Austin Haus Index
A month-by-month read on who has leverage in Austin real estate, what changed, and what mattered enough to investigate further.
More homes sold. Prices did not have to rise.
Why it mattered: transactions could improve without handing pricing power back to sellers.
May looked slow. The pipeline said otherwise.
Why it mattered: pending demand was stronger than the closing data alone suggested.
Buyer leverage held. Inventory started tightening.
Why it mattered: buyers still had the edge, but less fresh choice made that advantage feel different.
The negotiating window is still open.
Why it mattered: demand was participating again while buyers still held more negotiating leverage overall.
Austin’s market is clearing at a different number.
Why it mattered: prices moved lower, inventory reached 5.1 months, and pending sales remained 1.5% ahead of last year.
Quarterly checkpoints. Monthly chapters.
Interest returned before transactions did.
Pending demand was already improving while completed sales still lagged. Q1 was less a dead market than an unresolved one.
Open Q1 Quarterly Review →January Haus Index
Monthly market read for January 2026.
Open January →February Haus Index
Monthly market read for February 2026.
Open February →March Haus Index
Monthly market read for March 2026.
Open March →The market got better at making deals.
Closed sales turned positive, pending demand stayed strong, and market time shortened without producing a broad price surge.
Open Q2 Quarterly Review →April Haus Index
The market had buyers. It just did not have pricing power. Demand existed, but sellers still lacked broad control over price.
May Haus Index
More homes sold. Prices did not have to rise. The first fully formula-clean monthly baseline in the current Index system.
June Haus Index
May looked slow. The pipeline said otherwise. Pending demand told a stronger story than closings alone.
July Haus Index
Buyer leverage held. Inventory started tightening. The negotiating edge remained, but the supply cushion was thinner.
August Haus Index
The negotiating window is still open. Demand is starting to use it.
September Haus Index
Austin’s market is clearing at a different number. Prices moved lower, inventory reached 5.1 months, and pending demand remained positive.
July, August and September are now available.
September adds a sharper move toward buyers. Read the monthly reports together to follow how negotiating conditions changed through the quarter.
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