Found 5 blog entries tagged as residential real estate market.

MYSA.com writes, "If you're looking for a new home, one Central Texas city just might have exactly what you need. Texas' capital city was recently recognized for having the strongest market in America for homebuyers, according to a new Redfin report.

The online real estate brokerage crowned Austin with the No. 1 spot on its top 10 list of the strongest buyers markets of September 2025. All but two of Redfin's best buyers markets were in Florida or Texas, with major cities like San Antonio, Houston and Dallas also in the mix.

To determine the rankings, Redfin analyzed the 50 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas using proprietary data on the typical time from a buyer’s first tour to close of purchase, MLS data on active listings and pending sales.…

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Housingwire writes, "Austin’s housing market showed the sharpest shift toward buyers among Texas’ major metros, with 53.4% of active listings taking price cuts as of Nov. 1, 2025. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro’s median list price dropped to $499,000 from $525,231 a year earlier, marking a $26,231 decline.

The divergence across the Texas Triangle metros reveals how even neighboring markets can experience different conditions. The Texas Triangle—a megaregion formed by Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin that houses the vast majority of Texans—shows varying market dynamics despite geographic proximity. While Austin and San Antonio moved into buyer-favorable territory, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston maintained neutral conditions…

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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 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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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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