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Selling a Home in Austin through the Looking Glass

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Selling a home in Austin can be a strange experience as a homeowner right now. Austin is weird. Why should selling a home be any different? There are tons of mixed messages out there in terms of what to expect when selling a home in Austin. Yes, Austin is a hot real estate market. It’s been a hot market for years, that is not new news. What’s changed is the proportion of different buyers that make up the market.

Selling a Home in Austin

Austin has always had an influx of new residents. In recent years, the amount of inbound out-of-state new buyers has increased at an exponential speed creating a new narrative when talking about Austin’s affordability. Continue reading →

Austin Real Estate News for March

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Austin real estate in March continues to tell the tale of what happens to the housing market when supply and demand drastically become out of balance. According to a recent article from the National Association of Realtors, the market nationally needs about $2.7 million homes to level out. That’s not only a lot of homes but considering there is a lumber shortage, even new home production cannot adequately make up the deficit. Continue reading →

Austin Real Estate News l January Home Sales jump 23.9%

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Austin Home SalesAUSTIN, Texas – Austin-Round Rock MSA home sales jumped 23.9% to 2,523 sales in January, according to the latest Central Texas Housing Market Report by the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR).

Austin continues to turn heads with its newsworthy headlines showing the upward trend in prices and the continuous downward trend in inventory.

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Austin Real Estate Continues to Outpace Itself

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Austin Round Rock December 2020 Real Estate Housing statisticsThe Austin real estate market continues to outpace itself.  The Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) closed 2020 by continuing to break records as housing market demand across Central Texas reached historic levels.  Austin real estate market activity, according to the December 2020 and Year-End Central Texas Housing Market Report released by the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR), a record-breaking 40,165 homes totaling $17,579,802,503 in sales volume were sold across the Austin area last year. Continue reading →

Homes in Austin basically out of stock

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Finding a  single-family home, condo, or townhouse to buy in Austin right now is kind of like looking for toilet paper at your local grocery store.  According to the November Central Texas Housing Report released by the Austin Board of Realtors®, the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) posted a record-breaking month of sales this November.  Austin – RoundRock MSA home sales jumped 23.8% year over year to 3,397 sales, indicating no sign of slowing down heading into 2021.

Understand, houses are entering the market, new listings increased 5.7% to 2,762 listings, but active listings dropped 55.2% to 2,842 listings and pending sales increased 23.9% to 3,269 pending sales. Homes for sale in Austin are getting scooped and purchased up as soon as they hit the market due to the number of buyers out there. 

For the first time ever, housing inventory dipped below one month across the five-county MSA, falling from 1.2 months year over year to 0.9 months of inventory. Continue reading →

Real estate in Austin shows no signs of cooling down

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There have been some beautiful days here in Austin, Texas. I think it feels extra good to be outdoors after a spring season spent mainly watching the news and a long hot summer. Learning how to survive, cope, and thrive in our new normal took time away from the outdoors, as we spent even more time in front of our laptops. COVID-19 has taken us through the many stages of grief for a variety of reasons, so even though fall is already upon us, spring is somehow in the air as we leave the laptops behind to line up to vote, get flu shots, and send the kids back to school. Overall, Austin has pivoted well to life’s new hurdles, while it is not immune to the toll it has taken on the bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues. The jobless rate is continually showing signs of improvement which may be turning even more people to look in Austin’s direction. The result is that new interest in Austin only increases the demand for housing. Continue reading →