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How To Buy A Home In The Perfect Neighborhood – A Guide For Beginners
Are you ready to take the plunge and buy a home? Taking the step towards owning a home can be both exciting and daunting. Making the decision to purchase a home is no small task and it is important to make sure you are in the right neighborhood for you and your family. Buying a home in the perfect neighborhood is an important decision and one that should not be taken lightly. This guide will provide you with essential tips to ensure you make the right decision when choosing the perfect neighborhood for your home. From considering your budget to researching the area, you will have all the information you…
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Ten Ways to Stage Your Home for Sale: The Ultimate Guide
Selling your home is one of the most stressful things you can do. Your house is a personal space and putting it up for sale is a surefire way to expose all of its flaws. It’s also an investment that could take years to recoup, so it’s important you find the right buyer as fast as possible. Staging your home for sale is an excellent strategy to do just that. There are plenty of reasons why staging makes sense when selling your home. It can help potential buyers see past dated details and focus instead on what the house has to offer in terms of potential rather than maintenance costs.…
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Things to do in Austin Texas – October-November 2022
It’s October in Austin Texas and even though the weather is cooling down at night, temperatures are still warm during the day and it’s a great time of year to get out and explore the Austin area. If you’re planning a visit to Austin, here’s a list of things to do that you should add to your list of places to visit before winter. 1. Check out the World Famous Congress Bridge Bats View the Congress Bridge Bats is Austin’s most popular tourist attraction for a reason. It’s simply a marvel. Watch as 1.5 million bats pepper the sky in their nightly departure from Congress Bridge in their relentless and…
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Tips for buying and selling a home at the same time
Are you planning on buying a home in Austin Texas while selling it at the same time? If so, you’re not alone. It’s no uncommon for a homeowner to buy a property while selling one at the same time. The key is knowing what to do so that you can ensure that you’re able to successfully complete both transactions with ease. How To Sell A Home And Buy A New One In 6 Steps Whether you decide to sell your home first or buy your next house first, the steps to take are the same. Step 1: Assess The Market For Your Current And Prospective Home In a perfect world,…
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Tips For Reducing Stress During The Home Buying Process
Buying a home is one of the most exciting times in life because of the simple fact that it means you’re going to either be moving up to a bigger home, or you’re going to be purchasing a house for your first name. Regardless of the reason why you’re buying a home now, one thing is for certain, the Austin home buying process can be stressful from start to finish. Thankfully, you can avoid the stress that comes during the home buying process when you follow these simple tips. Tip #1 – Rate Hikes Are Not The End Of The World There’s no denying that rate hikes can be a…
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Austin Named Top Tech City, Rumble Got $15M and More ATX Tech News
Followed by a busy week at South By Southwest, catch up on the latest tech news in Silicon Hills, including funding rounds and Austin being named the best tech city (which most already knew). Keep reading to find out more. This is the Built-In Austin weekly refresh. Austin claimed the title of best tech city in the U.S. CompTIA, a nonprofit IT trade association, published its Tech Town Index. The report evaluated metropolitan areas that have a big tech presence and factored in the cost of living, the number of IT jobs, and projected growth over the next year and next five years. From a list of 20, Austin ranked…
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5 Red Flags That Should Be Deal Breakers When Buying a Home
If you’re buying a home, it’s easy to act based on emotion and move forward with making an offer if you fall in love with a particular property. But you should remember that buying a house is a huge investment and will likely come with a large mortgage payment, so you don’t want to rush into the process of picking a property and end up with a place that has major issues. The good news is, by looking out for a few key red flags, you should be able to avoid a mistake that could come back to bite you. Here are five big signs that suggest you should probably walk away from…
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11 smart home gadgets you’ll actually use
A Google search for “life hack” returns, oh, just 403 million results. These tips and tricks exist to make life simpler or help you do something new. They go viral for a reason. We’re all looking for ways to make life easier, right? You’re reading this article on a phone, tablet or PC right now. Wouldn’t it be great to get even more out of your everyday tech? Tap or click here for 10 new iPhone tricks. On a Windows PC? Kim’s recent column includes five new Windows tips you should know. Sometimes, life hacks come via a cool new piece of tech that simplifies an annoying process and does the work for…
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Beware, home buyers: A record number of homes are selling above their asking price
This year’s spring home-buying season is set to be one of the most competitive ever, as the pandemic continues to stoke interest in homeownership. And home prices are skyrocketing as a result. A new report from real-estate brokerage Redfin RDFN, -0.22% found that 39% of homes sold above their listing price during the four-week period ending March 21, an all-time high. That figure is 15 percentage points higher than during the same stretch of time a year ago. The median home-sale price was $331,590, Redfin reported, which represented a 16% increase from a year ago. Researchers noted, though, that the year-over-year comparisons may be skewed by the fact that around a year ago, states were…
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Tips For Buying A Home During The Winter Months
Are you thinking about buying a home during the winter months? If so, you come to the right place. Even though the Austin Texas area does not get a lot of snow and ice during the winter months, as some states do, home buyers still have to know how to buy a home here during the winter months. In this article, I’ll share with you several tips that you can use which will make buying a home in Austin Texas area easy this winter. Stick to your budget. Sure, home prices might drop a bit with the temperatures. But that doesn’t mean you should justify spending any more than 25%…
