Austin Real Estate People from all around the globe imagine that Texas geography is dry and dusty. They see wiith their mind’s eye endless mesas and endless deserts or rolling, dusty hills. Texas, however, is anything but stereotypical. Even it’s size is atypical, with many state dwarfed by its big countrysides. Texas is geographically diverse and in some areas, like near Austin, water is very plentiful. Indeed, Texas has the eighteenth longest river in the United States called the Colorado River, where the source and mouth of the river is in Texas. Texas farmers, cities and power plants are all along the Colorado River. In fact, the capitol of Texas is Austin, which prospers on the Colorado River with its manmade lakes and deep reservoirs.
There are more than a few Austin real estate bargains that enjoy views of Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis, Lake Austin, Lake Buchanan, Town Lake, Lake LBJ or Inks Lake. Known as the, ‘Highland Lakes’ thesew lakes are central to life in Austin. Drinking water, recreational activities and power plants keep Austin real estate hot! Mount Bonnell is seven hundred and eighty feet above sea level and can be seen from any Austin real estate. It is a limestone mountain that overlooks Lake Austin on the Colorado River and homes can be seen from any point. While Austin’s subtropical climate is a little humid at times and sometimes extraordinarily hot in summer, winters are very mild and very comfortable. In fact, it is rare that it ever snows in Austin. Once every year, nevertheless, an ice storm shuts down the city because of the icy roads and downed power lines. Most of Austin’s precipitation comes in the springtime with some in the fall and Austin real estate receives about 34 inches of rain per year. In the spring it is not uncommon to experience severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
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