NewGeography.com has reported that Austin has the highest potential for job growth over other big cities. The report in the Austin Business Journal (link below) was not very clear about what cities Austin was compared too. The article does point out that job growth in 2008 was only 1%. I did not think that was a good number at all but that is in fact better...

The Austin area is not likely to see a major correction in home prices, according to PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.’s First Quarter 2009 Economic and Real Estate Trends Report. When it comes to risk of a home price correction, Austin is the 17th most-stable among the nation’s 50 largest cities, the report shows. However, all four of Texas’ other major...

New homes starts are down in the first quarter of 2009. Starts totaling 1215 are 47% less than those of the first quarter of last year. There are a lot of numbers involved in the article from the Austin Business Journal. So just check it out. Story Link Neuhaus Realty Group Austin, TX About Ed NeuhausBroker and founder of Neuhaus Realty Group. I started...