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🏡 Austin Real Estate News from Doreen for September ✏️ is here. ​

🔗 https://supportlocalaustin.com/austin-texas-real-estate-news-september-2026/

Find the latest Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown, Texas MSA housing market trends, and Austin home sales, including findings from the Austin Board of Realtors Central Texas Housing Report.

City of Austin August 2026 - Home Sales and Real Estate Data 🏡
• 844 – Residential homes sold, 10.3% less than August 2025.
• $560,000 – Median price for residential homes, 4.3% less than August 2025.
• 1,249 – New home listings on the market, 5.7% less than August 2025.
• 4,554 – Active home listings on the market, 14.5% less than August 2025.
• 814 – Pending sales, 9.2% less than August 2025.
• 4.6 – Months of inventory, 1.1 less than August 2025.
• 93.3% – Average close to list price, compared to 91.6% in August 2025.

August 2026 ☀️Snapshot: Central Texas (Hays, Travis & Williamson Counties)

🌞 Active Listings:
August 2026 came in at 13,687 active listings, down from 14,236 in July and also down from 13,962 in August 2025. Inventory has now declined from its summer peak, which follows the seasonal pattern we typically see as we move toward fall.

💰 Number of Sales:
August closed with 2,472 sales, down from 2,765 in July and slightly below 2,556 in August 2025. Sales activity continues to slow from the spring and early summer months, which isn't unusual this time of year.

🏡 New Listings:
New listings dropped to 3,534 in August, down from 4,234 in July and also below 3,675 in August 2025. Fewer sellers are entering the market, another sign that we're moving out of the busier spring and summer selling season.

🤔 My thoughts:
August showed the seasonal slowdown we typically see this time of year. Active inventory, sales and new listings all declined from July, and all three were also lower than August of last year.

Buyers still have choices, but fewer new listings coming onto the market should help inventory continue to taper as we head into fall. The question now is how buyer activity responds, especially with interest rates continuing to play such a big role in affordability.

🏡 In August, home sales across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA decreased 7.3% YoY to 2,501 units, bringing the total months of inventory for the region to 5.1, according to the Austin Board of Realtors Central Texas Housing Report.

🤠 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA August 2026
• 2,501 – Residential homes sold, 7.3% less than August 2025.
• $412,000 – Median price for residential homes, 6.4% less than August 2025.
• 3,579 – New home listings on the market, 7.0% less than August 2025.
• 13,676 – Active home listings on the market, 6.5% less than August 2025.
• 2,623 – Pending sales, 1.5% more than August 2025.
• 5.1 – Months of inventory, 0.4 less than August 2025.
• 93.2% – Average close to list price, compared to 92.2% in August 2025.

🚨The Best Time To Buy a Home Is the Week of Sept. 27 – Oct. 3
The Best Week offers a balanced mix of market conditions that favor buyers relative to the rest of the year.

The 2026 spring homebuying season kicked off on firm footing, with the national housing market in ‘balanced’ territory as mortgage rates dipped below 6%, the most buyer-friendly conditions in years. That momentum stalled, though, as the Iran conflict pushed mortgage rates back up through much of the summer, just as the market was hitting its peak.

Nationally, the best time to buy a home is the week of September 27 – October 3, and the following few weeks are almost as favorable. [ Realtor.com ]

🔗 https://www.realtor.com/research/best-time-to-buy-2026

The Best Time To Buy a Home Is the Week of Sept. 27 - Oct. 3 Relief might be on the horizon as the season quickly approaches the best time to buy a home—the time of year when the balance of market conditions favors buyers the most.

⭐August Median Home Sales Prices for Central Texas Cities Near Austin⭐

🏡 This data combines all residential home types and only lists cities with at least 48 closed sales units to make the top 14.
📈 Most cities had decrease MoM in median sales prices.
➡️ I've added arrows to indicate month-over-month comparisons in median closed prices.

⭐⭐⭐ Austin, Texas by The Numbers ⭐⭐⭐

Austin continues to perform well for job growth when compared to the largest metros in the US. For the full year ending in July 2026, Austin added 23,800 jobs or job growth of 1.7%, the second fastest growing of the Top 50 metros. Overall, Texas grew by 1.2% and the US by 0.2% during the same time-frame.

👩‍💼 Austin’s job growth in both Professional & Business Services and Construction remains strong adding 9,200 jobs, 3.2% and 5,200 jobs, 5.5% respectively. The Manufacturing sector also added 1,400 jobs YoY.

✈️Passenger activity at Austin’s airport this summer reached historic levels with June and July 2026 being the two busiest months in its history, seeing over 2.1 million passengers each month.

🏢 Positive net absorption of 1.4 M SF in the office real estate market saw the vacancy rate drop to 15.7% from 16.5% during the same time last year. [ Opportunity Austin ]

🔗 https://opportunityaustin.com/austin-monthly-economic-indicators-september-2026/

Austin Monthly Economic Indicators - September 2026 Pitchbook released their Q2 Venture Capital report, showing that companies in the Austin region raised approximately $6.5B YTD, more than twice the money raised in the same period during 2025 ($2.9B). Additionally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statist

What Central Texas cities had the most home sales in August? 💰 Here is a breakdown of the top 15 cities with the most homes sold. 🏡 All residential home types were included in this report. ➡️ Austin, Georgetown, and Kyle took the top three slots. Round Rock slips to number five.

✏️August Austin real estate market statistics for single-family homes broken down by zip code, brought to us by Heritage Title.

🏡 Month over month, August sales were down compared to July (578 vs. 684) in the zip codes presented.
🏘️ The highest number of average days to sell among the zip codes listed was 153 days in 78756, located in North Central Austin.
📉 The lowest average days to sell was 21 days in 78750, located in Northwest Austin.
⬇️ Active listings were down in August compared to the previous month (2,880 vs. 3,048).
⬇️ New listings were also down in August (812 vs. 967 in July).
💰 The zip code with the most sales (55) was once again 78738, the Lakeway/Bee Cave area. It has now had the highest number of sales among the zip codes presented for six consecutive months, from March through August.

🤔 It's the back-to-school/last minute vacation speed bump for homes in Central Texas. New listings, active inventory and closed sales all declined month over month. Buyers still have choices, but fewer sellers are putting their homes on the market as we head toward fall. The numbers also reinforce just how local this market is—some zip codes are moving considerably faster than others. This is a great opportunity for Sellers because real estate is a numbers game. The less home on the market, the less homes to compete with.