Central Texas Housing Market Report – July 2017

 

July 2017 Market Summary Report for Central Texas; including Austin area, Travis, Williamson, and Hays Counties:

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  • The pace of single-family home starts in the Austin area are at their highest level in 10 years.
  • Approximately 1,000 more home starts in the second quarter of 2017 than the year prior. More than half of these home starts were in the $250,000 – $299,999 price category, with Cedar Park/Leander West, Pflugerville and Kyle/Buda comprising nearly one-third of home starts activity.
  • The median price for single-family homes continued to rise in July 2017, increasing  to:
      • $369,900 – up 7.2 percent year-over-year in Austin area
      • $270,000 – up 13.1 percent in Hays
      • $359,865 – up 7.4 percent inTravis County
      • $274,450 – up 4.4 percent in  Williamson County.
  • In same time frame, active listings for single-family homes  jumped by:
      • 16.9 percent year-over-year to 7,965 in Austin area jumped
      • 20 percent in Hays County,
      • 13.3 percent in Travis County,
      • 26 percent in Williamson County, and
      • 10.2 percent in the city of Austin.