Born between 1981 and 1996, millennials may be a generation strongly associated with a love of travel, but many of them are now looking to plant roots. As of 2026, they’re roughly 30 to 45 years old—an age where community and lifestyle become top priorities. Full article here: 9 Best Places for Millennials to Live in the U.S. (512) 853-0110 or robert@AustinTxHomeSales.com If you are...
Austin — known colloquially as Silicon Hills thanks to the area’s bustling tech sector — is among the top U.S. metro areas for artificial intelligence jobs, a study suggests. It ranked seventh overall among U.S. metropolitan areas in a new AI job market study by CoworkingCafé. San Antonio ranked No. 21. The flex office space listing service evaluated more than 300 U.S. metropolitan areas using...
Location plays a big role in affordability and the ability to own a home. However, examining the numbers, the differences across markets are striking. This is when it becomes apparent that where people live can make such an enormous difference in the ability to buy a home. Full article here: Where Millennials Own Homes (512) 853-0110 or robert@AustinTxHomeSales.com If you are unable to...
Austin ranks as the best major metro in the nation for women-owned businesses, according a new study that evaluated more than 200 cities across the U.S. The study by CoworkingCafe, an online listing service for flex workspaces, grouped U.S. cities by population size and assessed them based on 14 separate indicators across three categories: women’s entrepreneurship, economic conditions and the local...
For the second year in a row, Austin has been named the best state capital to live in across the United States, according to a 2026 WalletHub analysis. The personal finance website evaluated all 50 state capitals across 48 metrics, including affordability, economic well-being, education, health care and quality of life. Austin earned the highest overall score. Full article here: Austin named best...
Nearly a decade after being proposed, Leander’s Northline project to give the city a downtown area is gaining momentum. New financing to build a commercial office building was announced last week. In addition, there’s ongoing construction of retail and restaurant spaces, discussion with possible developers for a hotel and convention center, and designs underway for a senior living area. There also...
Austin is the top U.S. metro for the largest increase in new movers in 2025, according to a recent Bank of America Institute report, and much of that growth is coming from within Texas. While Austin once functioned largely as a landing spot for tech workers from California and the West Coast, the January report found that nearly one in four of Austin’s new residents came from other major Texas...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun limited operations at its new chip manufacturing plant in Taylor, marking a major milestone for a project that has faced years of delays. The company confirmed that the facility’s first chips are expected to roll off the production line later this year. Several hundred employees have already been working at the still-under-construction site since November....
Base Power, one of Austin’s most valuable startups, plans to create 500 jobs at a new manufacturing facility and is seeking assistance from the city of Austin to do so. The energy company, led by co-founder and CEO Zach Dell, the son of Dell Technologies Inc. founder Michael Dell, plans to invest $265 million in a new 486,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near Austin-Bergstrom International...
Readers ask: “Where exactly is the Balcones Fault?” And while we’re at it, “What precisely is the Balcones Escarpment?” The easiest answer: The fault and the escarpment, named for the Spanish word for “balconies,” signal the start of the Texas Hill Country. Or, in some places, they mark the transitional zone between the rugged hills to the west and the gently rolling plains and Blackland...
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