Austin is Forbes Magazine’s #1!

Why isn’t Forbes magazine moving it’s business to Austin? Forbes says its #1 in America! It’s got beautiful scenery, great recreational choices, a healthy realty market and a slick city attitude. And, as if anyone needed confirmation, Forbes magazine has now ranked Austin in the top three of each of its three ‘best in America’ categories.

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Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Second Home

Owning more than one home can be part of a sound financial strategy, a long term plan for retirement and can provide you with lifestyle options that are priceless. Here are the top five reasons people like you buy a second home:

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Today’s Economy has Created a Wealth of Opportunity

What would you call the ideal buyers market? How about this scenario:

- House prices at a 4-year low

- 30-year mortgage rates below 6 percent and the possibility of further cuts ahead

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First Time Buyers: Get a Ticket on That Gravy Train!

First time buyers please note: predictions for improvements in realty market activity are gaining ground. Yet another prediction, this time by an economist, has forecast that the realty environment is in a position for modest change. The change is due to show by mid 2008, and the reasons for the projected increase in realty activity are also laced with cautions.

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Forget the Castle - Buy the Woodsman’s Cottage

Are you a first time buyer who wants to buy a castle, but can only afford a drawbridge? When your real estate agent takes you to see tiny houses that you can only just afford, do you say that it’s too much like the one that your great-grandpa lived in?

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The Pioneering Spirit of First Time Buyers

Well, the good news for Canadians is that the housing market seems to be unaffected by the US mortgage crisis. Canadian realty is ‘doing its own thing’ and enjoying a healthy property market. The bad thing is that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has published a report which claims that most Canadians are being priced out of their own housing market.

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Now Is The Time To Buy Investments

While the recent fluctuations in the stock market are causing some economists to predict further loses, and even a full-on global recession, it isn’t likely. True, some mistakes were made when lenders gave out too many sub-prime mortgages. These were high-interest mortgage, and other, loans given to people with bad credit, and they should have known it was like playing Russian Roulette. Now, as homeowners default and foreclosures abound, a lot of people are experience the severe repercussions of their trusting lending spree. But every dark cloud has a silver lining.

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To Buy or Not To Buy - That is The Question

In 2004, statistics told us that one in ten American residents owned a second home. Home ownership had reached an all time high of 70%.

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Grab Your Piece of Scottsdale While It’s Affordable!

There is a prediction out in the media that the median price of homes in these gorgeous desert golf communities will be on the increase. Of course, there are some golf communities that offer so much else, that you don’t even have to be a golf player to want to live there.

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Strong Real Estate Areas Can Still Be Found

Summit County, Colorado is sitting smug in this realty crisis (if we admit there is one!) And why are some areas just breezing along while other areas are spiraling down the center of a tornado? Summit County is admitting that there may be a large inventory of the over $1million houses, but that the under $600,000 are just moving right along and sometimes with multiple offers!

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