Austin Metro Real Estate Market

Buying a House in Retirement: Essential Tips

  One of the primary considerations for people preparing for retirement is housing—will you be buying a house in retirement? Staying put? Downsizing? Renting? If you’re leaning toward buying, the home-purchasing journey for a retiree can look quite different from that of people in other stages of life.  Full article here: Buying a House in Retirement: Essential Tips (512) 853-0110...

Houston developers map $1B Manor expansion

  Houston-based developers have acquired 458 acres in one of Austin’s fast-growing suburbs for a planned mixed-use development they said could have an assessed value of as much as $1 billion when complete. Foxgate Capital and Cole Klein Builders formed Eastwood Ventures LLC to acquire the property in Manor and are beginning talks with homebuilders. Preliminary plans call for more than 1,300 residential...

Austin’s income map shows dramatically different fortunes just blocks apart.

  Over the last 14 years, the average income per capita of Austin’s census tracts have drastically changed. Sometimes, these changes take place in close proximity – with one tract’s average per capita income increasing by almost $83,000, becoming the richest in the city, while another, only blocks away, remained the poorest.  Full article here: Austin’s income map shows dramatically...

Why Buyers Shouldn’t Overlook a Fall Move

  You've been waiting for something to change before you buy. It just might not be the thing you expected. While everyone’s paying attention to mortgage rates, only the savviest buyers know that the changing season can start tipping things in their favor. Full article here: Why Buyers Shouldn't Overlook a Fall Move (512) 853-0110 or robert@AustinTxHomeSales.com If you are unable to open...

Selling This Fall? You Haven’t Missed Your Window

  Summer's winding down, and if you've been thinking about selling, you might be wondering if you missed your chance. Better to wait until next year or even next spring, right? Not so fast. About one in three of all home sales happen in the last four months of the year. Full article here: Selling This Fall? You Haven't Missed Your Window (512) 853-0110 or robert@AustinTxHomeSales.com If...

Remote Work Could Be Your Affordability Answer

For most first-time buyers, the hardest part of buying a home is making the numbers work. You budget, you save, and the finish line still feels far away. But your salary is only half the equation. Where you live shapes what you can afford just as much. And if you can work remotely, you have an advantage a lot of buyers don't.  Full article here: Remote Work Could Be Your Affordability...

The Housing Market Split in 2. Which Side Is Your House On?

  Ask a couple of people how the housing market is doing and you’ll probably get a couple different answers. That’s because right now, the market runs on 2 very different tracks, split by price point. Knowing which track your house is on changes everything about your sale, from your asking price to how long you can expect to wait before an offer comes in.  Full article here: The Housing Market...

Think New Homes Cost More? Not Right Now. 

Most people think a newly built home costs more than an existing one. But right now, that’s actually backwards. Newly built homes are more affordable than existing ones in a lot of markets. And that’s because builders are cutting prices and stacking on incentives to try to keep their inventory moving. Full article here: Think New Homes Cost More? Not Right Now.  (512) 853-0110...

Mixed results for August home sales in Austin, TX

Here are the August/2026 MLS single-family statistics for Austin, TX:  August gave us mixed results for home sales in our Austin metro area…4 reds, 3 greens and 1 unchanged when compared to the same month last year.  Are you thinking about buying or selling a home in our area?  If so, there are opportunities for both of you in our current market as you can see from these two articles: ...

Developers pitch 2,250 single-family homes in northwest Leander

  Developers are proposing to build 1,400 single-family homes on 50 to 80 lots in the larger Friou tract while the Sullivan tract would see construction of 850 units on 50- to 70-foot lots, according to city documents. The majority of both tracts are currently zoned for single-family rural purposes. Full article here: Developers pitch 2,250 single-family homes in northwest Leander (512) 853-0110...

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