Cedar Park, TX

The Cedar Park & Leander Real Estate Market

Average sold price - steady from a year ago to $208,917

Number of Sales YTD - down 7.6% compared to this time last year

Number of Active Listings - down 8.3% from a year ago to 739 listings

Months of Inventory - decreasing to 4.7 months; a slight oversupply

Mary Battaglia CRS, GRI Austin, Texas

Just wanted to congratulate the volleyball team that I coach, AJV 13 Red, on their big win last Saturday!

I am so proud of this team of 13 year-olds for their enthusiasm for the sport of volleyball and competitive spirit!

This is the first of many wins for us ladies!

I coach for a select club organization called Austin Juniors Volleyball. I encourage you to check in to signing your daughter or son up to play this sport. I've learned so much from playing volleyball all my life. And I am especially lucky to have played the sport at Southwest Texas State (or Texas State now) on a full volleyball scholarship.

AJV Volleyball runs two gyms called the Austin Sports Center, one in Austin and one in Cedar Park. They are an excellent organization and I am proud to be a part of their coaching crew!

Well, I did it, I stayed up late tonight to complete the Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource Certification Course. Both CRS and REBAC are offering different versions of the course. I took the REBAC version tonight. It was the first one to go live online. In order to get the certification you must complete the online course, take the course live, and complete three webinars.

I'm disappointed in the lack of substance in the course. I've been handling short sales and foreclosures for over 10 years. The course will raise the level of awareness of what resources are out there to assist the distressed seller, but there are no nuts and bolts here. If you don't know how to handle a short sale, this course will not be enough to handle one.

I do get to add 3 more little initials after my name and NAR is waiving the application fee of $175 until March 31.2010.

http://www.hillcountrynews.com/articles/2010/01/28/news/news29.txt

Today the Cedar Park City Council approved a 96-acre commercial development (located not far from the Parmer and 1431 intersection) that will include a hotel, conference center, water park and retail component.

The media keeps pushing that this is going to be a huge waterpark, and many cedar park citizens are upset about the idea of a huge water park in the city.

Before I moved to Keller Williams, I worked for Pohl, Brown & Associates as a commercial agent for five years. During that time, I had the pleasure of meeting with the owner of Schlitterbahn and reviewing the plans for this development.

Now, don't get me wrong, commercial plans do change (sometimes more than once in a day). but from what I viewed at the engineers office, this "huge waterpark" that everyone is talking about, is going to be more of a hotel and convention center for Cedar Park, with some very cool water attractions (which only the genius Schlitterbahn creators can come up with) along with river-walk retail opportunities

I don't believe the owner of Schlitterbahn wants to pirate competition from the flagship park in New Braunfels.

And in my opinion, I think this project is going to take a while to get funding in this bleak commercial market, but when the development does come to fruition, it will be a great attraction for Cedar Park and be a positive realization for the local economy.

Today around 5:30 at the Cedar Park Public Library, Schlitterbahn will announce an
experimental $360 Million Dollar waterpark.

You can read more about this at http://hillcountrynews.com/

As a former Cedar Park resident I can tell you this is REALLY exciting news! Not only will it
bring summer jobs it will create a tremendous amount of revenue for the Cedar Park area.
Not to mention Schlitterbhan is the coolest water park in the country! This will make
Cedar Park even more enticing for homeowners. What a great amenity to have in Cedar Park!

Prior to this development people in the Austin and surrounding suburbs had to drive over
an hour to get to New Braunfels, TX. Home of the first and original Schlitterbahn.

For those that are not familiar with where Cedar Park is, it's located just north west of
downtown Austin. A great area for schools, low crime, and great homes at an affordable
price too! If you are thinking about buying a home in Cedar Park, maybe now is the to do it!

Be sure to check out the Schlitterbahn web site for season passes! Season passes!

If you would like to learn more about the Cedar Park area and want to preview any of the beautiful homes on the market in Cedar Park, TX please contact me. 512.567.1597

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