It’s interesting how everyone has a different opinion of the market. People that rely soley on the news from various media sources talk only of doom and gloom. If you talk to realtors, the answer typically depends on their individual situation. Those that are busy, working with buyers and sellers, writing offers, and having those [...]
In the last couple of weeks, several San Antonio employers have received national recognition for being a top 100 place to work in Fortune’s annual employer rankings. Among those are Rackspace, #32, and Valero, #67. Rackspace, who reported in their last quarter that their sales were up 67%, has created a hotspot hiring location for [...]
The San Antonio housing market remains strong in part to San Antonio’s attractive cost of living compared to other major metro areas. As people continue to move to Texas more than any other state, I believe that our lower cost of living has be to a major factor. So how much less expensive is to live [...]
San Antonio does it again. According to a poll by Travel and Leisure, San Antonio was deemed as the most affordable city among the country’s largest metro areas in 2007. San Antonio was also ranked last as far as stylish city goes, but what the heck does that mean? What else did San Antonio rank [...]
NuWire Investor, a company that provides news and information about real estate investment, has named San Antonio a Top 10 Cash Flow Property Market. According to Nuwire: 4. San Antonio, Texas San Antonio ranked number one on our list of the Top 10 Places to Invest for 2007 and second on our list of the Top [...]
Forbes has a new feature article in their online Real Estate section comparing million dollar properties worlwide, so I thought it would be neat to compare those homes to a million dollar property in the San Antonio market. As you will see a million dollars buys you much more in San Antonio than elsewhere. I [...]
As the housing market continues to contract, the builders seem to be taking the worst of it. KB Home, one of the country’s largest homebuilders, announced last week that it was shutting down operations in the Rio Grande Valley. According to an article in the Valley’s The Monitor, “Builders and real estate experts blame the [...]
From the San Antonio Business Journal: “Home prices in Texas have defied the overall downward trend seen in other U.S. housing markets, according to a study by First American Loan Performance. In the San Antonio area, home prices increased 7.89 percent over the 12 months ending in October. Other Texas markets included in the study’s [...]
That was this mornings headline in the San Antonio Express News. It seems that San Antonio will avoid the housing downturn that the rest of the country is experiencing for now…but it will be interesting to see how 2008 plays out for us. According to the Express News: “San Antonio, however, seems to be escaping [...]