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The residential real estate market in the Austin area has experienced a significant adjustment compared to the last two years, but a longer look at history provides important perspective. Continue reading
On Friday I posted a copy of my March client e-newsletter, discussing in general terms the “Stay Safe” orders in the City of Austin and Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties. The Austin Board of REALTORS® has provided this much more detailed comparison of all four: Comparison of Stay Home – Stay Safe Orders in Central … Continue reading
If you live in Austin this won’t surprise you, but this article appeared today in RISMedia. It’s more than two years old but apparently is still in demand by readers, and in my estimation still accurate at least as far as Austin is concerned: 5 Cities Millennials are Flocking To The fact that this has … Continue reading
Following up on discussions of increasing Days to Sell and resulting changes in regional home price appreciation … Continue reading
Big challenges require big solutions, but I believe we can get this done. Continue reading
A few weeks ago I promised to update my market dashboard through June. I’ll add some comments later about the dashboard and about what how our market behaved January-June 2019. To start, here are the primary metrics I have watched for many years: The first chart isn’t as complicated as it looks. The orange line … Continue reading
In 2010 and 2011 the Case-Shiller cities experienced market weakness more dramatically than Austin did, and the Austin market maintained faster growth since the 2012 recovery than the Case-Shiller cities. Continue reading
Buyers may begin to think that if a listing lasts too long there must be something wrong with the property. They may make a discounted offer or simply choose not to see it at all. Both options cost sellers real money. Continue reading
Earlier this year I wrote about the distribution of sales prices in Central Texas (Home Prices in Austin and More on Austin-area Home Prices). Since housing affordability is so often a topic of conversation these days, I want to offer some thoughts on that subject now. As a starting point, this chart shows the relative … Continue reading
Demand is not the problem. We have a lot of new jobs being created and steady population growth. We simply don’t have enough homes to meet the demand, and the perceived price vs. value equation for many buyers got out of hand as a result. Continue reading
Bill Morris on Austin Real Estate 