Review of Austin, Texas


Value Packed Austin
Star Rating - 10/9/2008
Austin has one of the hottest real estate markets in the country.

Forbes sited Austin as one of America's top 10 recession-proof cities, but our market is changing. Learn where, how and what to look for.

Even in Austin it is a buyers market, not excluding some the city's "snappiest and consistently" valuable areas, such as Westlake, Tarrytown, Northwest Hills and South Austin.

There is a great deal of speculation in North of the River East Austin so prices are higher than they should be.

Watch where the Artisans settle, they usually raise the bar for an area in due time



Anne | Austin, TX
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And that is all Austin seems to be, one gigantic REAL ESTATE MARKET! It drives me NUTS! Seriously, I can't stand the weekend AM talk radio here because it is all about REAL ESTATE and is just such a scam. Real Estate agents have driven the prices of homes here unrealistically through the roof. The homes in Westlake, Tarrytown, Northwest Hills aren't that nice in comparison to other areas of the country, people just think they are because they haven't lived anywhere else. And South Austin is a sheer dump, I don't care where you live. It's all a facade in Austin and I seriously recommend you don't move here because you'll want to move within a year or two back to reality.
Jim James | Austin, TX | Report Abuse
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