Welcome to the Austin real estate market. It’s a time when buyers are spending months just looking at homes. It’s also a place where sellers are spending months trying to sell theirs.
Austin Texas Real Estate News January 2026
Find the latest Austin, Texas real estate news here. In January, the median home price across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA decreased year-over-year to $435,000, according to the latest Central Texas Housing Report. While closed sales in the MSA increased 1.9% year-over-year to 2,514 units, inventory also increased by .4 months, resulting in 4.2 months of available homes. The market is showing signs stabile buyer interest. Pending sales were down less than 1% compared to December 2024.
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Austin Real Estate Market Winter: Why the Market Doesn’t Hibernate
The new year is here, the Austin real estate market in winter tells a very different story than most people expect. While holiday music should be playing, all I can hear is “Looks Like We Made It.”
The Austin real estate market went through it in 2025 —and so did buyers and sellers. With shadow inventory building behind the scenes and quiet shifts happening daily, waiting for spring isn’t always the safer move. By the time it feels busy, it already is.
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Austin Texas Real Estate News December 2025
Find the latest Austin, Texas real estate news here. In December, the median home price across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA decreased to $430,000, according to the latest Central Texas Housing Report released by Unlock MLS. While closed sales in the MSA were decreased 15.9% year-over-year to 1,895 units, inventory increased by 1.5 months, resulting in 6.3 months of available homes. The market is showing signs increased buyer interest. Pending sales increased about 4.5%, signaling an interest in the current buyers’ market.
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’Tis the Season for Ready Buyers & Real Savings
Holiday home buyers are out there. November starts the time of year we go from feeling like a car going from zero to 60 mph. More things get squeezed in this time of year because of all of those lists we check twice. We’re moving faster and spending less time on any given thing. There’s no time to waste. We use our time more intentionally. Continue reading
Austin Texas Real Estate News November 2025
Find the latest Austin, Texas real estate news here. In October, the median home price across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA increased to $439,000, according to the latest Central Texas Housing Report released by Unlock MLS. While closed sales in the MSA were decreased 9.6% year-over-year to 2,238 units, inventory increased by 0.5 months, resulting in 5.3 months of available homes. The market is showing signs interest. Pending sales increased about 5.8%, signaling an increase in end of the year activity.
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Real Estate: A Numbers Game. Sell Exceptional in Any Season
Real estate is a numbers game. I have sold two homes in 2025 in less than a week. That is not the norm in today’s market. The reason they sold so quickly is because they both exceeded the expectations of prospective buyers at the prices we were asking. Some of my readers are thinking of waiting until spring to sell a home. Others are considering taking their house off the market now, and put it back on in the spring. I have some news you might want to sit down for. You are going to have to exceed more expectations in the spring, than you will now. Why? Because there will be more sellers. More sellers mean more competition. More sellers mean more expectations to exceed with buyers out there actually buying.