Home Building Trends and New Custom Home Technologies

Austin, Texas (November 11, 2010) — While the national housing market continues to tread water, Austin’s housing market continues to see signs of life. The Home Builders Association (HBA) of Greater Austin set a new attendance record for a fall Parade of HomesTM with its just completed 57th Annual Parade of HomesTM.

The home tour symbolizes the “best of the best” for people looking for the latest in home design. For folks looking to buy, the home tour showcases some of the finest new homes for sale in the Austin area. Before the event started, a panel of private judges selected as Best Kitchen, Best Master Bath and Best Outdoor Living among many other award categories at this year’s Annual Parade of Homes™.

More than 14,000 visitors toured seven custom homes during the event that took place from October 16-31 at The Bluffs at Rough Hollow at Lakeway. Offering “attainable luxury by the lake”, the seven homes were priced the $750’s to $1.5 million. As of November 11, three of the seven homes in this year’s event have been sold and one is under contract. During the two weeks of the home tour, visitors were also asked to vote on their favorite home and Master’s Touch Custom Homes won the “People’s Choice Award” for the 2010 Parade of Homes™.

The 5,900 square foot Italian inspired masterpiece at 305 Bisset Court had earlier garnered top honors within the Parade of Homes™ for Best Architectural Design, Best Kitchen, Best Study, Best Media Room and the prestigious Best of Show award. Built within a garden style setting, the home offered a massive hand-carved stone fireplace inspired by the Vanderbilt home in North Carolina. The kitchen was birthed from a French Revival theme with a large stone pizza oven set beneath a recessed wood ceiling with Italian glazed tin panels. Groin vault ceilings with Venetian stucco covering, a private courtyard and dome ceilings were just a few of the stylized features visitors loved about the home.

Our press release from  the Homebuilders Association of  Greater Austin!
57th Annual Parade of HomesTM