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Downtown living has become more popular for Fort Worth real estate owners, as well for many other Americans throughout the country. Urban living allows residents to enjoy everything the city has to offer. Downtown Fort Worth residents have access to world-class museums, world-class performance hall, botanical gardens and one of the countries best  zoos.

Le Bijou is currently offering Downtown Fort Worth Condos priced from the $699,000. The condos have a private front entrance and attached garage, with plenty of on-site guest parking. The three story condos also include a rooftop terrace with private elevators that provide access to the large rooftops.

Features:

• Square footage ranges from 2,660 to 4,000
• Viking appliances
• Kohleer…

The Forest City Land Group, which is part of Forest City Enterprises, Inc., along with Covington Capital Corporation, acquired more than 2,500 single-family home lots in San Antonio back in January. What does that mean for San Antonio? More growth, of course. Which inevitability leads to a stronger economy and a stronger housing market.

Residential Housing Market Remains Strong

Forest City and Covington Capital, which identified San Antonio as one of several key markets across the US, attained lots and land in several of the planned communities in San Antonio, including Alamo Ranch, Stillwater Ranch, Ashton Park, Indian Springs and Heights of Cibolo, among others. The land and lots were acquired from Standard Pacific Homes of Irvine, California.

The…

The Old West Austin Historic District (OWAHD) was recently listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The communities which make up the Old West Austin Historic District know that a listing in the National Register denotes that the property is worthy of preservation. Communities in the National Register are communities with stabilized property values, communities with local heritage tourism programs, communities which help to develop local heritage education initiatives and communities which are afforded some protection against urban sprawl.

The Inception of the Old West Austin Historic District

Reducing urban sprawl and preserving the historic homes in Austin has been a grassroots effort since 2000, when OWAHD was formed. Now, OWAHD…

According the U.S. Census Bureau, the population in the Austin/Round Rock area has increased 43 percent since 1997. Almost 1,600,000 people now live in the area, and this growth trend is expected to continue as far ahead as 2020, according to a report issued on July 3 by the Texas A&M Real Estate Center.

Coupled with an expected increase in jobs and low unemployment rates over the next ten years, and you have a recipe for success. So the question to ask is, Why Austin real estate?

A good retort would probably be, Why not Austin? Let’s look at the statistics set forth by the Texas A&M Real Estate Center report:

• Austin/Round Rock led the state in population growth from 1997 to 2007, and the area has been listed among the top 10 cities for growth.
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Dallas is home to some of the largest companies in the world, including ExxonMobil, Fortune 500's biggest company (by revenue). The city of Dallas has a thriving, prosperous commercial real estate market. On a weekly basis, the strong economy of Dallas attracts new corporate citizens. This means that office space is always in high demand. The local real estate market conditions have helped to make investment return for downtown Dallas the highest in the nation.

VIP Realty has a special Buyer's Service Agent service that puts you into contact with the latest developments in Dallas commercial real estate. This premier team of real estate professionals is North Texas's top investment and commercial brokerage firm. VIP Realty is experienced at finding…

Many homes are ready for immediate occupancy in the 2,000-acre, master-planned community by Hillwood Residential. Many of North Texas Premier home builders have furnished models for home buyers to view.

Builders:

• D.R. Horton Homes
• Histrory Maker Homes
• J Houston Homes
• Lennar Homes

Director of marketing for Hillwood Residential says " With homes priced from the low $100s, buyers won't find another community in the area that offers this value."

Recreation amenities:

• Heartland Park
• 35-acre stocked lake with fishing pier
• baseball & soccer fields
• basketball court
• playgrounds
• greenbelts
• trails around the lake
• swim club with junior Olympic-sized pool & tot pool

Normandy Estates is a new gated community located at Midway Road and Spring Creek Parkway in West Plano. The amazing new development will offer townhomes, villas and European-style estates.

Hawkins-Welwood Homes is excited to offer Plano real estate home buyers a new gated community in West Plano. The developer has also partnered with some of Dallas best know homebuilders to create a premier community.

Homebuilders:

• Zachary Custom Builders
• Peckham Custom Builders
• Alford Homes
• Mark Smith Custom Homes
• Bentley Premier Builders
• Hawkins-Welwood Homes

With the overwhelming success, VIP Realty has obtained in Dallas, we've decided to expand into the San Antonio real estate market. Currently we have no MLS access, no office, nor do we have an agents in the area.

So whats the game plan? First, two of our best agents have agreed to relocate to start up our VIP Realty - San Antonio office in November. Knowing that I have two wonderful and loyal agents I can depend on, allows me to have great peace about the new office. Not only will it be a win for VIP Realty, but also for the agents.

Second, was to start working on our internet presence, which was actually the first thing we did. We began with an $80 wordpress site. However, I decided to go ahead and get it done right, so we've began development on our…