The Austin real estate 2011 sales breakdown by MLS area is below. Most areas of Austin are holding steady. I’ve color coded the results columns of each area to show whether or not that area performed above or below the greater Austin market on whole.
For example, let’s look at MLS area “W” (West Austin).
| MLS Area | Year | # Sold | Avg Sold | Med Sold | Avg SQFT | Avg PSF | Avg Days | Med Days |
| W | 2011 | 285 | $475,430 | $340,000 | 2,960 | $160.62 | 84 | 55 |
| 2010 | 269 | $411,614 | $338,500 | 2,820 | $145.96 | 75 | 46 | |
| Change | 5.95% | 15.50% | 0.44% | 4.96% | 10.04% | 12.00% | 19.57% |
This shows are W outperformed the Austin real estate market in some categories, but not in others. Those categories break down as follows:
Number of Sale: The number of sales overall in the Austin market rose by 6.9% in 2011. Number of sales rose by 5.95% in MLS Area W, so it gets flagged a red colow code for under-performing the overall market.
Avg Sold Price, Median Sold Price, and Sold Price per Square Foot all outperformed the market as a whole. Avg and Median Days on Market underperformed as well.
That said, pricing metrics are the most important in determining the direction of the market, so keep that in mind as you review the various areas and how they did in 2011 compared to 2010. Squre footage is not ranked but is shown for referrence and used to calculate sold price per sqft.
The color coding allows you to see in a glance areas that did well, did not do well, and that were mixed. A row of “all red” means the area under-performed on all metrics. Several areas unfortunately did just that.