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Looking to purchase a home in Austin? Doreen Zelma is a real estate professional ready to help, whether you are a first time home buyer or seasoned second time or move up buyer.

Austin Texas Real Estate News August 2025

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Find the latest Austin, Texas real estate news here. In July, the median home price across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA dropped to $435,000,  according to the latest Central Texas Housing Report released by Unlock MLS. While closed sales in the MSA were down 7.9% year-over-year to 2,492 units, inventory increased by 0.9 months, resulting in 6.1 months of available homes. The market followed familiar summer trends with sales slowing and prices adjusting slightly.  Pending sales rose more than 15%, signaling stronger activity heading into fall.
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Guide to Today’s Contradictory Market

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If the current Austin real estate market had a soundtrack, Alanis Morissette’s “Hand in My Pocket” would be on repeat. Why? Because it’s full of contradictions — just like the housing scene right now. If you’re navigating the real estate market right now, you might feel like you’re living inside that very song. Because, for as slow as it is – nobody has it figured out just yet. Today’s housing landscape is a fascinating, often frustrating, tale of two opposites. Continue reading →

Austin Texas Real Estate News July 2025

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Find the latest Austin, Texas real estate news here. In June, the median home price across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA remained flat year-over-year at $449,900, according to the latest Central Texas Housing Report released by Unlock MLS. While closed sales in the MSA rose 2.8% year-over-year to 2,823, inventory increased by 0.7 months, resulting in 5.5 months of available homes. As inventory rises and activity gradually levels out, the housing market continues to show signs of stability heading into the second half of the year.
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Pool is a Four-Letter Word

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It’s pool season! ‘Tis the season for not just Austin pool homes in my market, but homes with pools nationwide.  If you are a regular reader of my blogs, you know I’m not exactly a raving fan of pools. They cost money to maintain. They can narrow your buyer pool. They can even limit how long you might want to stay in your home. None of my past posts about them have been 100% positive, and this one is no exception. Just like ‘boat’, ‘pool’ is a four-letter word. They are great, until they are not. They cost a lot of money, until you don’t own one anymore.

Now here’s the good news. Pools are headturners for those buyers who want one, especially this time of year. They have no greater value than when it is 90+ degrees outside. This may be Texas, where pools can be open all year, but summer is pool season.

Here’s more good news. Any way you can turn a head in this market is a card you should play. While not everyone wants a backyard pool, they are in limited supply at any given time, making any house that has one unique.

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Austin Texas Real Estate News June 2025

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Find the latest Austin, Texas real estate news here. In May, the median home price across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA dropped 1.6% year-over-year to $449,900, according to the latest Central Texas Housing Report released by Unlock MLS. While closed sales in the MSA were down  3.8% year-over-year to 3,021 sales, inventory was up 17.4%, equating to 5.0 months of available homes. Despite modest declines in sales and prices, the Austin real estate market showed signs of resilience as pending sales climbed 16.1% to 4,515—the strongest month of the year so far.
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Austin Real Estate: Finding Balance

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May is all the things. It’s a month for graduations, college move-out, summer planning, proms, and school ending. For many, it’s the start of the home-buying and selling season. Welcome to May-cember. On top of all of that, it’s suddenly hot enough to fry an egg outside. What lovely weather to tour homes.

Real estate activity in May often feels like it hits a speed bump. The challenge this year is that the speed bump is getting harder to get over as the inventory grows. It doesn’t matter what side of the table you are sitting on. The process is slow out there with the number of homes for sale to sift through.

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Austin Texas Real Estate News May 2025

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Find the latest Austin, Texas real estate news here. In April, the median home price across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA dropped less than 3.2% year-over-year to $450,000, according to the latest Central Texas Housing Report released by Unlock MLS. While closed sales in the MSA dipped 13.8% year-over-year to 2,484 sales, rising inventory, up 1.8 months to 5.6 months of inventory, mirrors national trends of declining home sales amid higher mortgage rates and wavering consumer confidence.
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