
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 6:32pm. 367 Views, 0 Comments.
Food & Wine magazine has named Austin one of the top 10 best cities for 'street food' in the world! From the impromptu trailers that appear amidst the late night 6th street goers to the immobile trailers like those on South Congress, one can likely find long lines of hungry people trailing in front.
For those who have not gotten to experience the wide variety of eats all over Austin, check out Austin Chronicle's Top 10 Food Trailers list for ideas of what kind of food each trailer has and where and when to find them!
But the options don't end there! Visit Food Trailers Austin's website to search through almost 170 Austin vendors by location or type of food.
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Austin Fourth Best City For Dating In 2012
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 6:31pm. 728 Views, 0 Comments.
Looking for love in all the wrong places? Not if you're living in Austin! With high numbers of available singles in the area and low dating costs, it's no wonder The Daily Beast has ranked Austin the number 4 best city to find a date in 2012.
The top cities generally had high average salaries for singles with an overall lower cost of living, which makes things a lot easier for you and your date's wallets. Even the cheap movie route has risen to almost $20 per couple, not including the $8 popcorn and $4 soft drinks.
Austin's percentages of single men and women have risen to about 57% giving Austin's singles on the prowl plenty to choose from. Austin also had a leg up in the competition for being among the 10 most popular cities for five online dating…
Live Music in Austin TX
Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 6:20pm. 361 Views, 0 Comments.
Why is January one of the best month's for the music business in Austin?
Starting with Free Week, a full week of free live music at various venues, this month is full of festivals and concerts for everyone. Free Week has numerous participating locations like Stubb's, Antones, Emos and Mohawk that will showcase Austin's best local music talent... for free!
Oh Snap! Festival, a showcase of local bands going into its 3rd year, and the Mid-Winter Festival will fill the hills with sounds of bluegrass and African drumming to rock bands and DJs of all sorts. The Oh Snap! Festival, held January 27-28, will be hosted by the Parish and Beal Street Tavern. The event will have food, music and even comedy and benefits the Sergio Machado Memorial Scholarship Fund,…
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