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Austin Commercial Market Update, Q3 2025

With interest rates bending down, investor pencils came back up across the commercial sector as Buyers began preparing for a potential turning point. Activity was not uniform, but several asset classes showed meaningful movement.

Austin Housing Market Insights, Q3 2025

During Q3, per our forecasts since Q3 2024, the market sent its clearest signals of hitting bottom in spite of tariff uncertainty, the AI movement, and right-sizing collectively slowing job growth, which remains the main engine for Austin’s real estate market.

Is Austin Still a Tech City? The Real Story Behind the Headlines

Lately, there’s been a wave of headlines claiming that Austin is losing its shine in the tech world. That the boom is over. That jobs are heading back to Silicon Valley. And to be fair, there’s some truth in it. The pace has slowed. The wild growth we saw between 2019...

Meta’s Solar Investment in Austin: Big Tech, Clean Energy, and Real Estate Growth

Meta’s newest clean-energy data center in Bastrop County is more than a tech investment — it’s a signal of Austin’s long-term growth. With 100% solar power, $26 million in economic activity, and 300 new jobs, this project ties big tech and clean energy together in Central Texas. See how these shifts could shape Austin’s real estate market and why staying informed gives you the edge.

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Entrepreneurial Home Podcast with Aimy Steadman (Co-Founder and COO of Future Proof Brands and Beatbox Beverages)

Entrepreneurial Home Podcast with Aimy Steadman (Co-Founder and COO of Future Proof Brands and Beatbox Beverages)

Aimy Steadman is a Co-Founder and COO at Future Proof Brands LLC, creators of the World’s Tastiest Portable Party Punch™ and disruptor in the beverage alcohol market that provides innovative solutions that drive incremental profit in high-growth categories. A “double-Longhorn,” Steadman earned both her B.S. in Advertising and M.B.A. in entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Entrepreneurial Home Podcast with Special Guest: Bonnie Kuhl

Entrepreneurial Home Podcast with Special Guest: Bonnie Kuhl

Bonnie Kuhl is the founder of Archer & Olive, a shop and lifestyle brand for creators. With a background in graphic design and a passion for helping other creators bring their ideas to life, through community and an eye for what customers need, she’s grown Archer & Olive to a 7-figure company within 1 year!

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Frank Barbella: What you need to know about insurance now on EHP!

Frank Barbella: What you need to know about insurance now on EHP!

Frank Barbella is a passionate Entrepreneur focused in the areas of Risk Management Advisory and Insurance Brokerage. His proven business acumen, acquisition experience, active leadership roles in industry association boards, coupled with his support of civic organizations makes Frank uniquely qualified to advise organizations on all aspects of leadership, organic growth, perpetuation, as well as mergers and acquisition.

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Jason Crawford: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Jason Crawford: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Jason Crawford is a founder multiple times over. Looking for a more holistic, nature-centric approach to health and wellness that would bring balance to both mind and body, Sovereignty was created to fill a need that was largely ignored by traditional Western medicine and conventional CBD-based products.

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Enamel Dentistry: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Enamel Dentistry: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Dr. Chodavadia spent most of his life here in Texas, aside from the years he attended college in Pennsylvania. He earned his DDS from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dental work offers the opportunity to talk to people all day while improving their smiles and their lives.

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Michael Yelcheni: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Michael Yelcheni: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

A family-owned and operated local optical shop, Aristocrat Optix offers unique inventory, superior optical knowledge, experience and available state-of-the-art technology. Its in-house lab processes a small amount of jobs which allows Aristocrat Optix to dedicate the time necessary to make everything no less than perfect.

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Christophe Hardenne: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Christophe Hardenne: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Little Cyclist teaches children how to conquer balance, coordination, and confidence on a balance bike in a safe and fun environment. A balance bike is a two-wheeled pedal-less bike that teaches toddlers as young as 18-months to balance on two wheels. Little Cyclist is dedicated to making sure that every child learns the skills to ride in a safe and secure environment while making friends along the way.

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Kellan Vincent: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Kellan Vincent: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

With over a decade of experience in the landscape design, construction and architectural lighting industries specializing in projects that require creative solutions to novel, challenging problems, Kellan Vincent enjoys working with his talented team to push the boundaries within the realm of possibility to create beautiful, inspirational places.

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Youssef Chaker: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Youssef Chaker: Tarek Morshed’s Entrepreneurial Home Podcast

Taking years of experience in software and creating client solutions, Youssef Chaker fashioned himself into a fractional CTO and became an entrepreneur many times over. Currently, he is the founder of Bear & Giraffe LLC, a website development company which provides entrepreneurs, especially lean startups, with tech solutions that truly make a difference.

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Austin Neighborhood Spotlights

Your Guide to the Best Neighborhoods in Austin

Cherrywood

Cherrywood

Cherrywood in Austin Texas is known by several names, including Upper Boggy Creek, Dellwood II, and French Place. Bordered by Wilshire Boulevard to the north, Manor Road to the south, Interstate 35 to the west and Airport Boulevard to the east.

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Allandale

Allandale

Allandale in Austin, Texas is an upscale neighborhood ideal for families, young couples, seniors, and empty-nesters, Allandale possesses an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, parks & recreation, and a variety of restaurants to choose from. Bordered by MoPac Expressway to the west and by Austin Memorial Park Cemetery and Brentwood to the south, this safe and quiet neighborhood offers easy access to the local highways.

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Sunset Valley

Sunset Valley

Sunset Valley is a “small town” oasis (one square mile) roughly 10 miles Southwest of downtown Austin. This small community, established in 1954, sits just East of Loop 1 (Mopac) and South of Highway 71.

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East Riverside

East Riverside

Directly southeast of downtown Austin, the East Riverside neighborhood is home to creative types and young professionals. Just East of I-35 on the south shore of Lady Bird Lake, this lively area is known for an inclusive mix of neighborhood amenities.

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