Below is the breakout of the Austin real estate market year to date, through June 2012 compared to the same period 2011. The format is as follows, which shows the entire market.
| MLS Area | Year | # Sold | Avg Sold | Med Sold | Avg SQFT | Avg PSF | Avg Days | Med Days |
| All Areas | 2012 | 10,855 | $268,257 | $207,000 | 2,244 | $119.54 | 67 | 35 |
| 2011 | 9,232 | $261,724 | $195,323 | 2,242 | $116.74 | 82 | 52 | |
| Change | 17.58% | 2.50% | 5.98% | 0.09% | 2.40% | -18.29% | -32.69% |
The color coding at the bottom of each MLS Area summary indicates whether that measure improved or slid back. In the “All Areas” example above, all of the measures improved. That is, # Sold, Avg and Median sales prices, and Avg price per sqft all increased on a market-wide basis, while days on market decreased. Average sqft size is not color coded because I don’t see how a slight change in average size up or down is either good or bad.
A quick summary of some stats results:
Fastest selling: The fastest selling area in the Austin MLS market area is Southwest Austin (MLS Area SWW) which has an average days on market of 29, and a median of 10. Yes, half the homes in SW Austin have sold in 10 days or less so far in 2012. There are a lot of other MLS areas with median days below 20, which you’ll see in the full chart below, but no area is as hot as SW Austin in terms of demand. MLS area SWW includes subdivisions such as Circle C, Legend Oaks, and Villages at Western Oaks.
Highest Price Increases: There are 44 MLS areas shown in the chart below. 12 of those have avg price increases of over 10%. 12 areas (though not the same 12) have median sold price increases over 10% from last year. Most of the highest increases are in closer in areas of Austin proper, though Cedar Park/Leander North (CLN) and Georgetown West (GTW) are in that group, as well as dark horses Manor and Elgin, which have been perennial low performers in the market.
The full chart is below. As usual, questions and comments are welcome.
