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Rental Market

A Closer Look at Failed Listings in Austin 1999-2009

March 2, 2010

We all know that some Austin MLS listings don’t sell. The reasons vary, but when demand is insufficient to absorb supply, the prettier better priced homes win, and the sellers who love their homes, and express that love and devotion through too-high list prices, get to continue the romance. Let’s see what that looks like [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update – Oct 2009

November 22, 2009

The rental market for houses in Austin is still slowly improving, climbing out of the huge dip we took after the tech bust and 9/11. For October 2009, average and median rents are both up about 1%, but homes are taking longer to rent, averaging 42 days on market compared to 38 a year ago [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update – August 2009

September 25, 2009

The Austin rental market continues to be strong.Average and monthly rents continue to rise. Days on market is low. But, even with recent gains in prices, we are nearing the end of a decade in which rental prices for landlords will have remained virtually flat. Let’s check the historic graph below before we get into [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update – March 2009

April 28, 2009

Average rents in Austin have taken a slight dip for the first quarter of 2009. The number of rented homes is up 11% over the same three months a year ago, no doubt due to the fact that many sellers are opting to rent instead of dropping prices below their bottom dollar. This creates additional [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update for 2008

January 23, 2009

The rental market for single family homes in Austin continues its march upward. Rent prices increased about 6% in 2008 over 2007. Remember though that the 2008 average rent amount of $1,424 per month in Austin is still less than the year 2000 average rent of $1,497/mo. and the year 2001 peak of $1,524/mo. The [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update – Oct 2008

November 19, 2008

At my monthly Property Manager’s luncheon yesterday in Austin, the general consensus among the 30+ property managers in attendence was that the leasing market has taken a nose dive since September. The number of renter calls has really slowed down. One manager remarked “I keep calling my own phone to make sure it’s working”. Indeed, the [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update – July 2008

August 23, 2008

The Austin TX rental market continues to do well overall. Rents are steadily rising for the third year in a row after falling for 4 straight years (2002 through 2005). Average rents for homes in Austin for July 2008 were $1,493 per month. Year to date the average rent is $1,425. the graph below shows [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update – March 2008 and YTD

April 20, 2008

Homes in Austin are renting for 8% more than last year, on average. Average rent price for homes across the Austin Metro area was $1401 per month for March 2008 compared to $1295/mo the year before. The Median leased price remained about the same at $1200. Homes are renting fast this March. The average days [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update – 2007-2006 Comparison

March 13, 2008

For 2007, the Austin Rental Market continued to see gains in average and median rental rates for single family homes. But we still lag behind the rental rates landlords enjoyed 6 and 7 years earlier, if you can believe that. The graph below shows where we were in 1999 through 2007. You can see the [...]

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Austin Rental Market Update – thru Oct 2007

November 24, 2007

The Austin Rental Market keeps chugging along. Not much new to say for the stats report this month as the steady climb in rents continues. Average rental rate is up 5.7% from a year ago, to $1354 (though down from last month due to our seasonal shift). But remember, average rents in Austin are still [...]

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