Today was a big day for Brazos Place as all 19 remaining units were sold in less than 90 minutes to a packed room of bidders. On average, the units sold at a 29% discount to the original listing price. This is, however, a useless barometer as the units were not selling well at the original prices….
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BartonPlace Event Invitation
BartonPlace would like to invite Austin Towers readers to a live radio discussion on “Dissecting DowntownFacts vs. Fiction” to be followed by a construction tour of BartonPlace and an afternoon reception. The details are: What: Live Talk Radio Show (1:00pm) BartonPlace Site Tour(3:30pm) Afternoon Reception (4-5pm) When: Sunday, May 24th @1:00pm Where: BartonPlace PresentationCenter (1800…
Brazos Place: Auction Fine Print
In eleven days, B razos Place will auction as many as 20 units to the lowest bidder. The May 17 auction has received lots of press and attention — in particular because the units are being promoted with incredibly low opening bids. The opening bids start at a too-good-to-be-true $80,000 — as much as 58% lower than the original unit…
New Condo Mortgage Restrictions
Earlier this year, Fannie Mae stopped guaranteeing mortgages in new or newly converted condo developments in which fewer than 70 percent of units have been sold or are under contract. Fannie’s previous rules set the cutoff at 51 percent. Freddie Mac recently sent a bulletin to sellers and servicers announcing plans to adopt similar restrictions…
Star Riverside Auction: Bizarre Side Show or Outright Scam?
Star Riverside, a large condo project under way on the south shore of Ladybird Lake near I-35, has announced that it is going to auction 64-units in partnership with ibidcondo with no minimum price and no minimum bid. Before you call your mortgage broker and grab your credit card checks, the fine print on the Star…
CNN Report: Condo Auctions Common (Mentions Brazos Place)
An article from earlier today on cnn.com discussed the national condo auction market (it is growing fast) and the incentives provided to move condos nationwide. The issue is that condos take years to develop while condo demand can change very fast. As real estate markets across the country have retracted over the last year, condo developers…