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Mueller Austin - Live Work Play Run Bike Swim!

Mueller Redevelopment Austin: I love my neighborhood! You can run, bike and swim in and around the development and live in a new green rated home close to downtown. Here is a video of the pool area - I'll follow up with a bicycle tour.

Garreth Wilcock is a Realtor living and working in Mueller. He helps sell homes at Mueller and buyers find homes at Mueller.

Selling A Home In Austin - Location, Location, Location. Photos. Photos. Photos!

Where find homes

It’s true that the location of your home in Austin has a huge bearing on it’s desirability. An important part of marketing your home is putting the right information where people are looking, and the Austin Multiple Listing System has just been upgraded to get more info in front of buyers.

If you’re fishing, you can have the tastiest bait in the world, but if your hook is in the wrong part of the water, none of the fish are going to find it. It’s the same with marketing your home for sale. You have to put it in the right place, in front of the right buyers.

Every year, the National Association of REALTORS publishes a survey on home buying trends. In it, they chart such things as where people start looking for homes, and also where buyers find the homes they end up buying. Taking this into account when marketing a home for sale can make a big difference.

...Read the rest of the article for more on selling your home in Austin here.

Garreth Wilcock is a Realtor who provides data-backed marketing advice for Austin home sellers. You can search Austin homes for sale at his website.

Can We Beat 27%? Yes We Can!

Energy AuditThe Energy Audit Ordinance is now in effect in Austin, meaning that the vast majority of Austin resale homes require a licensed energy auditor to check a home’s efficiency when it is sold. What are the results so far, and how is the process working?

The Statesman has an article reviewing the statistics from the first 310 home audits. There are no real surprises in the findings - Austin homes have leaky ducts.

The average duct air loss was 22% in the sample, which sounds pretty awful. It is - air loss wastes energy used to run air conditioners and costs money. It also means the commissioning of new power plants.

The mandatory energy audits are raising awareness of the leakyness of our older homes, but are people addressing the leaks?

Read the rest of the article to find out how the Energy Audit Ordinance may help to sell your home faster here.

Garreth Wilcock is an Austin Realtor® and EcoBroker® who helps buyers find homes in Austin, and helps sellers get top dollar for their homes.

Resale Homes in Mueller Austin - Number Two!

Mueller sale homeHow do you sell your home at Mueller? The second attempt is under way right now. The first resale ended up leasing their home recently, after 37 days on the market. And now the second resale home is available.

I’m a little surprised by the listing for a number of reasons - there are no photos of it, and no sign is on the street.

Given the challenges of competing with the builders when selling a home in a development under construction, pricing and marketing are critical. Right now there are no photos of the home in the Austin Multiple Listing System. The one below I snapped while walking this morning.

... Read the rest of the article about the resale market in Mueller here.

Garreth Wilcock is a Realtor living and working in Mueller Austin, TX, and represents buyers and sellers there. Read more about selling your home at Mueller in this 3 part series. Call or email to set up a viewing of the home above, or any other home at Mueller.

Mueller Affordable Homes - Get Notified When They’re Available

Mueller Affordable waiting listThe Affordable Program at the old airport development in Austin provides a shared equity program to qualifying home buyers.

There are no affordable homes available right now, so you can’t take advantage of the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit in conjunction with the affordable program?

... Read more about who qualifies for the Mueller Affordable Homes program and tax credit here.

Garreth Wilcock is a Mueller Resident and Realtor® and represents buyers of any homes at Mueller, and helps buyers with the City’s downpayment assistance program.