Here are the May/2026 MLS single-family statistics for Austin, TX:
We haven’t had 5 green categories in May since May/2021 (5 years!) when we had seven of them. Even then, that was right in the middle of the Covid-19 effect on our real estate market that broke all kinds of sales records in our Austin single-family home market. Through May, we have averaged 3 green categories YTD so our market is clearly moving in the right direction after the past several years of overall malaise. The price of West Texas intermediate crude oil started this year in the $60’s, rose to around $100 during the Iran war and fell back down to the mid $70’s this week with the memorandum of understanding about the war. Economists are saying this should relate to much lower gas prices in the coming months and lower overall inflation given that gas prices affect food, shipping, etc. Taken together, optimism will continue to grow which will help our housing market even further.
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