HGTV couldn’t have done it better!

Renovations are complete…at least for now. Our historic location and rustic atmosphere give us the feel of Fredericksburg at its finest. We have painted, carpeted, added a beautiful tin ceiling, installed a new phone system, given Greg a new private office, created more workspace for our Realtors and provided a more private conference area for […]

Acreage News

Acreage Greater Than 100 Acres
During the past year there have been six properties without improvements between 100 and 200 acres listed on the Multiple Listing Service sold in Gillespie County.  The price range for these properties ranged from approximately $4255 per acre for about 116 acres to approximately $8500 per acre for about 188 acres […]

Artists converge on Fredericksburg Texas

By Sheila Bingham
Fredericksburg is becoming more and more a great place to get out of intense city life. Among the events to enjoy are musical and dramatic presentations as well as two and three dimensional artwork. I personally enjoy the growing art community.
Fredericksburg is an artist community no matter what your interest or […]

Analysis for single family lot sales in Fredericksburg Texas

By Greg Oehler
First the good news (for the developer)!   In 2008, the average low price, the average high price, and the median average price of a single family lot all increased over 2007.  Developers will wish that was the end of the story, but to comprehend our local single family lot market, one must look […]

Affordable housing in Fredericksburg farther from reach

By Bart Schaetter
An application for a change in zoning from R-2 Mixed Residential to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for Barons Crossing, an ‘affordable housing’ subdivision just south of Highway Street across from the livestock auction barn was denied 3-2 Friday, July 25, by the City Council after nearly seven months of negotiations.
A motion was made […]

The Fredericksburg community is lucky to have Good Samaritan Center

By Greg Oehler
I enjoy reading! One of the first books I read this year was Same Kind of Different as Me, told by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, and co-written by Lynn Vincent in non-fiction style. My wife’s sister loaned me the book at New Years and said it might change me if […]

The Fredericksburg Art Guild provides a way to connect to the community and local artists

By Sheila Bingham
For people who are artistic there are many opportunities to get involved in Fredericksburg. One of those opportunities is the Fredericksburg Art Guild at 308 East Austin Street. There are from 25 to 30 members ranging in age from early thirties to early eighties. Members produce a variety of work […]

Happy Easter from Fredericksburg

By Don Brookshire
Happy Easter everyone. As I write this post I am thinking about how lucky I am to live in a country where we can worship in a free society. Many countries control this freedom and I am thankful to all the men and women in our armed services that continue to fight to […]

The City’s proposed Formula Business Ordinance would greatly affect property owners. Are you for it?

By Greg Oehler
I like our free enterprise system and I hope you do, too! However, there is a proposed ordinance lurking out there and if adopted, it would handcuff business and property owners in a new proposed DOWNTOWN SHOPPING DISTRICT.

This district would run along Main Street from approximately Elk to Acorn and San Antonio […]

New Living History Program at the National Museum of the Pacific War premiers this weekend

By Bart Schaetter
The living history department at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg will premiere the new reenactment program on March 15 and 16.
This popular program presents live reenactments of WW-II battles in the Pacific. Actors dressed in authentic period costume also demonstrate weapons that were in use during WW-II and discuss […]

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