When you’re selling your Austin home, you should have a set game plan for last minute showing requests. With a game plan, everyone in your household knows exactly what needs to be done to get your home ready to show quickly. To help you prepare your home for showings, here is a list of the […]
7 Tips for Preparing Your Home to Sell this Spring
Are you thinking of selling your home this Spring? Here are a few ideas you can start implementing now before your home goes on the market to preserve as much of your home’s equity as you can control. Follow these 7 tips for preparing your home to sell this Spring and you will get more […]
Austin Neighborhoods with 1 Acre Lots
Looking to live in Austin, but want more than a postage stamp size lot? Though you can search for lot size on the Austin home search portal, you won’t know if lots in the neighborhood are a similar size, or if the house you’re looking at is on an oversized lot. To help you filter […]
Best Round Rock Neighborhoods with No HOA
Are you looking for a place where you can have some flexibility to use your property as you see fit? Are you tired of getting letters in the mail because your trash can is out for one day after trash is collected? Or maybe you need to park a boat, trailer or RV at your […]
4 Misconceptions About Appraisals
One of the more puzzling pieces of the real estate process is actually part of the financing process: appraisals. Appraisals are without a doubt confusing, yet they are a key part of the mortgage loan underwriting process. As a home buyer, it’s important to have a basic understanding of their purpose and how they can […]
How to Effectively Negotiate Closing Costs in a Sellers Market
It’s no secret the Austin real estate market is booming. Buyers are having to make more concessions than sellers, and many buyers think sellers will make absolutely no concessions for them. In practice, it is not as one sided as you might think. Though we are still in a seller’s market, buyers are still able […]
How to Choose a Lender When Buying a Home
The best practice for choosing a lender when buying a home in Austin is a bit counterintuitive. Most buyers start their search by checking mortgage rates at different banks or lending institutions and choose the lender who posts the best rates online. Though rates are a piece of the puzzle (and a large piece considering […]
Best Georgetown Neighborhoods with No HOA
HOA’s are something that some feel very passionate against. If you’re wanting to park a boat on your driveway, have a trailer you need to store or even an RV, many HOA’s do not allow those items to be stored in plain sight. Which means, once your garage is full, you run out of room […]
Should I Buy a Home with a Foundation Problem?
Foundation problems are not uncommon in Central Texas. Our clay soil expands or contracts as the moisture content in the soil changes throughout the year. The expansion and contraction of the soil can place disproportionate stresses on the foundation causing it settle. Settlement in one area may not be the same in other areas, thus […]
December 2022 Austin Luxury Real Estate Price Report
Eleven Oaks Realty is proud to present their December 2022 Austin Luxury Real Estate Price Report measuring market activity in the Austin area single family home market priced at $1 million or over. Our December 2022 Austin Luxury Real Estate Price Report covers the luxury market in the following Austin metro area counties: Travis, Williamson […]
December 2022 Austin Foreclosure Market Report
Eleven Oaks Realty is proud to present their December 2022 Austin Foreclosure Market Report measuring activity in the single family homes market. Austin Bank Owned Properties Sold Saw a 100% Decrease In December 2022, the Austin foreclosure market saw a 100% (11 home) decrease in the number of bank owned homes that sold in year […]