University of Texas Real Estate

Welcome to the College Real Estate Page for the University of Texas located in Austin, Texas. Many parents ponder whether they should buy or rent while their students attend college. For some the answer is to buy and for others the answer is to rent. College Real Estate hopes to help you find which is the right answer for you. Another great tool in helping you decide is our College Real Estate guide book that walks you through the entire process of buying student property. We hope you find this site useful and welcome any and all feed back. If you would like to be connected with a College Real Estate's exclusive Realtor in Austin, Texas please visit our buying page. If you have decided that buying student housing is not the right answer for you and would like to be connected with a leasing specialist please visit our leasing page.

Austin, Texas City Info

Austin – Recently voted one of the 10 most environmentally friendly cities in America is the capital of the Lone Star State and home to the University of Texas. Founded in 1883, the university had the fifth largest single-campus enrollment in the nation in fall 2006 (as well as from 1997–2003), with nearly 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 16,500 faculty and staff. It currently holds the largest enrollment of all colleges in the state of Texas. Full-time students can expect to pay an average of nearly $13,000/year (room, board, tuition).

University of Texas Real Estate

It’s no secret that with a growing job market and one of the largest universities in the U.S., Austin is a place where the number of people in the housing market is steadily on the rise. Austin’s Real Estate market has been strong over the last 7 years with its best year in 2006. Home prices appreciated over 10% in the last year and over 29% in the last 5 years according to the 2nd Quarter Analysis of Home Prices and Appreciation Rates released by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. www.ofheo.gov

Austin Student Housing

Leasing an apartment or house for student living? Due to the great number of students that pre-lease apartments up to a year in advance, it is best to begin your own search in December.

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