James DeLoney - Austin Homes for Sale

10/13/2026

Some interesting tips for reviewing your medical bills.

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10/06/2026

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09/29/2026

Saving money can be tough, but having these accounts will go a long way toward making sure all your bases are covered.

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09/23/2026

Composite countertops like Silestone and Quartz have become the standard in modern kitchens. I still see granite as a centerpiece on islands to create contrast. If you're considering any remodeling I always advise connecting with a real estate professional to get their insight on current trends before making a major investment.

According to the National Kitchen and Bath Association, granite countertops are in less demand today...

09/22/2026

They say diamonds are forever, but household stone trends don't stick around for long. Read on to find out what will be replacing granite in your kitchen!

According to the National Kitchen and Bath Association, granite countertops are in less demand today...

09/16/2026

Colovore is building a $280 million data center in Hutto. 192,694 square feet at 2401 Innovation Boulevard, 40 megawatts, liquid-cooled. The filing with the state puts construction from December 1 of this year to December 1 of 2028. It sits next to a potential Blue Origin site.

Community Impact reported it last Friday.

Here's the part I'd push back on, and it's the reason I don't get excited about these the way the headline wants me to.

A $280 million number reads like a jobs announcement. It usually isn't one. Data centers are capital-heavy and staff-light by design — the money goes into power, cooling, and hardware, not payroll. The construction window is two years, and that work is real, but construction crews mostly don't move to the county they're building in. The article doesn't list a permanent headcount, and I'd want to see that number before I drew a line from this to housing demand in Hutto.

What it does affect is more indirect and slower. Forty megawatts is a meaningful draw on the grid. Facilities like this come with road, water, and utility work that gets negotiated alongside them, and that infrastructure outlasts the building. Land near the site gets repriced by people betting on what comes next, which is a different thing from the building itself generating demand.

Three weeks ago I wrote about Amazon's robotics plant in East Austin — 300 to 500 jobs on roughly 300 acres. That's a different animal, and lumping them together because both are big industrial numbers is how people end up with the wrong expectation.

If you own in Hutto or you're looking there, the thing to follow isn't the $280 million. It's what the utility and road agreements end up being, and whether a permanent headcount ever gets published.

I'll keep watching it.

09/15/2026

Having trouble keeping track of your monthly payments? You might be damaging your credit score.

A late payment on a credit bill or other debt such as a mortgage can have a significant impact on yo...

09/14/2026

Texas is building big—and this time, it’s the infrastructure behind AI. 🏗️⚡
More than 600 data centers are operating, under construction, or planned across Texas, according to KXAN. This wave of investment is reaching beyond Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio into rural communities across the state.

For those of us who live, own property, and do business here, this is more than a tech story. These projects are creating demand for electricians and construction workers while raising questions about how nearby land will be used and how communities will manage growth.

They’re also prompting questions homeowners care about: Where will the electricity and water come from? Who pays for infrastructure upgrades? And what could these changes mean for utility costs and quality of life?

Texas is still searching for the right balance between economic development and job growth versus strains on resources and environmental considerations.
What are your thoughts?

09/08/2026

Looking to keep your computer files safe? Take this precautionary step.

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09/03/2026

Amazon is putting a robotics manufacturing facility in East Austin, on roughly 300 acres off Hergotz and Dalton lanes, in the newly annexed area people call the Dog's Head. Three hundred to five hundred manufacturing and engineering jobs. Mayor Kirk Watson said Amazon asked for no economic incentives and no public money.

I've watched a lot of these announcements land over twenty years, and the honest read is that the job number rarely changes anything nearby.

Three to five hundred jobs, in a metro that added 14,900 in a single year, is a small share of the demand picture. Families don't reorganize a housing search because a plant opened four miles away.

The part that tends to matter is the sentence nobody clips: the city had already approved a TIF plan funding roads and utilities across the surrounding 2,600-acre district, reimbursing the developer.

Utilities and roads change what a piece of land can become. That's the slow variable, and it moves years ahead of any hiring announcement.

If you own out that way, watch the easements and the road funding rather than the careers page.