In the midst of a rough week in the mortgage industry, it is worth taking a break from the doom and gloom to report that the Austin housing market has been relatively strong over the last year even as prices have decreased in other markets. Whatever does happen in the national economy, the strength of the Austin housing market means that we will fare better than most areas of the country where the housing market is much more tenuous.According to the Austin Business Journal:
The cost of Austin-area homes has increased 5.6 percent in the . . .