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"..."Austin-area Home Sales and Prices Set New Record" was the big..."

"...market needs," she writes this week. Ipso facto, the median home sales price in each of those five counties..."

"...displaced Austinites an avenue to return, by selling city-owned homes at affordable prices to people who can prove their..."

"...along with property values in Central Texas, where the median home sales price now hovers around $500,000. Next year,..."

"...manses we now associate with the Westbank. Today, the median home value in Rollingwood is nearly double that of..."

"...average increase in property tax you'll pay on your home every year if Proposition A is approved."..."

"...pressure on the city's revenues, primarily from property and sales taxes, supplemented by utility income. Although these are very..."

"...not start construction until they had 40% or more presales.) Now about 790 condominiums are under construction; about 350..."

"...Thanks to stronger-than-expected sales-tax income and a pronounced scrubbing, City Manager Marc Ott's..."

"...although men drank more whether the Longhorns played at home or not, that wasn't true for women. Socially active..."

"...of two votes necessary to double its property tax homestead exemption to 20%. This tax break will apply to..."

"...years to those in other U.S. cities – in median home prices, total employment, total personal income, per capita..."

"...They included a jump in real estate values (a median home valuation of $221,000, up from $202,000 last year),..."

"...Home sales and median prices have reached record highs for..."

"...across the U.S. and here in Austin, those with median household incomes cannot afford to buy the median home...."

"..."Stop the Green Home Tax!" screams an new campaign slogan from Cid Galindo,..."

"...likely seen the headlines about the big drop in home prices over the last eight months or so. True,..."

"...of two votes necessary to double its property tax homestead exemption to 20%...."

"...illustration courtesy David Weekley Homes..."

"...Mueller Neighborhood homeowners and their advocates appeared before the board of the..."

"...budget . The General Fund, which is where your sales and property taxes go, accounts for about $1.3 billion..."

"...the financial horizon is turning partly cloudy (e.g., estimated sales tax revenues, always a volatile income stream, look slimmer,..."

"...who've long been proud to call the urban center home – the artists, musicians, and slackers – or, in..."

"...the urban core by promoting the construction of entry-level homes and apartments affordable on working-class incomes, we pat ourselves..."

"...that previously robust revenue streams – primarily property taxes, sales taxes, and development fees – were not keeping up..."

"...young, and Shook held hope of ringing up more sales of cold smoothies and maybe a few more tips..."

"...housing payments costing less than 30% of the city's median family income (in Austin, that's $81,400 for a family..."

"...Bill Skeen, with son Billy, outside their Buckingham Estates home. photograph by Kevin Fullerton The South Austin duplex that..."

"...property on average." These projects also get a 100% sales tax exemption on construction materials for an additional one-time..."

"...An approximate indicator of the slowdown is the city's sales tax income, which had until recently been rising at..."