Market Update

The guidelines for lending are changing rapidly. I asked Michael Scott from Capstar Lending to share with us what changes are occurring and how they ...

It seems the numbers are starting to be fairly consistent from day to day so this will be the last daily update. I will, of course, chime in every ...

The number of new listings added to the MLS yesterday, April 1, was 148. That was down 8.6% from the corresponding Wednesday from last year. For the ...

Governor Abbott declared real estate an essential service yesterday. Here are my thoughts on the matter.  The video transcript can be found ...

The number of new listings in the MLS yesterday, Tuesday, March 31, was 95. That was down 9% from last week and down 10% from a year ago. Comparing ...

The number of new listings that were added to the MLS on Monday, March 30 was 124. That number is higher than last Monday and higher than the average ...

I'm proud to be a supporter of HopeAustin! This great organization used the moving truck a few days last week to distribute more food than usual and ...

The number of new listings added to the MLS yesterday, Sunday March 29, was 57. That is a high number for a Sunday - in fact, a 16% increase compared ...

The number of new listings posted to the MLS yesterday, March 28, was 86 which is a drop of about 28% from the two prior Saturdays. Given the time ...

The number of new listings in the MLS on Friday, March 27 was 183. Compared to the average of the prior four Fridays, that is down 37%. Because ...

Taking a look at the stats from yesterday, March 26, the number of new listings in the MLS was 188, which is down about 30% from what we have seen on ...

Yesterday, March 25, was the first day the area was officially under Shelter-In-Place orders. So how did that impact real estate? Well, we saw more ...

Shelter-in-place orders were issued by the City of Austin, Travis County, and Williamson County. In this video, I explain how it impacts real estate ...

Yesterday, Sunday, March 22, 60 new homes were listed in the MLS which is about 50% more than the preceeding Sundays. While the homes coming to the ...

Yesterday, Saturday the 21st, 111 new homes were listed in the MLS which is consistent with what we've seen over the past several Saturdays. I ...

Yesterday, Friday the 20th, 293 new listings hit the market in the Austin area. That is just two less than the previous Friday. We continue to see ...

In this update about coronavirus and real estate, I discuss mortgage payment deferrals, halting of foreclosures, and the Texas eviction stoppage. If ...