FHA Loan Limits in Austin: What Changed for 2026 Buyers
Travis County’s 2026 FHA loan limit is $563,500, opening FHA financing to a larger share of Austin’s market. Here is what the limit means for buyers this year.
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Austin Neighborhoods Where Sellers Cut Prices in 2026
As of May 2026, more than half of Austin’s active listings have had at least one price reduction. Here’s where the cuts are deepest and how buyers can use that data.
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Property Taxes in Travis, Williamson, and Hays County in 2026
If you are buying in the Austin metro, the county you land in shapes your annual property tax bill by thousands of dollars. Here is how Travis, Williamson, and Hays County compare in 2026.
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Travis County 2026 Appraisal Notices: What Homeowners Should Do
Travis County mailed 2026 appraisal notices to more than 427,000 owners. Single-family values fell an average 1.8%. Here’s what changed, how the protest deadline works, and what to do next.
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Builder Confidence Falls to Seven-Month Low in April: What Texas Buyers Need to Know
If you have been watching the new construction market and wondering whether builders are feeling more or less confident heading into summer, the latest national data gives a clear answer: less. The National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for April 2026, released this week, showed builder confidence falling to its…
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Texas Homebuilders Are Pivoting to Affordable Homes: What It Means for Buyers in 2026
If you have been watching the Texas new construction market and wondering whether the inventory of entry-level homes is finally improving, the answer is: yes, it is moving in that direction. A new report from the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University, released this spring, offers a detailed look at exactly how…
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Austin Housing Market Spring 2026: Why Buyers Have the Upper Hand Right Now
If you’ve been watching Austin’s real estate market from the sidelines, wondering if the timing will ever make sense, the data coming out of late April 2026 is worth paying attention to. The city that saw home prices skyrocket more than 60% between 2020 and 2022 has spent the last few years cooling off, and…
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AI Governance, Regulatory Overhaul: What April 2026 Mortgage Industry Changes Mean for Austin Buyers
If you’ve applied for a mortgage in the past few years, you’ve probably interacted with AI-powered tools without even realizing it: automated underwriting systems, fraud detection software, income verification engines, even the chatbot that answers questions on a lender’s website. Artificial intelligence has been quietly embedded in the mortgage process for a while. But in…
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New Home Sales Slowed in Spring 2026: What Austin Buyers Should Know
Spring is typically when the housing market wakes up. More listings, more buyers, more activity. But new data from Zonda, one of the most comprehensive trackers of new home sales across the country, shows that March 2026 did not follow the usual script. New home sales dropped 7% month-over-month and 7.2% year-over-year, landing at a…
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Texas Home Prices Are Falling: What It Means for Austin Buyers Right Now
If you have been waiting for a signal that conditions are shifting in your favor, here it is. New analysis from Redfin, published April 22, 2026, confirms what many Austin buyers have been quietly feeling: home prices across all of Texas’ major housing markets are down year over year. That includes Austin, parts of Dallas…
