Should I Ask for a Price Cut or a Rate Buydown in Austin at 7%?
October 4, 2026
A $15,000 price cut beats a $15,000 seller-paid 2-1 rate buydown on a $495,000 Travis County home at 7.28%. Here…
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What a $495,000 Austin Home Costs Per Month at 7.28%
October 2, 2026
Is now a good time to buy a house in Austin? The $495,000 Travis County median costs $2,709 a month…
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Texas home insurance did not get expensive by accident
September 4, 2026
Texas home insurance rose 65 percent in four years while Central Texas home prices fell. Here are the four reasons…
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Property tax rates are not the same across the Austin metro
September 2, 2026
An identical $500,000 house owes $7,049 a year in Wimberley and $12,145 in Manor. Here are the combined 2025 rates…
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New Texas homeowners keep missing the homestead exemption deadline
August 31, 2026
Missing the homestead exemption deadline costs Austin-area homeowners $1,165 to $1,550 a year depending on the school district. Here is…
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Your home might be over-assessed and the data can tell you
August 29, 2026
A self-diagnosis checklist for Austin-area homeowners: compare your notice to real January sold data, run the uniform and equal test,…
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Most Austin homeowners never protest their property taxes and it costs them
August 27, 2026
54% of Texas homeowners have never protested once. In Travis County the win rate was 89%. Here is how to…
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Hays County tax bills are about to change and you can see it coming
August 25, 2026
A median-priced Kyle home owes about $4,834 a year in property taxes. Here is the full 2025 Hays County rate…
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Your 2026 Travis County property tax bill is being set right now
August 23, 2026
Austin adopted its 2026 tax rate on August 12. The county and Austin ISD have until September 30. Here is…
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Congress Introduced a Bill to Make Mortgages Portable
August 17, 2026
H.R. 10028, the MOVE Act, would require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy and securitize portable mortgages. Here is…
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