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Resting in the heart of Central Texas Hill Country, real estate in Austin, the state’s fourth largest city and capital, is in high demand due to the city’s cultural diversity, picturesque landscape, and active, educated community. Home to over 700,000 residents of Travis County including 50,000 students at the University of Texas, Austin has experienced a great deal of development and an enormous influx of new people in the past fifteen years. In fact, between 2000 and 2006, it was the 3rd fastest growing city in the United States.
The majority of houses, condos and apartments in Austin were built after 1970 through to the present at a steady rate, although construction of new homes has slowed in the past five years. The median year built for houses and condos is 1981 as opposed to 1983 for an apartment. Because of this, the architectural styles and sizes of these residences vary greatly. According to the 2000 census, houses and condos had, on average, 6.0 rooms compared to a state average of 5.8 whereas apartments had 3.4 rooms versus a state average of 3.8. In addition, as of March of 2000, 73.2% of all owner-occupied houses and condos had three or four bedrooms. On the other hand, 75.4% of all renter-occupied apartments had one or two bedrooms.
According to this same census, there were 276,611 houses within the 271.8 square miles of land with a density of 1100 houses/condos per square mile. Of these residences, 265,409 were inhabited and 45% of these owner-occupied. At this time, the median house/condo value was $124,700 compared to an estimated median value of $170,900 in 2005, a 37% increase. Estimated median gross rent in 2005 was $740.
Austin’s business community is a blend of large technology companies and defense contractors with independent and locally owned small businesses. Multi-national companies such as Dell, IBM, Ebay/PayPal, Apple and Sun Microsystems all have operations or headquarters in and around the Austin area. In addition, active organizations such as the Austin Independent Business Alliance help preserve the unique local spirit and foster the growth of Austin-based businesses both large and small. C3 Presents, the production company that holds the annual Austin City Limits festival in Zilker Park, and Whole Foods grocery stores are great examples of prospering local businesses.
For residents and tourists, there are countless recreational, shopping, dining and entertainment opportunities in Austin. Favorite spots among the 206 parks, 12 preserves, and 26 greenbelts overseen by the Parks and Recreation Department include Town Lake and Barton Creek Wilderness Park. Others prefer shopping at the Arboretum or any of the nine nearby centers, or dining and relaxing at the countless local restaurants and music venues. Popular places for these activities include Stubb’s Bar-B-Que, Antone’s, Chuy’s Tex-Mex, and Hut’s Hamburgers.
Home to ten different colleges and universities, the city of Austin is a hotbed of academia and cutting-edge research. Considered by many to be the best college town in America, Austin is best known in the education arena for the University of Texas-Austin, a distinguished leader among national public institutions. In addition, younger students are served by the Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Del Valle, Leander, Manor, Lake Travis, and Eanes Independent School Districts. Because of this support, Austin, in general, is considered to have one of America’s most educated and intelligent communities.
Austin Real Estate News
• Asking Prices Stage Rebound in Key Housing Markets - Housing Wire
Asking Prices Stage Rebound in Key Housing Markets
Housing Wire - 1 hour ago
Prices of properties listed for-sale last month fell in only seven of 25 major markets, according to a report published late last week by real estate ...
• Stratus Properties Inc. Reports First-Quarter 2008 Results and ... - Business...
Stratus Properties Inc. Reports First-Quarter 2008 Results and ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 1 hour ago
For the second quarter of 2008, Stratus? scheduled real estate sales under existing homebuilder lot sale contracts include 17 lots in its Circle C community ...
• Green Builders, Inc. Honored at NAHB National Green Building Awards - CNNMone...
Green Builders, Inc. Honored at NAHB National Green Building Awards
CNNMoney.com (press release) - 2 hours ago
Just ask the folks at Green Builders, Inc. (Amex: GBH), a leading large-scale community developer of sustainable homes in the Austin, Texas area, ...
• Carpet One planned near Daphne Sam's - Press-Register - al.com
• Austin waking up to Wilshire Woods - Austin American-Statesman
