Aug 19, 20212 min read

Central Texas July 2021 Housing Statistics

AUSTIN, TEXAS ~ July housing market statistics were just released this week and residential home sales decreased across the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the first time since May 2020, according to the Austin Board of Realtors® (ABoR). Susan Horton, 2021 ABoR President, believes this is a sign that we have moved away from the post-COVID boom, and the market has begun to stabilize.

Let's look at the year over year highlights for the Austin-Round Rock MSA and Williamson County where the area's inventory continues to struggle to meet demand while prices continue to be on the rise.

In the Austin-Round Rock MSA:

What increased? The median price for residential homes increased 37% to $480,000 and new listings increased 8% to 5,166.
What went down? Average days on market decreased by 33 days to 12, active listings decreased 36%  to 3,294 and closed sales decreased 9% to 4,041. As with June 2020 through June 2021, monthly housing inventory decreased once again. And for the ninth consecutive month remained at less than 1 month of inventory; this is well below the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University’s benchmark of 6 months to maintain a balanced housing market indicating a strong seller's market.

Heading north to Williamson County:

What increased? The median sales price  rose 43% to $445,000 and new listings rose 20% to 1,740.
What decreased? Average days on market decreased by 34 days to just 10 days, active listings  decreased  by 32% to  1,002 homes and closed sales decreased 4% to 1,451 homes. Housing inventory also declined by 0.6 months resulting in just 0.8  months of inventory. This is far below the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University’s benchmark of 6 months to maintain a balanced housing market.

Vaike O'Grady, regional director of MetroStudy, said “While the frenzy to buy a home in Austin has steadied from this time last year, it’s unlikely that home prices will go down any time soon.”

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