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A month ago I updated you on the sales and price results for the summer of 2026. That post included a link to an article from the Austin American-Statesman, succinctly summarized here: “Central Texas’ once-sizzling housing market cooled further in August, with home sales and prices both down from a year earlier as high borrowing … Continue reading
I’l start this post with a newsletter I distributed to my clients a few days ago: Selling Season Results That message includes a lot of details about market performance this year across the five counties that make up the Austin Metropolitan Area. It also includes a very broad summary: “There are plenty of similarities across … Continue reading
In “typical” years, residential real estate enjoys a surge in activity during the summer months that generally ends near the beginning of the public school sessions. This was NOT a typical selling season. Continue reading
Following up on Home sales up, Prices down (May 20, 2026), I offer the latest market data for the Austin metro area, as presented by my Market Dashboard. I’ll briefly discuss some details, but read to the end for my conclusion and expectations. As a start, this long-term chart emphasizes how very different recent years … Continue reading
The Austin-area residential market has changed a lot over the past few years. In an e-newsletter earlier this year (Understanding the 2025 Austin Housing Market Shift) I recapped the environment we experienced in recent years and commented on some important changes. In short, home sales trended downward from mid-2021 through 2023, and flattened over the … Continue reading
If you haven’t already, you should soon receive the Notice of Appraised Value for your Texas real estate for 2026. That is the official first notice of your appraisal district’s estimate of the market value of your property as of January 1, 2026. That value should be visible now at the appraisal district’s website. These … Continue reading
In Understanding the 2025 Austin Housing Market Shift, I linked an article about the impact of price reductions by homebuilders, and the effect it is having on sellers of existing homes. Texas is among seven states where the percentage of builder listings with discounted prices is higher than the national average. That article dealt with the … Continue reading
I haven’t presented my complete market dashboard for a while, but final data for December is available now and I want to share the results for the year in context with the rest of this very long market cycle. This chart shows the extreme changes in our supply-and-demand picture in 2025, with the number of … Continue reading
I have written several times in recent months about the uncertain environment we’ve seen in Austin-area residential real estate. Now, early in the new year, I want to highlight a few headlines that amplify that confusing situation. First, this article summarizes year-end sales results across the United States and in large, multi-state regions: Lower Mortgage … Continue reading
In 2025 Resale Results I discussed resale home prices during the past ten years, with a focus on the frantic market environment we experienced in 2022 and 2023. In this post I’ll add a look at home builders’ participation during that time, and the changing market conditions before and after. First, the blue line in … Continue reading
