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Blackburn Properties provides residential real estate services in Austin, Texas and the surrounding metropolitan area. Whether you’re looking for a family home, a condominium, a lake house or acreage to build your dream home, one of our knowledgeable real estate professionals can help. We also have agents who work in the Highland Lakes area and others that specialize in relocation and property management.

Our clients are extremely well represented and we take pride in going the extra mile. As a result, our greatest source of new business is referrals from previous clients.

We commit ourselves to marketing your home, not our business!

The information contained herein is deemed accurate. Some of the property information contained herein is obtained from sources that have proven to be inaccurate in the past. It is important that you perform your own due diligence prior to making an offer to purchase real estate. You should not rely upon the property information contained herein. Further, prior to purchasing real property you should consult the following websites, www.trec.state.tx.us and www.recenter.tamu.edu.

Housing Market Trends

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This chart shows the number of homes sold in the entire Austin area by the Month of the Year.

Data reflects 2008, 2009, 2010

What you see here is that 2010 is showing a marked improvement in sales over the previous two years. If you're a seller that's good news. If you're a buyer you better get busy and buy.

Tips to Help SELL Your Home

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OUTSIDE

Think about model homes. Plant colorful plants in the flower beds and accent with dark black mulch. If you have a beautiful perennial garden, take some photos of it for perspective buyers. In the winter months it may be hard to visualize what the yard will look like in the springtime.
Keep your yard mowed and watered as well as trimming shrubs and trees. Curb appeal is real and not just a TV show.
Clean your front porch including spider webs, wasp and bird nests.