Moving to TEXAS

By Ryan Streeter
June 18, 2010, 10:53 am
The Enterprise Blog has featured an occasional series comparing Texas and California as a way to draw conclusions about America as a whole.
Texas’s low-cost, liberty-loving atmosphere has become an attractive alternative to California’s oppressive public sector and dysfunctional policy environment. No amount of heart-melting vistas, celebrity sightings, or traipses through wine country can make up for what almost appears a strategic attempt by one of the nation’s largest states to drive businesses and productive people away.

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AOL The best of Austin Winners

AOL: The best of Austin winners are ...


Austin Business Journal - by Staff Reports

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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AOL Inc. (NYSE:AOL) revealed picks for its 2010 "best-of" food, entertainment and lifestyle hunt that kicked off earlier this year.

Austin was picked among 25 metros to feature the 2010 City's Best program. The results of the Web competition are meant to act as a guide to the best each location has to offer. AOL writers and editors chose a list of finalists in each category and winners were chosen through online polling.

Interest Rates on the Way Up BUY NOW!

Borrowers wait for lower mortgage rates and lose
After all-time low near 4%, figures are steadily rising in trend that could continue, partly as result of Washington's tax-cut deal.
By Janna Herron
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010
Homeowners who delayed locking in superlow mortgage rates think close to 4 percent for a 30-year fixed may have waited too long.
Rates are creeping back up, in part because of the tax-cut deal in Washington. Now those in the market to buy or refinance have to decide whether to take what's available or wait — and run the risk that rates will keep rising.

Austin Apartment RENTS RISING as occupancy tightens!

Austin apartment rents rising as occupancy tightens
By Shonda Novak | Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 12:29 PM

Apartment rents are on the rise again in Central Texas, after a significant rise in occupancy in 2010, according to the latest report from market tracker MPF Research. And the apartment market should get even tighter this year, say MPF analysts, who are forecasting that Austin will be the nation’s second-best apartment market performer this year.