Austin Business Journal writes, "Work is expected to wrap up in 2026 on the few tower projects underway in downtown Austin, such as the sky-high Waterline tower. And with fewer construction cranes downtown these days due to market conditions, construction experts are waiting and planning for the next wave of development. 

Such experts include Michael Waddell, a design director, and John Hallock, mixed-use practice leader, both of architecture firm Gensler’s Austin office. The international firm has a notable presence in Austin and recently published a report on six trends it expects to see influence real estate projects in 2026.

Hallock and Waddell sat down with the Austin Business Journal to discuss the future of mixed-use real estate projects…

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CultureMap Austin writes, "As 2025 comes to a close, we're looking back at the stories that defined Austin this year, including the red-hot topic of real estate. Austin's suburbs — and some highly sought-after ZIP codes — are as popular as ever, and more locals are comparing the costs and benefits between renting and buying a home. Here's a look at the 10 hottest Austin real estate headlines of 2025.

1. Booming Austin neighbor among top 20 suburbs for Americans on the move. A February 2025 report by moving services website moveBuddha ranked Georgetown at No. 18 on its list of American suburbs that everyone wants to move to.

2. This Austin suburb has the 4th most moved-to U.S. ZIP code of 2025. Leander's 78641 ZIP code ranked No. 4 on…

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Realtor.com writes, ""Rents in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro continue to move in a renter-friendly direction just as 2025 winds down.

The Realtor.com® November 2025 Rental Report shows that falling asking rents are offering some relief after years of pandemic-era pressure, even as affordability remains a challenge for lower-wage households.

This mix of easing prices and lingering strain defines Austin’s rental market heading into 2026.

Austin rents slide sharply, but affordability is still tight

The popular Texas metro posted one of the steepest year-over-year rent declines among the nation’s largest metros. Median asking Austin rent for 0- to 2-bedroom units fell 6.6% from last November, coming in at a average of $1,388 — a clear…

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CultureMap Austin shares, "The latest Central Texas Housing Report from Unlock MLS and the Austin Board of Realtors has revealed that closed home sales in the Austin area have cooled off in comparison to last year, but median home prices aren't showing signs of major fluctuation as 2026 nears.

Median listing prices in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area fell 1.1 percent year-over-year to $430,000, while home sales dipped 15.9 percent from last November to 1,895 closed sales. Pending sales in the metro, however, increased 4.5 percent to 2,269 pending transactions.

This is the November 2025 housing summary for the City of Austin and its comparison to 2024's performance, per the report:

  • Residential homes sold: 655, a 7.1 percent…

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TheRealDeal writes, "The cold season came early to Austin.

The residential market always cools after the summer, but closings and dollar volume contracted well past last year’s levels in November in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area, according to Unlock MLS and the Austin Board of Realtors. The average buyer is getting a considerable discount, and compared to earlier months of the year, supply has never been higher.

About 1,900 residential deals closed last month, a 16 percent decline compared to last November. That marks the lowest total since February and the steepest year-over-year decline of 2025.

Volume suffered similarly. Sales dollar volume dropped below $1.1 billion in November, declining by 14.5 percent, year-over-year. That’s…

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Austin Business Journal writes, "Over the next year, the Austin metro’s rental market should still be friendlier for tenants as the market continues to stabilize. 

Austin’s rental market exploded during and after the pandemic as the metro area saw many businesses and people move to the area, which caused rents to spike, said Israel Linares, an analyst for CoStar. Rental construction since then has outpaced demand from Austin’s growing population. As a result, landlords have decreased their asking rents and offered more concessions. 

“We've been going through this development phase the last few years. It hit a high point in 2024. We had over 32,000 units delivered,” said Linares. “And so that's created a lot of pressure on operators who are…

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Community Impact writes, "Unlock MLS market research adviser Vaike O’Grady shared an end-of-year update on the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area's housing market, including where the MSA is seeing employment growth and projected housing trends.

Major takeaways

According to Unlock MLS' year-to-date data on single-family homes:

  • Homes spent 73 days on the market on average, nine days longer than 2024 YTD
  • Total sales were down 5% from 2024 with 26,455 homes sold
  • Median sale prices were down 1% from 2024 at $438,532

Similarly, with multifamily units:

  • Average lease prices were $1,369
  • 86.6% of units were leased
  • 19,533 units were under construction with 58,995 proposed

While mortgage rates are trending lower, home…

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"The housing market might be going strong or it could be in free fall. It all depends where you live.

“We are entering a new real estate market where prices, inventory and sales levels are back to being highly localized,” said Alex Vidal, brand president at ERA Real Estate, in an email. “During the pandemic, and soon after, we were able to make broad-brush statements about dwindling supply, booming buyer interest and increased prices. That is no longer true.”

Recent data from Zillow Group Inc. underscored what is becoming a growing divide between housing markets, showing that 53% of homes in America lost value in the past year — the most since 2012. That varies dramatically by region and city, though, with homes in the South and West the most…

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Redfin.com writes, "U.S. homebuyers will start to get some relief in 2026, with affordability improving as income growth outpaces home-price growth. Next year will mark the beginning of a long, slow recovery for the housing market. 

The Great Housing Reset will take shape in 2026. It won’t be a quick price correction, and it won’t be a recession. Instead, the Great Housing Reset will be a yearslong period of gradual increases in home sales and normalization of prices as affordability gradually improves. It will start next year, with incomes rising faster than home prices for a prolonged period for the first time since the Great Recession era. 

It won’t be enough to make homebuying affordable in the short run for Gen Zers and young families, who will…

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Realtor.com reports, "The year ahead is likely to be a more affordable one for many homebuyers, even though home prices continue to climb for sellers.

The reason affordability improves is that we expect mortgage rates to be lower on average across 2026. In fact, monthly payments are projected to drop for the first time since 2020.

On top of that, incomes will grow, dropping the share of monthly payments—which buyers have to fork over to buy a typically priced home—below 30%. This builds on the modest improvement in affordability we saw in 2025 to bring the costs under this key benchmark for the first time since 2022. 

Improving affordability will help bring more sellers back into the housing market, boosting inventory by roughly 9%. And…

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