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George Wang
Broker/ Realtor®


Texas Fortune Realty
P O Box 160371
Austin, TX 78716

Phone: (512)694-6060
WeChat: GeorgeWangAustin
Email: GeorgeWang3@gmail.com
TREC #605970

September 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, Texas — In the Austin-Round Rock MSA, housing inventory reached 4.0 months of inventory, the highest level in more than eight years, according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® September 2023 Central Texas Housing Market Report.

The market also experienced a drop in closed sales, which decreased by 18.2% year over year to 2,387 sales, and the median close price dipped 4.3% year over year to $452,080, both symptomatic of higher mortgage rates and highlighting the need for sellers to connect with and rely on REALTORSⓇ.

In September, sales dollar volume fell 19.8% year over year to $1,390,205,344, while homes spent an average of 65 days on the market, up 24 days from September 2022 across the Austin-Round Rock MSA. New listings decreased 7.0% year over year to 3,644 listings, active listings jumped 7.8% year over year to 10,235 listings and pending listings rose 7.7% year over

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August 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, TX — In the Austin-Round Rock MSA, closed sales rose by 1.4% to 2,939 sales, the first increase in closed sales year-over-year since February 2022, according to Austin Board of REALTORS® August 2023 Central Texas Housing Market Report. Through the Austin-Round Rock MSA, the region also experienced an 8.8% month-over-month increase in closed sales, a healthy indication of buyer confidence in the market. Housing inventory also continues to show gradual progress with a year-over-year increase of 1.0 month to 3.8 months of inventory.

In August, sales dollar volume fell 6.0% to $1,713,589,878, while homes spent an average of 60 days on the market, up 28 days from August 2022 across the Austin-Round Rock MSA.

The median price slightly dropped 7.6% to $460,000 while new listings ticked up 0.3% to 4,084 listings, active listings jumped 12.2% to 9,955 listings and pending listings rose slightly 2.0% to 2,686

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July 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, Texas — According to the Austin Board of REALTORS® July 2023 Central Texas Housing Market Report, closed listings increased 0.6% year-over-year to 2,815 closed sales across the Austin-Round Rock MSA. When considering July 2022 is when the market initially began to stabilize, and when combined with pending sales rising 14.5% to 2,892 pending sales, the housing market is poised for a strong finish to 2023.

In July across the Austin-Round Rock MSA, sales dollar volume dropped 7.2% to $1,668,708,916, while homes spent an average of 59 days on the market, up 37 days from July 2022.

The median price also dropped 10.3% to $462,000 and new listings fell 23.7% to 3,884 listings. Active listings increased 12.8% to 9,663 active listings while housing inventory increased 1.0 months to 3.7 months of inventory.

City of Austin

837 – Residential homes sold, 1.3% more than July 2022.$550,000 – Median price for residential homes, 12.0%

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June 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, TX — During the first six months of 2023, the Austin-Round Rock MSA housing market remained robust and continued to normalize despite macroeconomic factors impacting the housing market and economy, according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® Central Texas Housing Market Report. Despite increased inventory across the region, long-term solutions to address affordability and housing availability are still needed. ABoR will once again convene experts from across the community this month to continue advancing housing solutions designed to ensure the future of the region’s housing market is equitable and sustainable.

Last month across the MSA, residential home sales declined 8.5% year over year to 3,147 closed sales while the median price also dropped 9.6% to $483,000 for the month of June. Sales dollar volume fell 15.6% to $1,921,766,942 and new listings declined 23.6% to 4,638 listings.

The number of homes on the market jumped 38.4% to 9,631 active

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May 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, Texas —  In May, home buyers and sellers saw more opportunity across the Austin-Round Rock MSA according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® May 2023 Central Texas Housing Market Report. Housing inventory grew 2.2 months to 3.4 months of inventory and active listings soared 118.9% to 8,960 active listings indicating buyers and sellers view the market as a more favorable environment than in recent months.

In May, pending sales across the MSA slightly dipped 0.5% to 3,243 pending sales, while homes spent an average of 65 days on the market, up 49 days from May 2022. The median home price declined 15.0% to $467,500 while residential home sales also decreased 4.2% year-over-year to 3,411 closed sales. At the same time, sales dollar volume dropped 14.8% to $2,068,145,860.

City of Austin

In May, home sales slightly decreased 7.6% to 1,028 sales, while sales dollar volume fell 19.6% to

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April 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin-Round Rock MSA housing market is outperforming national trends while continuing to balance, according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® April 2023 Central Texas Housing Market Report. The most recent National Association of REALTORS® data (March 2023) found that home sales declined 22.7% nationally while in Central Texas, they declined 14%, demonstrating resilience of the region’s economy.

Last month, Austin-Round Rock housing inventory increased 2.4 months to 3.2 months of inventory, and homes spent an average of 71 days on the market, up 53 days from April 2022.

The median home price fell 15.1% to $466,705 while residential home sales also declined 18.8% year-over-year to 2,611 closed sales and sales dollar volume dropped 29.3% to $1,545,088,361. New listings declined 10.6% year-over-year to 4,115 listings while pending sales rose 0.2% to 3,267 transactions.

City of Austin

In April, home sales decreased 31.0% to

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March 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Round Rock MSA housing inventory topped 3.0 months in March, while an increase in new and active listings indicates favorable market conditions for buyers and sellers, according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® latest Central Texas Housing Report.

In March, 4,385 residential properties hit the market, an increase of 6.6% listings from the year prior. Active listings soared 377.7% to 8,059 listings, pushing the region’s housing inventory up from 0.5 months to 3.0 months of inventory across the five-county area. Pending sales declined 7.4% to 3,046 transactions, while homes spent an average of 80 days on the market, up 58 days from March 2022.

At the same time, residential home sales declined 14.0% year-over-year to 2,804 closed sales, median price declined 13.5% to $450,000, and sales dollar volume dropped 24.9% to $1,580,024,101.

City of Austin

In March, home sales decreased 24.6%

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February 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, Texas — In February, home buyers continued to gain leverage across the Austin-Round Rock MSA as housing inventory increased to 2.6 months according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® latest Central Texas Housing Report. This increase in supply fuels growing confidence in the market from REALTORS® and home builders across Central Texas.

Last month, monthly housing inventory increased 2.3 months to 2.6 months of inventory, and homes spent an average of 84 days on the market, up 55 days from February 2022 across the MSA. The median home price fell 12.2% to $436,419 while residential home sales also declined 17.2% year-over-year to 2,106 closed sales and sales dollar volume declined 26.5% to $1,129,639,482. New listings dipped 0.9% year-over-year to 2,764 listings while pending sales dropped 9.5% to 2,465 transactions.

Coming off two unprecedented years for the Austin-Round Rock housing market, Jackson added that month-to-month data is important to help contextualize

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January 2023 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

AUSTIN, Texas — In January, median home prices dropped 6.3% to $450,000, the largest price drop since July 2011, according to the Austin Board of REALTORS® latest Central Texas Housing Report. Despite the price decrease, monthly housing inventory stayed flat at 2.7 months of inventory from December 2022, demonstrating that this market is still in need of more housing as the industry standard is that six months of available inventory is considered a balanced market between buyers and sellers.

In January, residential home sales declined 27.3% year-over-year to 1,634 closed sales and sales dollar volume declined 29.1% to $917,954,115. New listings dropped 16% year-over-year to 2,988 listings while pending listings dropped 16.7% to 2,581 transactions. Monthly housing inventory increased 2.3 months to 2.7 months of inventory, and homes spent an average of 76 days on the market, up 47 days from January 2022, but only up three days from December 2022.

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December 2022 Austin and Central Texas Housing Market Report

Region now has more inventory, increasing interest rates and construction costs contributing to affordability issues

AUSTIN, Texas – In 2022, the median price for a home in the Austin-Round Rock MSA set a new annual record of $503,000, according to the December 2022 and Year-End Central Texas Housing Market Report released by the Austin Board of REALTORS®. Despite this record, the housing market continued shifting towards buyers as home sales declined 18.3% to 33,547 homes sold last year and inventory increased, with homes on the market for 31 days, 11 days more than in 2021.

In 2022, the median price in the MSA rose 11.4% to $503,000. Sales dollar volume dipped 9.8% to yield a $21,018,159,929 impact on the Austin-area economy. New listings stayed flat, and the year ended with 45,949 homes listed as pending sales dropped 24.2% to 31,633 homes.

In the month of December, closed listings

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