Mueller Landlords – Watch Out For These Two Gotchas

The home rental market at Mueller is strong right now – as with all of Austin, rents are increasing and vacancy rates are falling. Here are two simple snags to avoid when you’re thinking about leasing out your Mueller home. 1. Shooting yourself in the foot...

How Many People Pay Cash For Their Mueller Home?

When selling a home at Mueller, one of the people who has to sign off on the sale price is an independent appraiser – if your buyer has a loan. The appraiser comes along and gives a second opinion of value, notionally independent of buyer, seller and their...

The Cash Buyer At Mueller

Does the cash buyer of a home at Mueller get a better deal than the buyer purchasing with a loan? I took a look at the stats for Austin – where 764 out of 4179 MLS sales in the last 12 months were cash buyers, (18%) and compared it to the market at the old...

How Much Will I Spend on Upgrades With David Weekley?

This is a question I often get asked, and the answer depends on how much you like the standard finishes in their market rate homes. I like the fact that David Weekley put a list of their upgrades deployed in the model home – the Antone floorplan on Zach Scott,...

Mueller Affordable Homes Become (Slightly) More Affordable

A quarter of homes in Mueller Austin are in the affordable program – an income qualified scheme which subsidizes housing and allows owners to participate in a shared equity appreciation. If they sell, they get profit proportional to their ownership. If home...

Old Airport Redevelopment Home – Not in MLS

There’s a home on the market at the Old Mueller Airport redevelopment project. Almost. It’s on the market in that there’s a sign in the yard, though it won’t be entered into the Multiple Listing System as the listing agent is not a member of...