10% rise in new home starts expected for the Greater Austin area in 2012
Eldon Rude, director of the Austin market for Metrostudy delivered his projections at the fourth annual housing forecast for the Austin area. Rude predicts that new home construction starts will be between 6,400 and 6,700 homes. This will mark a second straight year of growth for new home builders. Demand for new homes is coming [...]
Pacesetter Homes is recognized in the Austin Business Journal for second year
Pacesetter Homes move up to #9 on the volume builder list features in the Austin Business Journal in the September issue. The list is based on sales volume for 2010 and shows that Pacesetter Homes, in a short time, is having success in the Greater Austin area since it entered the market in 2008. Pacesetter [...]
New Law Takes Effect for Property Tax Homestead Exemption Applications
(AUSTIN) — Under a law passed by the Texas Legislature homeowners who apply for a new property tax homestead exemption beginning Sept. 1 must provide proof to the county appraisal district that they live in the house they claim as their principal residence. House Bill 252 requires a copy of the homeowner’s Texas driver’s license [...]
Pacesetter Homes believes customer service is something to “Chat” about
Most homebuyers today’s start their search for a new home in the comfort of their home via the internet. At times a request for information from the builder may take hours or days before a response is received. To help provide answers in a quick and easy format Pacesetter Homes has launched “Live Chat” on its [...]
New Models: GRAND OPENING… By the River!
Pacesetter Homes announces the opening of two new model homes in the master planned community of Blanco Vista in San Marcos. “Life by the River” is exactly what you will find in Blanco Vista, a new Central Texas neighborhood adjacent to the Blanco River and Five Mile Dam Park. This 2,000 home master-planned community located [...]
The Governments newly unveiled housing finance plan made the future for borrowers starkly clear:
It’s going to cost more to get a home loan: Interest rates on mortgages have increased in recent weeks, as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac began adding risk fees to almost all of the loans they sponsor. Average rates on 30-year fixed rate-loans have already moved from 4.4 percent in November to 5.2 percent now, [...]
History Provides Logical Reasons to Buy a New Home Today
Right now, is the best time in history to buy a house in America says Dr. Steve Sjuggerud. The first reason Dr. Sjuggerud gives in an article published on January 28, 2011 is that mortgage rates are lower than they’ve ever been in American history. The last time mortgage rates came close to this all [...]
Reytex Homes and Pacesetter Homes to Merge as Stagecoach Hills Nears Closeout
For the past 5 years Reytex Homes has been building ranch style homes on one acre homesites in the Liberty Hill community of Stagecoach Hills. On January 1, 2011 Reytex Homes will complete a merger with Pacesetter Homes, its sister company, into a single corporate entity with Pacesetter as the prevailing company name. In 2004 [...]
New Homes with Three Car Garages
In Austin where houses do not traditionally have basements, the three-car garage is becoming a must-have in new homes. For most buyers, the primary appeal of the three-car garage is that it provides more storage space for a third car or workshop, which consistently ranks high in NAHB surveys of consumer preferences for new home [...]
Excuse the Road Construction!
Road improvements to Park Street in Cedar Park will help lead you to three new homes in Palomino Park Make your way down Park Street from 183, thru the road improvements, and turn right on Big Sur and follow the signs to three beautiful new homes in Palomino Park by Reytex Homes and Pacesetter Homes. [...]
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