Andy Cook - Central Texas Realtor

April 2008 - Posts

• Building Green in Buda & Driftwood

  We have some great new homes coming on the market in Buda that are designed and built with limiting their impact on the environment in mind. Green Builders of Austin has several homes under construction in the new developments at Rutherford West near Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:10 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: For Sale

• Price reduction for 6200 Bridlington Circle!

  Now listed at $189,900. This is by far the best price per square foot for a remodeled home in the desirable Cherry Creek neighborhood. Check out the lieting information and pictures on my website at www.andycookhomes.com. This home won't be on the Read More... Posted Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:55 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments

• Buda & Kyle area show an average of 7% price appreciation in 1st Quarter of 2008

  New data that is just coming out shows that the Buda & Kyle areas showed a 7% increase in the average price of homes that sold in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter of 2007. Sales price in Q1 of 2007 averaged $165,500 and increased Read More... Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 9:49 AM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments

• Shopping opportunities galore for South Austin & Buda Residents

  For those shopaholics out there I can't think of a better place to live than right here in either South Austin or Buda. What a laundry list of shopping selections within 20 minutes of easy driving to a wide range of destinations. South Austin has Read More... Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 8:43 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments

• Remember when you used to go to the library?

  I used to go to the library all the time as a kid. I would ride my bike all the way across town (well it wasn't a real big town) most days during the summer to get a new book and get my reading club card stamped. Nowadays the kids have this thingy Read More... Posted Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:30 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• Want to find a great park??

  The Austin area is full of them. We have a gajillion city, county & state parks to choose from and most of them are really great. I haven't been to all of them, only a few. But, I have seen or heard about a bunch more than I have been to and I Read More... Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 10:16 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• The fun filled days of completing HUD paperwork (buying HUD homes related)

  Oh, there is nothing like spending a beautiful spring afternoon sorting, sifting, filing, and sorting again the many forms and documents that go along with closing on a HUD contract. But, then again not everyone gets to experience the thrills of such Read More... Posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 7:47 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: Buyer Information

• Buda County Fair with the World Famous Weiner Dog Races is coming up!

  You don't want to live your whole life and never see the Weiner Dog Races held each year at the beautiful Buda City Park! The Kentucky Derby has nothing on this. Where else can you see hundreds of skillfully trained weiner dog racers al in one setting? Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5:07 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• Three Austin area counties make the list of top 100 growth counties in the U.S. for 2007

  Williamson County came in at #11 with 6.4% growth over 2007. Hays County came in at #13 with 6.3% growth. Travis County came in at #99 with 3.5% growth. See the link: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011635.html Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:30 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: Market Conditions

• Austin area continues its hot streak of growth

  Austin metro was the only Texas area to make the latest top ten U.S. metro growth list coming in at #5! See the article iin the Austin Business Journal: http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/03/24/daily32.html?surround=lfn Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 3:45 PM by Andy Cook | 0 Comments