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Tens of millions of dollars of new homes rising in small neighborhood

Five local architecture firms will showcase their designs in a high-end residential development coming to West Lake Hills.

Custom homebuilder Foursquare Builders LLC announced Sept. 7 it will build an enclave of six ultra-luxury homes in the tony suburb west of downtown Austin, designed by five renowned firms. The development, called the Wildcat Club, will have home prices starting at $11.75 million. All of the home listings in the development are with Darin Walker of Kuper Sotheby’s International Realty.

"The vision was to develop this parcel where we can bring a very select group of architects to work with us on these six properties, so that we have a community of architecturally significant homes that are held to a standard that’s…

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As Cedar Park home prices decrease, Leander shows rising costs

Cedar Park is seeing the lowest median home price this year for July as prices in the city continue to drop, while Leander is experiencing the opposite, according to Austin Board of Realtors data.

In July, Leander’s median home price reached $567,455, which is the highest price the city has seen this year. Cedar Park, however, saw the lowest home price in July at $512,500.

Despite Leander seeing a slight upward trend in home prices as the year progresses, ABoR President Cord Shiflet said the housing market is continuing to normalize.

“In every aspect of our market, Realtors are seeing positive signs that Austin’s housing market continues to normalize,” he said. “On top of rising housing inventory, home price growth is much closer to the 4%-5% annual…

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A Buyer’s Bonanza or a Seller’s Dilemma? Where the Housing Market Sits Now and What It Means for You

The real estate market seems to have a split personality.

On the positive side for homebuyers, the number of properties for sale shot up by a record-setting 30.7% this July compared with the same month last year, according to a recent Realtor.com® report. That’s the most significant increase in active listings in the data’s history. And in another hopeful sign for buyers, the share of homes seeing their prices slashed—19.1%—hit a record not seen since 2019.

Yet on the flip side, the $449,000 median list price of homes is a 16.6% increase compared with last year. And the average time a home spends on the market before it sells remains significantly lower (a mere 35 days) than in pre-pandemic times.

So how does a savvy homebuyer make sense of…

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Austin’s real estate is 'inching' toward normalcy as market shows signs of stabilizing

Knock on wood—real estate professionals are saying Austin’s housing market showing signs of stabilizing as local inventory hit two months for the first time since 2019.

Austin Board of Realtors CEO Emily Chenevert said after two years of pandemic-fueled prices, “we're inching our way toward something that feels more normal,” during the 2022 Central Texas Housing Summit—which brought industry professionals and economists together—on Tuesday.

Still, housing is one of Austin’s biggest fallbacks despite a diverse local economy, growing infrastructure investments, multiple nearby universities and a healthy job market. Stable housing falls in tandem with affordability, Austin Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Laura Huffman said.

“So what could…

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Major Inventory Growth in Austin, Phoenix and Raleigh Housing Markets

• Austin, Phoenix and Raleigh housing markets have gained inventory.
• Among major metros, they led the nation for inventory growth.
• Active listings in the Austin area grew by 144% over the past year.
• These real estate markets are also seeing more price reductions.
• It’s evidence that these hot housing scenes are cooling in 2022.

Inventory shortage. That two-word phrase has appeared in countless real estate market reports over the past couple of years. In most cities across the country, a shortage of supply relative to demand has frustrated home buyers and boosted house prices like never before.

But now for the good news. We are starting to see some housing market inventory growth in major cities across the country. This trend is…

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That Austin housing bust? Not likely.

Texas’ capital city saw an increase in homes for sale in May, with dollar volume increasing while the median price held steady.

The Austin-Round Rock area had enough inventory on the market to last 1.2 months, according to the monthly Central Texas Housing Market Report by the Austin Board of Realtors. The median sales price remained at the record-setting $550,000 it hit in April, a 19 percent increase over April 2021.

Active listings were way up — 146 percent higher than last year, to 4,173 — and new listings increased 18.8 percent over last year, to 5,231.

Area residential sales were on the downslide, declining 7 percent year over year to 3,633, but sales dollar volume for the month was $2.4 billion — 9 percent higher than in May 2021.…

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