According to the report, 1,828 single-family area homes were sold in December 2012. That’s 17 percent more than December 2011 and the most home sales in December since 2006. Total dollar volume of single-family properties sold was $513 million, 35 percent higher than the same month last year. The median price also increased to $210,000, which is 11 percent more than the same month in 2011. The market had 2.7 months of [...]

AUSTIN (Austin Board of Realtors) – The city’s housing market continued its recovery in 2012, with strong increases in sales for both previously owned homes and new homes. That was the message at today’s Fifth Annual Housing Forecast, cohosted by the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin and the Austin Board of Realtors. Activity is expected to remain strong in 2013 as robust job growth, rising apartment rents and historically low mortgage [...]

The 10 Healthiest Metros for Housing in 2013   1  Houston, TX 2  San Francisco, CA 3  Frederick, MD 4  San Antonio, TX 5  Austin, TX 6  Seattle, WA 7  Omaha, NE-IA 8  Peabody, MA 9  Fort Worth, TX 10  Louisville, KY-IN Among the 100 largest metros.***Note that Peabody MA refers to the Essex County metropolitan division, which includes the suburbs north of Boston, with a population of 740,000.     (237)

Austin-area Home Sales Rise 23 percent, Hit Five-year High for November AUSTIN, Texas – December 20, 2012 – According to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) report released today by the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR), (198)

AUSTIN (Oden Hughes LLC) – A local developer has broken ground on a new 570-unit apartment project near the city’s Southpark Meadows mixed-use development. (194)