Austin Texas Real Estate News December 2024

Closed home sales in the Austin Texas real estate market, spanning the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA, saw a 4.6% increase, year-over-year reaching a total of 2,130 sold properties. The uptick indicates a positive sign for buyers and sellers as the market continues to stabilize, according to the latest Central Texas Housing Report.  September’s lower mortgage rates and consistent sales activity earlier in the fall are cited reasons for the noted growth. 

Clare Losey, Ph.D., housing economist for Unlock MLS and the Austin Board of REALTORS®, noted that November’s data reflects continued stability in Austin’s housing market.

“November’s sales increase is largely tied to the activity we saw in September and October when mortgage rates inched down to 6.08% and prospective buyers felt encouraged to move towards buying a home. What’s driving behavior in the market is where mortgage rates land. Moving forward, despite higher mortgage rates, sales activity should remain relatively consistent year-over-year.”

Austin real estate market: home sales for the Austin-Round Rock MSA comparing month over month between November 2024 and October 2024

✔ Overall, the median sales price was up (from $430,000)

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✔ Sold units were down (from 2,248)
✔ New listings were down (from 3,333)
✔ Active listings were down (from 11,599)
✔ Pending home sales were down (from 2,344)
✔ Months of inventory were down (from 5.1)

Number of Austin homes for sale plus real estate news market data and statistics by county for the Central Texas Housing Market November 2024: Median Austin home prices and data by county

Travis County Real Estate November

Williamson County Texas Real Estate

Hays County Real Estate November

Months of inventory are calculated by dividing the number of homes listed for sale by the average number sold per month within 12 months.

Austin Real Estate and other Central Texas Housing Market Median Sales Prices for Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, Leander, Pflugerville, Dripping Springs, Buda, Kyle, Manor, Liberty Hill, and beyond for Single-Family Residential Home Types.

The median home price data below for Central Texas cities combines all residential home types and only lists cities with at least 45 closed sales units to make the top 14.

️In total, sales were down ~200 units for the cities in Central Texas with the most sold homes.

I’ve added arrows to indicate month-over-month comparisons.

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Top 15 Central Texas cities with the most home sales In the Austin Texas Real Estate Market

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What Central Texas cities had the most home sales in November? The breakdown above shows the top 15 cities with the most homes sold. All residential home types were included in this report.

Austin, Georgetown, and Kyle remain in the top 3 slots. 

How are Austin homes for sale selling and who’s buying by zip code?

Month over month, November sales were slightly lower than October (440 vs. 469) of the zip codes presented.

️The high count of average days to sell (of the zip codes listed) was 108, in zip code 78704, which is in Central Austin just south of the lake.

The zip code 78733 had the lowest average days to sell at 1, but that was based on one house. The next lowest average count was 24 which was 78741, which is just east of 78704.

⬇️ Active listings down in November comparing month-over-month (2,372 vs 2,754)

⬇️ New listings were down in November: 536 vs. 747 in October.

About half of zip codes on the list had double-digit sales. The zip code with the most sales (37) was 78704.

My thoughts? Many of the zip codes with the highest number of sales were located within the central corridor. Some of those zip codes also had the highest days to sell. This indicates that homeowners are meeting the market (buyers) where it is and getting their homes sold.

City of Austin homes by zip code

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Austin real estate news, specifically Austin real estate market data and Austin homes for sale numbers are compiled by ACTRIS© Matrix data through the Austin Board of REALTORS®. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be verified.  Content is “AS IS,” without any warranty, express or implied. Results were calculated from the number of listings in the MLS at the date of the report. Off-market data not included.