Click here to begin a new subscription

Log-in to renew your existing subscription

There is a stack of evidence to suggest the Austin area housing market started 2012 as the strongest of the major metros in Texas. And Texas itself was among the best in the nation. Will jobs keep increasing in the Austin area during 2012? One national company predicts more jobs will be created in 2012 than in 2011 and, as a result, fewer apartments will be available to rent in the Austin metro than in more than a decade. Commentators recently have jumped on a bandwagon that is trumpeting the end of the Sun Belt boom. However, raining on that parade is a simple matter of facts. Quick. If you want to run a :30-second TV spot in Sundays Super Bowl, how much will it cost you? A million bucks? A couple million? Nope. Try about $3.5 million for 30-seconds. Want more? Subscribe to the Austin Letter and get the whole story.

The Neal Spelce Austin Letter would like to hear from you. Whether you have a comment, complaint, news item or a problem with your account, please let us know. If there is a problem with your account, we will take care of it as soon as possible. If you have a favorite Austin information web site that is not currently on our Links page, we would be happy to consider it for inclusion.

We can also be contacted via mail, phone, or fax:

The Neal Spelce Austin Letter

P. O. Box 1905

Austin, Texas 78767-1905

(512) 498-9495

(512) 327-1976 FAX