Housingwire writes, "The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro housing market shows a striking disconnect between aggressive price reductions and selling pace, with 53.43% of active listings taking price cuts while homes still require 84 days to sell, according to the latest market data.

This paradox positions Austin as an outlier in both Texas and national markets. Despite more than half of sellers reducing prices, the metro’s median days on market exceeds the national average of 77 days, though it moves faster than the Texas state median of 91 days.

Inventory builds as buyer conditions strengthen

Austin’s housing inventory reached 11,429 active single-family homes as of Nov. 1, 2025, representing 3.67 months of supply. The market absorbed 780…

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Realtor.com reports, "Mortgage applications decreased 1.9% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA). It's an about-face from the week prior when home loans saw a 7.1% increase.

This comes as mortgage interest rates dipped to 6.17% for the week ending Oct. 30, according to Freddie Mac. That's the fourth straight week of declines after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the second time this year.

The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 1.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier.

On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 3% compared with the previous week. The Refinance Index decreased 3% from the previous week and was 151% higher…

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Realtor.com reports, "Mortgage rates just hit 6.17%—their lowest in more than a year. Also this week, the Fed cut rates again. Together, this could provide some real momentum for the housing market. 

But with an economy sending mixed signals and the government shutdown clouding the data picture, uncertainty is creeping in.  

That’s this week’s big story: Momentum meeting uncertainty. Lower rates are trying to push the housing market forward, and macro risks are pulling it back.

On one side, momentum: Since May, mortgage rates have fallen by 70 basis points, saving a typical buyer about $150 a month—that’s nearly $2,000 a year in payments. 

On the other side, uncertainty: Without the usual labor market data, Fed Chair Jerome Powell compared…

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Austin Business Journal reports, "A new apartment complex with half of its units priced at below-market rates could be coming to East Austin,

Called FiveOne, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the project would encompass roughly 500,000 square feet and include five stories of apartments and a parking garage in a single building. The location, at 5525 E. 51st St., is in the 78723 ZIP code, which is among the top 25 ZIP codes in the region, in terms of poverty rate, while also having a higher home value than the metro’s median home sales price, according to ABJ research.

The owner and developer of FiveOne is an entity named 5525 E 51st Street LLC, which has a Shoal Creek Boulevard address…

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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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