The Central Texas real estate market continues to set housing records despite affordability growing pains, according to March Austin Board of Realtors data.
“The Austin-Round Rock MSA is one of the fastest growing in the country, people want to live here, and job creators see opportunity to be successful here,” ABoR President Susan Horton said in a press release. “Our housing market is undergoing growing pains and creating a paradox—affordable from the outside looking in, but increasingly unaffordable for those who already call Austin home. While more homes are selling than ever before, it’s more and more difficult to find one.”
In Georgetown, residential sales decreased 22.3% year over year. However, median prices in the area continue to rise, increasing 24.8% year over year to $349,450. Georgetown also was reported to have 0.2 months of housing inventory, the report said.
Williamson County residential sales also decreased 10.6% to 1,206 sales, and sales dollar volume increased 52.9% to $533.4 million. The median price increased 40.4% to $400,000. During the same period, new listings fell 0.7%, and active listings dropped 85.6%, the report said. The housing inventory also declined 1.5 months year over year to 0.2 months of inventory, it said.
