Austin Real Estate News November 2021

Austin Real Estate News November 2021 – According to the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) October 2021 Central Texas Housing Report, the Austin-Round Rock MSA housing market remains on track for a record-breaking year, even as the market continues its calming trend. Home sales across the MSA decreased 12.1% to 3,250 closings compared to October 2020 as the median sales price grew 24.7% year over year to $455,000 setting a record For the month of October.
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Austin Real Estate News October 2021

Austin Real Estate News October 2021 – According to the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) September 2021 Central Texas Housing Report, the Austin-Round Rock MSA housing market is continuing its calming trend. Home sales decreased 5.1% compared to September 2020 as the median sales price of $450,000 set a record for the month of September across the MSA. 
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Austin Real Estate News September 2021

Austin real estate news shows the volume of homes sold decreased across the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) year-over-year, according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® August 2021 Central Texas Housing Report. The report states that “despite setting a record for August with a median sales price of $470,000 across the MSA, prices are no longer increasing at a significant rate month to month “
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Austin Real Estate News August 2021

Austin Real Estate News August 2021Austin real estate news shows the volume of homes sold decreased across the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the first time since May 2020, according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® July 2021 Central Texas Housing Report. The report states that “despite the dip, the five-county MSA was just 445 homes shy of breaking the all-time home sales record set in July 2020. “
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Austin Real Estate News July 2021

Austin real estate news shows the June market volume of homes sold set records once again.  According to the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) June and Midyear Central Texas Housing Market Report, 4,369 homes sold in June, a record for June, across the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), an 8.6% increase year over year. The record-setting number of transactions for any June on record contributed to an increase of 16.5% to 19,991 home sales during the first half of 2021.
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Want to Sell your Home? What Else do you Want?

Want to Sell your Home?  The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University asked if I would write a blog article a couple of weeks ago directed to agents. The market has changed a lot in a very short time. As busy as I am, it has taken even me a minute to adjust, so it is hard to wrap my head around how hard it must be for new agents or even those less active than I. The article I wrote was about having a ‘show me the money’ meeting with buyers. Getting pre-approved for a loan doesn’t necessarily mean you have enough money to buy a home in Austin. It just means you qualify for a loan. Continue reading

Central Texas March Housing Market Madness

Central Texas March housing market data is out and the numbers certainly reflect the madness active participants have experienced first hand.  The Austin real estate market continues to soar at a record pace. One thing to note here is that we essentially hit the pause button last year on March 13. Was I essential? Could I still show homes? When could we leave our home? I’m not saying it’s not crazy out there, but comparing March YOY specifically is a bit of an outlier in terms of data. Time will tell. Continue reading