Although a market correction swamped the Austin area in 2025, sales and prices generally held flat within the city.
Sales, prices and dollar volume all dipped in 2025 throughout the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area, according to the Austin Board of Realtors. Inventory also remains well above 2024 levels, indicating ongoing sluggishness for a metro that had the highest ratio of sellers to buyers in America in October, according to Redfin. However, within Austin city limits, sales and prices remained largely unchanged, and volume increased, the realtors’ report shows.
About 29,300 homes sold in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area in 2025, a 3.2 percent decline from the year before, according to the realtors group. The median sale price fell as well, dropping by 2.4 percent to $435,000. Volume fell by 2.6 percent to $16.9 billion.
Luxury sales slowed down last year in Austin, as well. The Austin luxury market clocked the fourth-highest days on market in the country in October, according to Redfin. While some agents have attributed the trend to a dwindling tech scene — the target audience of dense infill development — the residential market as a whole was stronger in the city last year.
About 10,100 homes sold in the city of Austin in 2025, 0.5 percent more than the 10,000 sold in 2024. The median price of an Austin home was $570,000 at year-end, just 0.6 percent less than $573,000 in 2024. Dollar volume rose by 2 percent in 2025, exceeding $7.7 billion in Austin, the realtors’ report shows.
Supply remains high, however. Active home listings within city limits jumped 14 percent in 2025 to 56,763.
Sales suffered more in the suburbs north of the city. In Williamson County, sales declined by 4.5 percent to 10,000 closings last year. The median sale price declined by 2.8 percent to $417,000. Volume likewise shrank, falling by 6.6 percent to $4.8 billion, according to the realtors group.
Supply rose even higher in the ’burbs, with active listings increasing in Williamson County by 20 percent to 47,738, the report shows.
For December alone, the numbers describe a market like a clearance sale: bigger discounts, more deals and a swift drop in inventory. It was the first month all year in which pending sales dropped below 2,000, according to Unlock MLS data. The average home sold after 88 days on the market, a week slower than last December and the highest days on the market all year. The average seller settled for just 90 percent of his or her original asking price, the lowest close to list price ratio all year; and inventory fell to 4.2 months supply, the lowest all year, according to Unlock MLS data.
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