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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.

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

🏡 This data combines all residential home types and only lists cities with at least 58 closed sales units to make the top 14.

🟰 Two cities saw little change to the median price month-over-month

📈 Over half of the cities featured saw an increase MoM in median sales prices.

➡️ I've added arrows to indicate month-over-month comparisons in median closed prices.

What Central Texas cities had the most home sales in April? 🌷 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 Round Rock hold the top three slots.

🏡 In April, home sales across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA increased slightly year-over-year to 2,648 units, bringing the total months of inventory for the region to 4.7, according to the Austin Board of Realtors Central Texas Housing Report. Note that pending sales are up year-over-year by 15.4%.

🤠 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA April 2026
• 2,648 – Residential homes sold, 2.0% more than April 2025.
• $440,000 – Median price for residential homes, 1.9% less than April 2025.
• 5,405 – New home listings on the market, 6.7% less than April 2025.
• 11,592 – Active home listings on the market, 15.0% less than April 2025.
• 3,411 – Pending sales, 15.4% more than April 2025.
• 4.7 – Months of inventory, 0.6 less than April 2025.
• 94.3% – Average close to list price, compared to 94.8% in April 2025.

Austin Texas has 1 million residents for the first time, slips to 12th-largest city in United States. As a metro, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area has roughly 2.61 million residents, making it the 25th-largest metropolitan area in the nation, according to Census Bureau data.

Texas has five of the nation's 12 largest cities, more than any other state:
• Houston: No. 4
• San Antonio: No. 7
• Dallas: No. 9
• Fort Worth: No. 10
• Austin: No. 12

🔗 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/austin-has-1-million-residents-for-the-first-time-slips-to-12th-largest-city-in-us/ar-AA23cgkX

Austin has 1 million residents for the first time, slips to 12th-largest city in US Austin surpassed 1 million residents for the first time but slipped to the nation's 12th-largest city in new Census estimates.

Why Austin buyers are taking their time right now. This dynamic may be happening in a market near you. Global events like war don’t directly change home prices in Austin, Texas or anywhere overnight. They do, however, influence the decisions behind the decisions.

Read more here: https://supportlocalaustin.com/why-austin-buyers-are-taking-their-time-right-now/

Why Austin Buyers Are Taking Their Time Right Now Why Austin buyers are taking their time right now and moving more cautiously, and how inventory, mortgage rates, and uncertainty are shaping the housing market.

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

🏡 Month over month, April sales were up compared to March (687 vs. 633) in the zip codes presented.

🏘️ The highest number of average days to sell among the zip codes listed was 153 days in 78701, Downtown Austin. This is normal given the point.

📉 The lowest average days to sell was 14 days in 78739, the Circle C/Rim Rock area of Southwest Austin.

⬇️ Active listings were down slightly in April compared to the previous month (2,853 vs. 2,895).

⬆️ New listings were up again in April (1,345 vs. 1,316 in March).

💰 Most zip codes continued to see steady activity. The zip code with the most sales (56) was once again 78738, the Lakeway/Bee Cave area, continuing its strong spring momentum.

🤔 My thoughts?
The spring market continues to build, but not evenly across Austin. Inventory stayed relatively flat overall while new listings climbed again, giving buyers more fresh options without dramatically increasing total supply. West and Southwest Austin continue to dominate transaction volume, while some central Austin zip codes are still moving at a noticeably slower pace.

Three Austin Texas area zip codes land in the 100 on Redfin's Hottest Neighborhood of 2026 list. The hottest neighborhood in the country? Land O’ Lakes, Florida. [Redfin]

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