According to the Wiki page for the city, Austin was chosen the #1 best Big City in "Best Places to Live in Money Magazine in 2006. It was also chosen the "Greenest City in America" by MSN. And the Travel Channel voted Austin America's #1 College Town and it has a extremely low crime and murder rate.
Economically, Austin is a center of High Tech Companies such as 3M, Hewlett Packard and Applied Materials to name a few. All things considered, with the warm weather Austin is just the place most people would love to live and work.
So if you are thinking of checking out Austin Real Estate check out Austin HomeCity.com where you will be able to do searches for real estate from the comfort of your home, and even get a detailed search done. It is an easy site to use with all the information you will need right at your finger tips. The only thing that HomeCity.com can not do for you is walk you through the houses, but they can sure help you find the houses you want to walk through!