Bradley Pounds Austin Real Estate

March 2010 - Posts

• Will mortgage rates climb next month? They've started already . . .

  Next month the government will stop buying mortgage-backed securities. Many of those securities on the market still contain toxic assets, and experts are divided on whether there's enough demand in the private market to support the sale of those securities. Read More... Posted Friday, March 26, 2010 12:16 PM by Bradley Pounds | 0 Comments

• Here's a quick and easy guide to springtime gardening in Austin!

  If you're like me, you've spent hours on the internet looking for a straight-foward answer to the oldest gardening question in the book: What do I plant and WHEN? In Austin, where winter and summer seemed to be divided by a matter of days, the Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:27 PM by Bradley Pounds | 0 Comments

• Do you know what it takes to buy a Fannie Mae foreclosure listing in Austin? I do!

  The answer can be boiled down to THREE things: 1) 3% down, 2) attention to detail, and 3) FRUSTRATION RESISTANCE! There are some truly fantastic deals being offered via the MLS right now that happen to be foreclosures held by Fannie Mae. The process has Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:56 AM by Bradley Pounds | 0 Comments Filed under: Foreclosures, Austin TX real estate, fannie mae, homepath financing

• Time running out for 1st-Time, Existing Homebuyer tax credits. April 30 is the cutoff!

  Here's a link to the details of how the homebuyer tax credits will wind down - - - but this jist is that you must be under contract by April 30 to capitalize on the $6500-$8000 credits. If you've been thinking about buying your first home or would Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:25 AM by Bradley Pounds | 0 Comments Filed under: tax credits, first-time homebuyer, $8000 homebuyer tax credit, homebuyer tax credit

• Austin ties for best economic recovery in the nation

  Check out the Austin Business Journal article on Forbes Magazine's coverage of the Austin recovery. http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/03/08/daily2.html Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:47 PM by Bradley Pounds | 0 Comments Filed under: Austin TX real estate, austin economic recovery, austin economy

• 13 Home Improvements that Pay You Back!

  Some of this is common sense but the slideshow is a good reminder nonetheless. Check out this short list of items that are worth the purchase as they pay for themselves over time. Which have you used and with what degrees of success? MSN Slideshow: 13 Read More... Posted Friday, March 05, 2010 12:36 PM by Bradley Pounds | 0 Comments