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🏡 In May, home sales across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA decreased slightly year-over-year to 2,953 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 14.3%.

🤠 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA May 2026
• 2,953 – Residential homes sold, 3.4% less than May 2025.
• $440,000 – Median price for residential homes, 0.9% less than May 2025.
• 4,786 – New home listings on the market, 16.7% less than May 2025.
• 12,508 – Active home listings on the market, 16.6% less than May 2025.
• 3,310 – Pending sales, 14.3% more than May 2025.
• 4.7 – Months of inventory, 0.3 less than May 2025.
• $1,744,835,169 – Total dollar volume of homes sold, 2.2% less than May 2025.
• 94.5% – Average close to list price, flat compared to May 2025.

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Austin, Dallas and Houston, Texas make the list of The 11 Cities Rewriting the Rules of American Competitiveness by ResonanceCo. The 2026 America’s Best Cities report evaluated all 393 U.S. metropolitan areas across livability, lovability, and prosperity.

My home, Austin, Texas made the list at No. 11. Austin ranks #6 on the overall Prosperity Index, driven by #4 Innovation, #6 Labor Force Participation and #10 Large Companies. The city ranked #10 Overall Livability and #9 for Nature & Parks and #15 for Sights & Landmarks.

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

🏡 This data combines all residential home types and only lists cities with at least 63 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 May? 🪻 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.

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

🏡 Month over month, May sales were up compared to April (776 vs. 687) in the zip codes presented.

🏘️ The highest number of average days to sell among the zip codes listed was 107 days in 78730, the Lake Austin area.

📉 The lowest average days to sell was 12 days in 78733, the Westlake/Lake Austin area.

⬆️ Active listings were up in May compared to the previous month (3,034 vs. 2,853).

⬇️ New listings were down slightly in May (1,201 vs. 1,345 in April).

💰 Most zip codes continued to see strong spring activity. The zip code with the most sales (61) was once again 78738, the Lakeway/Bee Cave area, continuing its streak as the leader in closed sales.

🤔 My thoughts?
Even though fewer new listings came to market in May, sales increased and inventory continued to build. Buyers are clearly active, but they're also benefiting from a lot of choices. The result is a market in no rush, with well-priced homes still finding buyers while inventory continues to accumulate across much of the Austin area.

Two Texas cities top SmartAsset's list of America’s New Boomtowns on SmartAsset.com. Georgetown, Texas, ranks No. 1, followed by New Braunfels, Texas, at No. 2. The two Central Texas cities each saw five-year increases of more than 30% in labor force size and housing units. In addition, the county-level economic output grew at compound annual rates of 7.7% in Williamson County and 6.8% in Comal County.

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