Today's spotlight is on SouthTown Austin, a growing area of South Austin that lacked the media attention of it's popular cousins in the SoCo (South Congress) and SoLa (South Lamar) Districts.
SouthTown Austin has been quietly booming for the past few years. Home prices steadily rose. The area is affordable, ripe for rehabs, and ready for new construction. The latest Austin real estate update showed South Austin homes selling in 30 days, SouthTown included.
SouthTown may share the same fate as SoCo, which now has too many condos coming. The Austin Statesman published an article entitled, "It's called LoCo and it's getting a redo".
WHERE IS THE SOUTHTOWN DISTRICT(aka SOUTH SOCO, SOUTH SOLA, LOCO, LOWER CONGRESS)?
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Hi Dee- Good to see you on AR sharing about your hometown. and to hear that it is a booming area. I may have told you before that I visited Austin for a few days and liked the area very much.
Another potential drawback on SoCo is the proximity of the gentleman's club down that way.