Buyers familiar with the current Austin Sellers’ Market might think that buying a new home at Mueller might be the answer. I met some folks in that boat last night at a party, and I had to break it to them that this wasn’t going to be an easy process. In...
It’s about this time of year that I remind people who bought homes in the previous year that they need to consider filing their homestead exemption form. It’s a magical form that allows you to receive a break on your annual property taxes, and applies to...
Now that Mueller’s first homeowners have been in place for five years, I’m starting to get the question, “How do I sell my Affordable Home at Mueller?” quite often, especially now that savvy owners have seen my sign outside a few affordable...
It is what passes for winter in Austin right now with today’s high reaching 73F (about 23C), and we are still enjoying a riot of sunshine in the city. It’s been a month since Austin Energy updated their utility billing model, and I started to think about...
It happens. You list your home, get multiple buyer offers, and settle on a contract price that exceeds your expectations and you sail through the option period unscathed only to get that terrifying email forwarded from the buyer’s lender: Your home’s...
I love the affordable homes program at Mueller – I think it has some great ideas and makes some headway toward responsible development. The Mueller Foundation has among its advisers and directors the very capable Kelly Weiss and Jim Walker, which gives me some...
