CultureMap Austin shares, "home buyers across the United States are ghosting sellers at record rates, and Austin is not exempt from the trend. Real estate marketplace Redfin tracked which metros saw the most buyers getting cold feet before closing real estate deals: thankfully Austin wasn't in the top 10, but it did see a significant increase since last year.

Redfin says 13.8 percent of Austin home purchases were called off in September, an increase from 11.8 percent in 2024. San Antonio ranked No. 2 overall, with the highest pull-out rate in Texas at 19 percent. Elsewhere in Texas, Dallas and Fort Worth also saw top 10 rates of home sale cancellations.

Tampa, Florida, topped the list with a cancellation rate of 20.1 percent. The national…

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Austin Business Journal reports, "Residential real estate purchase agreements are being canceled at record rates — upwards of 20% in some major metro areas — as sellers struggle to maintain the upper hand and buyers suffer from cold feet.

That's according to an analysis of MLS pending sales data in 50 large metro areas by real estate analytics firm Redfin.

Nationally, about 56,000 home-purchase agreements were canceled in August, which translates to 15.1% of homes that went under contract during the month.

That's the highest rate of cancellations in August since Redfin started tracking the metric in 2017. In August 2024, the rate was 14.3%.

The increase represents another obstacle for an evolving housing market already challenged…

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Austin Business Journal shares, "A new state law that opens more land for residential development should make it easier for multifamily housing to get built in Austin, experts say.

The Texas Legislature approved Senate Bill 840 earlier this year, which allows mixed-use residential housing on any land zoned for office, commercial, retail, warehouse or existing mixed uses without requiring zoning changes from cities.

In Austin, city officials have said SB 840 will increase base zoning entitlements, potentially disrupting the city's existing density bonus programs. That's because developers that participate in the density bonus programs obtain additional entitlements — such as the ability to build denser residential housing — in exchange for…

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Realtor.com writes, mortgage rates dipped yet again. The Freddie Mac 30-year fixed rate fell to 6.19%, its lowest level in more than a year. That’s a meaningful drop, and it comes as markets fully price in another possible Federal Reserve rate cut after it meets next week.

While this gives buyers some breathing room, it’s worth noting that further declines may be limited. That’s because there’s still uncertainty around a potential December policy move, and inflation expectations remain sticky.

After delays from the government shutdown, we finally got the report everyone’s been waiting for. The consumer price index, or CPI, showed inflation running at 3% year over year, a slight increase compared with 2.9% the previous month.

Meanwhile, core…

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ATX Today reports, "130%. That’s the percent by which home sellers outnumber buyers in Austin, which was ranked the top buyer’s market in the country earlier this week.

The Capital City had more than twice as many sellers (17,403) as it did buyers (7,568) in September, according to a study from Redfin. That’s a pretty big swing for Austin, as sellers outnumbered buyers by 81% in September 2024.

Additionally, Texas tied with Florida for the most-represented state in the top 10, with San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston also appearing.

Mortgage rates just hit their lowest point in 2025, so if you’re looking for housing in Austin, here are a few stats about Travis County from the Austin Board of Realtors.

  • The median sales price is $485,000,…

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Redfin News writes, "It’s a buyer’s market—for those who can afford to buy. 

America had an estimated 36.7% more home sellers than buyers in September, meaning many of the buyers who were in the market had room to negotiate. June 2025 is the only month in records dating back to 2013 when sellers outnumbered buyers by a greater percentage, and it was only marginally greater—36.9%. 

The strongest buyer’s market is Austin, TX, which had an estimated 130% more sellers than buyers in September. Next came Fort Lauderdale, FL (118.5% more), West Palm Beach, FL (113%), Miami (112.2%) and Nashville, TN (109.4%). All but two of the 10 strongest buyer’s markets are in Texas or Florida. 

We estimated the number of buyers using proprietary Redfin data on the…

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Housingwire shares, "Compass is adding another feature to its suite of agent technology tools. On Tuesday, the Robert Reffkin-helmed firm announced the launch of Buyer Demand.

Buyer Demand enables Compass agents and their home seller clients to see the number of serious buyers in Compass’s network who are searching for homes that match theirs. Compass says this number is based on current buyer activity and saved searches. The brokerage notes that the insights provided by this tool help agents and their sellers understand demand dynamics across different price points and help them create a more informed pricing strategy. 

The new tool provides users with an up-to-the-minute look at buyer interest. According to Compass, this will be a game…

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CultureMap Austin writes, "After an August declaration that Austin was becoming a buyer's market, the latest Central Texas Housing Report studied September data and found the metro's highest growth in closed home sales all year.

The new report from from Unlock MLS and the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) revealed that closed sales rose 6.7 percent year-over-year in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Median home prices in the metro dipped nearly two percent year-over-year to $420,000.

Unlock MLS research advisor Vaike O'Grady said the September data indicates buyers are showing a "renewed confidence" as the market stabilizes. September's housing trends are also following ABoR's expectations for the season as the…

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The NY Post writes, "When tech companies move in, rents have a bad habit of going up.

Recently booming Austin, Texas has managed to buck that trend. 

Besides a thriving live music scene, outdoor attractions, world-famous brisket and low taxes, the Lone Star State’s keeping-it-weird capital has something else surprising to brag about — low rents.

That’s right — after a sustained period of significant growth, Austin has managed to become country’s most affordable rental market, according to Realtor.com.

Furthermore, the city’s generous rent-to-income ratio also ranked it third in a multinational study of metro areas, Bloomberg reported. 

The famously oddball city’s welcoming rental market has emerged from a period of intense in-migration…

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