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The Common Law
Avoid Foreclosure Nightmare
"...exemption, and not all homes qualify for it. The homeowner must be an individual (homestead exemption is not offered..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law
Texas Homestead Exemption – Does It Apply to Me?
"...exemption, and not all homes qualify for it. The homeowner must be an individual (homestead exemption is not offered..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

Blind Items
With plantation window coverings, you'll never squint again
"...is great for outdoors, or indoors for the budget-conscious homeowner, and the wood, well ... the wood bespeaks hearth,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Blind Items
With plantation window coverings, you'll never squint again
"...is great for outdoors, or indoors for the budget-conscious homeowner, and the wood, well ... the wood bespeaks hearth,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Hightower Report
The Luxury of Chinese Labor; and Taking Care of the Smithsonian
"...As any homeowner knows, the failure to spend on repairs inevitably results..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Decision Must Be Appealed
"...interest in a project to change their neighborhood, that homeowner “can not participate in any decision concerning the project,..."

Dec. 26, 2007 Postmarks

The Common Law
My Neighbor's Yard is a Jungle
"...care for his or her yard like the other homeowners on the block. Your neighbor, however, has taken his..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

Energy Savers
Meet the winners of our Kill-a-Watt Challenge
"...against those for the same period last year. Renters, homeowners, businesses, and even entire neighborhoods could compete to have..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cutting Back: Doing it your way
"...that air conditioners are not the only climate-control tool, homeowner Richard Helpard used a pair of dehumidifiers to suck..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cutting Back: Don't mess with TPWD
"...Austin winning the overall challenge for biggest-saving renter and homeowner (Rainer Blunck and Haley Mack, respectively), it might seem..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City
"...the meantime, check out the top watt-killers of September: homeowner Joiep Meijer (85.2% savings), renter Alexander Mikheyev (87.3%), businesses..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

Focus on Areas of Pervasive Criminal Activity
"...to offer some insight as someone who is a homeowner in the belly of the beast here at North..."

Oct. 13, 2007 Postmarks

Naked City
"...results. And now, without further ado, the first-place champs: Homeowner: David McGough (81.9% savings) Renter: Barbara Nugent (84.9%) Business..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: Shoot the Messenger
The ARA strikes back
"...and Juniper"), which recounted the experiences of several would-be homeowners in their unsuccessful attempts to purchase homes on the..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Shouldn't Installing Solar Panels Be a Reason for Tree Renewal?
"...ordinance does not have any guidelines on whether a homeowner's desire to install solar panels in any way affects..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Postmarks

County Workers Approved for More Pay
Bigger paychecks on tap for sheriff's deputies and county employees
"...$50 million from 2007 funds and raising the average homeowner's tax bill by about $12 per year. Homeowners will..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City
"...not reduce your energy use by 89.8% like winning homeowner Rainer Blunck or by 80.9% like winning renter Patricia..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature

Kill-a-Watt Challenge Champs
"...steps to curb energy use as well. Our winning homeowner replaced her old air-conditioning unit with a new, more..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Neighborhood Associations Need to Work Harder at Being Proactive

April 17, 2007 Postmarks

Developing Stories: Pioneering at Mueller
Urban trailblazers aren't just settling Downtown
"...not be able to swing the monthly mortgage payments, homeowners association fees, and other costs of homeownership. For those..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City
"...to opening, with the initial process of becoming a homeowner kicking off next week. Starting Monday, March 5, prospective..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Beside the Point
Multiple proposals come before council to preserve housing affordability near Downtown
"...Downtown's tremendous growth now looks likely to assist Austin homeowners feeling the brunt of the development boom – those..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

37th Street Lights
Will the elaborate holiday illuminations burn brighter or burn out?
"...house that met their needs." Many of the new homeowners are professionals who come home late and rarely socialize..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin Municipal Bonds: The 'CliffsNotes' version
It's real simple:'yes' seven times
"...a month in additional taxes for the average Austin homeowner, over a seven-year period. (More detailed info is available..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

Save as We Pave?
The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County
"...run with the land under the supervision of a homeowner's association or a nonprofit entity such as a land..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Common Law
Roommates and new owners – what's the law?

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

After the Storm
Austin's Louisiana exiles remain suspended between before and after
"...house. It isn't coincidental that Reed is the only homeowner of her five siblings and also the only one..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Beside the Point: A Vegetative State
The City Council tries to move the budget beyond meat and potatoes
"...that any savings a 5% exemption might bring to homeowners could be wiped out in year one if the..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Court Judge ruled on Tuesday that "a Mississippi couple's homeowner policy did not give them coverage for damage from..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Whose Budget?
The council asks for a new budget, and Futrell delivers the same old bill
"...of job creation, "because it takes the pressure off homeowner property taxes ... when it comes to fundamentally what..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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