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Blog by Dee Copeland
Austin, Texas

Copeland Group Realty consists of local real estate experts who specialize in the Central Texas and Greater Austin real estate market. Reach the team Toll FREE at 888-346-6389 for 24/7 Customer Service!

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January 2008

Annual Market Update: Austin Real Estate Winners and Losers 2007

Jan. 30, 2008
Austin real estate was poised for a Super Bowl-style win in 2007, but the year proved to be humbling after the mortgage market fumble last summer.

Spotlight: Builders Bet on Texas Lake Real Estate, Commit to 400-Acre Lake Houston Development

Jan. 28, 2008
Categorized in: Texas Cities and Towns
Fictional character J.R Ewing, from the popular 80s television drama, Dallas, was a betting man. What would the rich Texan do in today's housing market?

Gotcha Guide™: Agent Bonuses are Bunk! Offer Real Incentives

Jan. 25, 2008
Categorized in: Gotcha Guides
Now that the mortgage market isn't so hot, builders and home sellers are super hot-to-trot on buyer agent bonuses. They think agents will be more motivated to show their homes if offered extra monetary incentives.

Dallas Stats In: View the Latest Market Update

Jan. 23, 2008
Tagged with: dallas, real estate, stats, texas
Some of the local boards haven't officially released their December 2007 market statistics, but the Dallas board is out in front with their final numbers. Below is the summary for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington real estate market for December including d

City Spotlight: McAllen-Mission Area Tops Growth Charts

Jan. 21, 2008
Categorized in: Texas Cities and Towns
Tagged with: growth, housing, jobs, south texas
The McAllen-Mission-Edinburg area in South Texas (past San Antonio) consistently tops national charts for highest expected job growth, appreciation and housing growth.

Sticker Shock! Sluggish December Smacks You in the Face

Jan. 18, 2008
A quick peek at December stats show that it was a sour month for Texas real estate. Lack of consumer confidence, high oil prices, less investors, and the holidays caused Austin real estate sales to be down 27% from 2006. Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio d

Step Up to the Mic: Market Condition Reporters Wanted

Jan. 16, 2008
I'm excited to announce the Texas Realty Radio blogcast coming in 2008. This addition will compliment the Texas Realty Blog with more interactive content via audio and video podcasts. Even better, we're going to share the love...

Community Spotlight: Historic Gruene and New Braunfels

Jan. 14, 2008
Categorized in: Texas Cities and Towns
New Braunfels,Texas is a sleepy town about 30 miles South of Austin on the way to San Antonio. The areas is a getaway destination for busy professionals in Central Texas as well as out of state visitors.

Gotcha Guide™: Why Ajustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) Don't Scare Me

Jan. 11, 2008
Categorized in: Gotcha Guides
Remember Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs)? Here's a tip. They're mortgage loans that gained popularity in 2003-2005. Now pick the best explanation of their fate from 2006-2007...

East Austin Families Defend Rights to Build on Small Lots

Jan. 9, 2008
Categorized in: Texas Cities and Towns
Small lot property owners are upset with limitations the City Planning Commission proposed on December 11th. The new changes will decrease the ability of over 1500 East Austin residents to build on their small parcels of land.

Development Spotlight: Trinity River Corridor Dallas

Jan. 7, 2008
Categorized in: Texas Cities and Towns
Just about every major city in Texas has had a surge in downtown revitalization since 2005, including San Antonio, Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin.

Top 5 REALTOR Magazine Tools That You Don't Know About

Jan. 4, 2008
Tagged with: blog, real estate, realtor, tools, ypn
The January issue of Realtor Magazine will be a little different in 2008. The National Association of REALTORS® launched their Young Real Estate Professionals Network (YPN) nationwide at the November 2007 annual convention in Vegas.

Woohoo, It's 2008! The Real Estate Market Better Improve!

Jan. 3, 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our readers! Texas Realty Blog was started March 2006, the heyday of the Texas real estate market. I'm looking forward to a great 2008 since the real estate market should improve as mortgage lenders ease borrower requirements

Year end results: Houston real estate holds it's own

Jan. 2, 2008
Are you ready for the annual Texas real estate market statistics or am I the only person who ever gets excited about these things?

Austin Board of REALTORS® Criticism Generates Results, Problems

Jan. 2, 2008
Although I didn't see a press release or announcement, my own tests showed that Mac/Safari/Firefox users should be able to see properties from MLXchange as of last Thursday. I was elated and felt that ABOR escalated the browser issue after the public made