<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Lake Travis and  Austin Texas Real Estate</title><link>/website/blog/</link><description>Real Estate News in and  around Austin, Lakeway, Volente, Spicewood, and Lake Travis  Texas</description><copyright>Powered by: LinkUBlog</copyright><item><title>Largest tax increase in history is coming, please vote the liberals out!</title><description><![CDATA[In just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect.  They will hit families and small businesses hard in three great waves on January 1, 2011. ]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1868</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1868</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:46:37 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Texas leads the nation in economic recovery</title><description><![CDATA[Texas is leading the United States in the current economic recovery. The state&rsquo;s economy experienced its second month of positive annual employment growth after 16 months of job losses.

Texas&rsquo; annual employment growth rate was 0.9 percent from June 2009 to June 2010 compared with a negative rate of 0.1 percent for the nation. After 17 months of job losses, the state&rsquo;s private sector posted a positive annual employment growth rate of 0.4 percent.

The state&rsquo;s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 7.8 percent in June 2009 to 8.2 percent in June 2010, while the U.S. rate in June was 9.5 percent, the same as in June 2009.

Six Texas industries - education and health services; mining and logging; professional and business services; leisure and hospitality; manufacturing; and transportation, warehousing, utilities - and the government sector had more jobs in June 2010 than in June 2009. Five other industries experienced net job losses over the same period.

Sixteen Texas metro areas experienced positive employment growth rates from June 2009 to June 2010, up from 13 for the period from May 2009 to May 2010. College Station-Bryan ranked first in job creation followed by San Angelo, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood and Waco.

The state&rsquo;s actual unemployment rate in June 2010 was 8.5 percent. Midland had the lowest unemployment rate followed by Amarillo, Lubbock, San Angelo, Abilene and College Station-Bryan.

]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1866</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1866</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:33:04 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Texas leads the nation in economic recovery</title><description><![CDATA[Texas is leading the United States in the current economic recovery. The state&rsquo;s economy experienced its second month of positive annual employment growth after 16 months of job losses.

Texas&rsquo; annual employment growth rate was 0.9 percent from June 2009 to June 2010 compared with a negative rate of 0.1 percent for the nation. After 17 months of job losses, the state&rsquo;s private sector posted a positive annual employment growth rate of 0.4 percent.

The state&rsquo;s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 7.8 percent in June 2009 to 8.2 percent in June 2010, while the U.S. rate in June was 9.5 percent, the same as in June 2009.

Six Texas industries - education and health services; mining and logging; professional and business services; leisure and hospitality; manufacturing; and transportation, warehousing, utilities - and the government sector had more jobs in June 2010 than in June 2009. Five other industries experienced net job losses over the same period.

Sixteen Texas metro areas experienced positive employment growth rates from June 2009 to June 2010, up from 13 for the period from May 2009 to May 2010. College Station-Bryan ranked first in job creation followed by San Angelo, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood and Waco.

The state&rsquo;s actual unemployment rate in June 2010 was 8.5 percent. Midland had the lowest unemployment rate followed by Amarillo, Lubbock, San Angelo, Abilene and College Station-Bryan.

]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1865</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1865</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:30:59 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Entreprenurial spirit</title><description><![CDATA[Austin ranked high for entrepreneurial spirit ]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1864</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1864</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:27:54 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>FEMA and congress not renewing or procuring flood plain policies </title><description><![CDATA[FEMA and congress not renewing or procuring flood plain policies for homes in the flood plain.]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1563</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1563</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:53:21 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Flood and FEMA insurance no longer allowed due to Congress vote</title><description><![CDATA[No renewals or new policies written for FEMA flood insurance]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1562</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1562</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:49:55 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Austin home prices increasing</title><description><![CDATA[Austin home prices are gradually increasing]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1561</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1561</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:46:15 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Austin home prices up</title><description><![CDATA[Austin home prices have been gradually increasing]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1560</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1560</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:45:15 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Austin Home prices up</title><description><![CDATA[Austin home prices have gone up]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1559</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1559</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:44:11 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>New  Farmer's market coming to Cedar Park,TX!</title><description><![CDATA[A long awaited day is arriving in Cedar Park on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.  The Cedar Park Farmers Market will be located at the 1890 Ranch on FM 1431 just east of the 183-A toll road.

]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1551</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1551</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:29:07 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Effective immediately, new A/C refrigerant changes will hit you in the pocketbook hard </title><description><![CDATA[New federal government changes in the freon for your home A/C systems will cost you a bundle beginning this year!]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1517</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1517</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:37 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Refrigerant changes to your home A/C  will affect you!</title><description><![CDATA[Effective immediately, your home A/C system refrigerant will cost you a bundle to repair!]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1516</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1516</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:28 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Mandated government changes of R-22 in A/C systems</title><description><![CDATA[The federal government has mandatory changes effective immediately beginning Jan. 1, 2010]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1515</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1515</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:24:45 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>New Freon and government mandated refrigerant changes</title><description><![CDATA[This new refrigerant change on your home air conditioning system effects nearly everyone. Read the changes below.]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1514</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1514</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:23:05 0200</pubDate></item><item><title>FHA guidlines becoming tougher for new home buyers</title><description><![CDATA[Stricter standards for new buyers getting help from the FHA]]></description><guid>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1368</guid><link>/website/blog/default.asp?Display=1368</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:36 0200</pubDate></item></channel></rss>