Hancock Guest Cottage vacation rental homes are ideally located in central Austin minutes away from Downtown, museums, the Capitol, the Medical Center, the Domain, and the UT campus.

Relocating, remodeling, or looking for real estate?

Are you in transition? If you are moving or relocating to Austin or are renovating your property, this is the perfect location for your family.

Greetings from Austin!

Temporary Work Assignment?

The Hancock Guest Cottage is ideal for filmmakers, professors, or anyone here on temporary work assignment.

Getting married?

Why not host your family in one of our Cottages rather than renting two or three hotel rooms?

 

Looking for real estate?

As realtors we have experience assisting individuals and families repatriating from around the world. We help homebuyers search for real estate in Austin and offer competitive rates on short leases.

 

  1. Out of 100 most popular retirement towns for 2010, Austin ranks number 5!  The cultural and other activities associated with The University of Texas is a major draw. Our cosmopolitan and high-tech, quirky soul is another. Plus, we has a relatively low cost of living.
    By Robert Powell, MarketWatch

  2. FORBES–Best U.S. Cities To Earn A Living: Forget New York and L.A. The best career prospects are in these places.  Austin ranks #4.  September 2009.
    by Francesca Levy

  3. Austin was ranked eighth in Kiplinger's Personal Finance list of the country's best cities. Austin scored highly due to its solid job growth and stable economy.  July 2009
    by Jane Bennett Clark

  4. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that once again Austin was the only major city in the nation to add jobs last year. April 2009 marks the third consecutive month Austin has outperformed all other cities.

  5. In a list of the nation's top cities for relocation compiled by Relocation.com, Austin placed first.  The city's economic-growth forecast, housing affordability and strength of the community contributed to its success.   Summer 2009

  6. America's Best Bargain Cities
    Four other Texas cities make the list of America's Best Bargain Cities, but none come close to Austin, whose 5.5% unemployment is the best in the country and about half the national average. May 14, 2009
    by Zack O'Malley Greenburg

  7. Austin ranks No. 1 for job growth potential
    Texas dominates a new list on job growth potential among the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. Austin ranks No. 1 on the list of big cities for employment potential from NewGeography.com. Texas’ major metros round out the top five spots on the big cities list, with Houston coming in 2nd, San Antonio 3rd, Fort Worth-Arlington 4th and Dallas 5th.

  8. Your Money: It May be Time to Think About Buying a House (New York Times)
    Five or 10 years from now, when the financial crisis has ended and housing prices are up smartly once more, we will look in the rearview mirror and realize that we missed a golden age for first-time home buyers.  December 6, 2008
    by Ron Lieber

  9. America's Fastest-Growing Large And Small Metros (FORBES)
    Projected total GMP growth, 2007-2012: 32.05% (Austin ranked the No.1 city to seek out)
    by Brian Wingfield and William Pentland

  10. Best and Worst Places to Buy a House (ENTREPRENEUR.com)
    Cities you should seek out and avoid in 2008 (Austin ranked No. 1)
    by Danielle Babb

  11. Best Cities To Buy A Home (FORBES)
    Ten spots worthy of a mortgage.  (Austin ranked No. 2)
    by Maurna Desmond

  12. Best Cities For Young Professionals (FORBES)  (Austin ranked No. 9)
    The 40 top spots for climbing the ladder.
    by Matt Woolsey

  13. Austin was named third on the Forbes.com list of the top 10 "Recession-Proof Cities" in the United States.

    To create the list, the magazine looked at the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, examining key measures, such as unemployment data, non-farm-related job growth, median home prices and data from a 2007 report titled, "U.S. Metro Economies: The Mortgage Crisis" by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

    At number three, Austin was right behind San Antonio, which grabbed the second spot thanks to solid employment figures and affordable home prices that continue to rise.

    For its part, Austin was lauded for being a hip town with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.

  14. Austin ranks among nation's brainiest, recent study shows
    by Sandra Zaragoza ABJ Staff (AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL)
    Austin is known as a weird and great place to live, but it's also one of the smartest places in the nation.

  15. Austin is fourth in best cities for job hunting
    by AnnaMaria Andriotis, September 17, 2008 (SMARTMONEY.com)