Where Homes Are Selling Fastest

September 8, 2008

by Prashant Gopal
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But even real estate in the best Zip Codes are spending longer on the market than in 2007
Houses in Sunnyvale, Calif., home to companies such as Juniper Network, AMD, and Yahoo!, are typically on the market for 66 days, making [...]

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Government takes control of Fannie, Freddie

September 7, 2008

Move is intended to prevent major financial turmoil
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. government announced on Sunday that it was taking control of troubled mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, effectively wiping out shareholders’ interest in the publicly traded companies.
The regulator of the two companies, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) [...]

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FRIDAY’S FEARLESS PREDICTIONS

September 6, 2008

I think Colt was just showing off Saturday. I could have sworn I heard him yelling “Vince who!?” down on the sidelines. I even spotted him trying out a Vince-like dance down there. Wow. I talked last week about a now healthy Colt McCoy being the most complete QB we’ve had in [...]

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East Riverside Corridor

September 6, 2008

East Riverside Drive Master Plan Development
Study Area
Preliminary Project Schedule
Upcoming Meetings
Maps and Documents
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East Riverside Drive Master Plan Development

East Riverside Drive is a highly traveled roadway located a few minutes from downtown Austin. In addition to being a primary route to and from the Austin [...]

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Austin Neighborhood Planning Areas

September 5, 2008

Adopted neighborhood plans appear as blue in the map below, while those undergoing the planning process are pink. Future planning areas are shown in yellow, though their boundaries are highly subject to change. Some planning areas are combined with others so that there is one planning document – and website – for that area.
Combined [...]

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FEARLESS PREDICTIONS

August 29, 2008

Ah yes…what is that smell?  Sniiiiiiiiif.  It’s the smell of a new endzone, 98,000 delirious fans and a new cach in aggieland…it must be football season!  Greetings Longhorn Faithful and welcome to another year of FEARLESS PREDICTIONS!!  I hope to offer up some fun thoughts and get you fired up about the Horns this season, [...]

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Job boom could be coming soon

August 21, 2008

Economists at the University of Michigan predict that 3.5 million jobs will be created in the next two years.

By Paul R. La Monica, CNNMoney.com editor at large
Last Updated: August 21, 2008: 1:37 PM EDT

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — There is no denying that the job market is weak.
The Department of [...]

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Derailed train in Downtown Austin removed

August 20, 2008

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The two freight cars that derailed Wednesday morning and hit the 300 North Lamar apartment complex have been removed, and the Union Pacific train is gone.
Crews are waiting for an 18-wheeler to haul the two empty cars away. However, the Amtrak passengers who were waiting for their 10 [...]

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Beware the $7,500 ‘tax credit’

August 19, 2008

The housing rescue credit may prod some new homebuyers. But the money must be repaid, and the program probably won’t be enough to jump start housing market.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Washington policy makers

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Austin-area median home price up, U.S. trade group says

August 14, 2008

The Austin-area real estate market continued to outperform the nation in the second quarter of 2008, a new report from the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.
Median home prices in the Austin area rose by 4.1 percent, to $194,200, from the year-ago period, while the national median fell 7.6 percent, the real estate group said.
Among [...]

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