Real Estate News & Tips for Central Texas
1:1 Home Buyer Session — Your Roadmap to Owning a Home
🏡 Thinking about buying a home soon but not sure where to start? Let’s make it simple. Join me (and one of our trusted lenders) for a 1:1 Home Buyer Session — available via Zoom or in person — where we’ll walk through everything you need to feel confident and ready for homeownership. What We’ll
Best area to buy a home in Round Rock Texas
Short answer: there isn’t one “best” area in Round Rock—there’s a best-for-you based on schools, commute, budget, and vibe. Here’s the lay of the land so you can pick your lane. If you want golf/amenities and pride-of-place Forest Creek (SE RR) and Teravista (NE RR)Golf, pools, trails, and that “but
Welcome to the Southern Luxe Team - Camira Scarborough
Central Texas REALTOR Real estate is more than buying or selling property—it’s an investment in your future, a foundation for your dreams, and the place where cherished memories are made. Whether you’re finding your first home, upgrading to fit your next chapt
Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Key Inflation Report
Pundits, politicians, and everyone else can continue to assume that mortgage rates will respond to changes to the Fed Funds Rate. Meanwhile the bonds that actually dictate mortgage pricing will continue responding to the most important economic reports. The two biggest examples are the monthly jobs
Mortgage Rates Steady Ahead of High Stakes Inflation Report
The average top tier 30yr fixed rate held exceptionally steady last week after moving just a bit lower over the weekend. By comparison, today's rates are much closer to Friday's latest levels and still very close to the lowest we've seen since October, 2024. If the two key economic considerati
Mortgage Rates Flat Ahead of Next Week’s High-Stakes Data
Mortgage rates finally moved in a slightly more noticeable direction today, but the change was still inconsequential in the bigger picture. The average 30yr fixed rate in our index edged up a mere 2 hundredths of a percent from 6.55% to 6.57%, exactly matching the levels seen on August 6th. This lea
Mortgage Rates Hit Another New Longer-Term Low
Mortgage rates have barely budged after Monday with the day-over-day change failing to exceed 0.02% on any given day. But today's budging happened to bring the average 30yr fixed rate to another 10-month low. Lenders are in the mid 6% range for top tier scenarios. Economic data is one of the c
Mortgage Rates Steadily Holding Longer-Term Lows
Although there were flashes of potential volatility in the underlying bond market at times today, mortgage rates made it through unscathed. In other words, the volatility wasn't sufficient to force the average lender to make mid-day changes to the rates they decided to offer this morning. Wher
Mortgage Rates Holding at 10 Month Lows
Yesterday saw the average 30yr fixed rate fall back in line with levels from early October, 2024. This happened for two reasons. The broader, underlying reason is that rates have been in a fairly narrow, stable range and that range was already relatively closer to 10 month lows than 10 month highs.