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Stage 2 restrictions allow one watering day per week. Your HOA wants a maintained lawn. Texas law hasn't cleanly resolved what happens when you can't have both — but it gives you more protection th…
A look at the clay-soil readings, hail-damaged roofs, and East Austin electrical panels that sellers disclose around but inspectors still flag — and why buyers closing in summer face a specific con…
August tax bills are landing in mailboxes across Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Leander, Kyle, and Buda right now. The 2025 MUD levies that will follow buyers for the life of their loans are being adopt…
Austin Water's outdoor watering rules are triggered by a number on a gauge at Lake Travis, not by a bureaucrat's judgment call. Here's what that number means for your lawn right now, and what happe…
Austin households are opening electricity statements this week. Here's what each charge actually is, which ones are fixed, and which ones you can do something about — in the order they appear on yo…
Texas law gives renters a mandatory repair window, a deduction right, and a legal exit. Most tenants don't know them. Most landlords count on that.
If you've found a crack in your foundation or interior walls this summer, you're not imagining things and you're not alone. Austin foundations move during dry summers — not because houses are falli…
Nearly every search result you'll find about Austin ADU rules is wrong. Not because the writers made things up, but because the code rewrote itself. HOME Phase 2 took effect in August 2024, unlocki…
Every April, Travis County property owners open a Notice of Appraised Value from the Travis County Appraisal District and face the same decision: accept the number or fight it. Most accept it. That…
From Travis County recording fees to Texas's fixed title insurance rates, here's what to expect on your Closing Disclosure — and what's negotiable in today's market.
Austin homeowners on a median-value home are leaving roughly $1,700–$2,000 a year on the table. Here's who qualifies, what the dollar savings look like on a real Travis County home, and the one doc…
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