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Investors and Austin Real Estate
August 25th, 2010
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Author: As the Austin real estate market has strengthened we have been inundated with investors. A good number of them have been buying new homes in master planned communities or other developing neighborhoods. This has had many residents in these areas pretty angry. They don’t like to see “for lease” signs all over the place.
Most builders, at least the ones I have spoken with, will no longer sell to anyone who will not use the home as the primary residence. Some will sell a very limited number of homes to investors when they open a new part of a development. However, the builder’s reps I have talked with already have a list of hungry agents who represent agents lined up. So any investor without an agent on one of these prized lists is probably out of luck.
Why have the investors become such a big part of the Austin market? Take a look at where real estate prices have run up with huge rates of appreciation over the last few years. Then look at what is happening in some of those markets right now. Then look at Austin real estate market stats at the end of this article.
From Jay Thompson about the Phoenix real estate market:
“A year ago, the Phoenix market was just insane. Last years AVERAGE appreciation was 47 – 56% (depending on whose numbers you use). Some homes more than doubled in value over the last 12 months.
Houses were selling in hours, literally, with multiple offers significantly over list price.
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