Austin market pulse
Real public data for Austin's ZIP codes, updated as the agencies publish.
Metro prices
-0.4%
in 1 year · Austin metro · 2025 Q2–2026 Q2
Past change, not a forecast.
Data table
| Quarter | Index | Change since 2025 Q2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q2 | 696.0 | — |
| 2025 Q3 | 678.6 | -2.5% |
| 2025 Q4 | 664.0 | -4.6% |
| 2026 Q1 | 661.8 | -4.9% |
| 2026 Q2 | 693.0 | -0.4% |
Each index has its own base, so compare its changes, not its level.
Details
FHFA's purchase-only index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX: repeat sales of the same houses, from mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchased or securitized. It isn't seasonally adjusted, so each span starts in the quarter it ends.
+1.1%
in 5 years · Austin metro · 2021 Q2–2026 Q2
Past change, not a forecast.
Data table
| Quarter | Index | Change since 2021 Q2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 Q2 | 685.6 | — |
| 2021 Q3 | 703.5 | +2.6% |
| 2021 Q4 | 712.7 | +4.0% |
| 2022 Q1 | 775.1 | +13% |
| 2022 Q2 | 825.6 | +20% |
| 2022 Q3 | 761.4 | +11% |
| 2022 Q4 | 715.3 | +4.3% |
| 2023 Q1 | 711.6 | +3.8% |
| 2023 Q2 | 731.4 | +6.7% |
| 2023 Q3 | 719.2 | +4.9% |
| 2023 Q4 | 689.1 | +0.5% |
| 2024 Q1 | 727.1 | +6.1% |
| 2024 Q2 | 715.9 | +4.4% |
| 2024 Q3 | 705.0 | +2.8% |
| 2024 Q4 | 683.3 | -0.3% |
| 2025 Q1 | 710.9 | +3.7% |
| 2025 Q2 | 696.0 | +1.5% |
| 2025 Q3 | 678.6 | -1.0% |
| 2025 Q4 | 664.0 | -3.2% |
| 2026 Q1 | 661.8 | -3.5% |
| 2026 Q2 | 693.0 | +1.1% |
Each index has its own base, so compare its changes, not its level.
Details
FHFA's purchase-only index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX: repeat sales of the same houses, from mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchased or securitized. It isn't seasonally adjusted, so each span starts in the quarter it ends.
+76%
in 10 years · Austin metro · 2016 Q2–2026 Q2
Past change, not a forecast.
Data table
| Quarter | Index | Change since 2016 Q2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 Q2 | 394.3 | — |
| 2016 Q3 | 401.0 | +1.7% |
| 2016 Q4 | 397.8 | +0.9% |
| 2017 Q1 | 403.7 | +2.4% |
| 2017 Q2 | 420.5 | +6.6% |
| 2017 Q3 | 421.8 | +7.0% |
| 2017 Q4 | 421.3 | +6.8% |
| 2018 Q1 | 429.3 | +8.9% |
| 2018 Q2 | 442.7 | +12% |
| 2018 Q3 | 449.9 | +14% |
| 2018 Q4 | 442.9 | +12% |
| 2019 Q1 | 460.0 | +17% |
| 2019 Q2 | 473.4 | +20% |
| 2019 Q3 | 475.3 | +21% |
| 2019 Q4 | 485.5 | +23% |
| 2020 Q1 | 501.0 | +27% |
| 2020 Q2 | 515.0 | +31% |
| 2020 Q3 | 530.9 | +35% |
| 2020 Q4 | 550.1 | +40% |
| 2021 Q1 | 609.5 | +55% |
| 2021 Q2 | 685.6 | +74% |
| 2021 Q3 | 703.5 | +78% |
| 2021 Q4 | 712.7 | +81% |
| 2022 Q1 | 775.1 | +97% |
| 2022 Q2 | 825.6 | +109% |
| 2022 Q3 | 761.4 | +93% |
| 2022 Q4 | 715.3 | +81% |
| 2023 Q1 | 711.6 | +80% |
| 2023 Q2 | 731.4 | +85% |
| 2023 Q3 | 719.2 | +82% |
| 2023 Q4 | 689.1 | +75% |
| 2024 Q1 | 727.1 | +84% |
| 2024 Q2 | 715.9 | +82% |
| 2024 Q3 | 705.0 | +79% |
| 2024 Q4 | 683.3 | +73% |
| 2025 Q1 | 710.9 | +80% |
| 2025 Q2 | 696.0 | +77% |
| 2025 Q3 | 678.6 | +72% |
| 2025 Q4 | 664.0 | +68% |
| 2026 Q1 | 661.8 | +68% |
| 2026 Q2 | 693.0 | +76% |
Each index has its own base, so compare its changes, not its level.
Details
FHFA's purchase-only index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX: repeat sales of the same houses, from mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchased or securitized. It isn't seasonally adjusted, so each span starts in the quarter it ends.
ZIP by ZIP
+89%
The median ZIP's house price index, 2015–2025. 28 ZIPs, from +62% to +138%.
One-year ZIP changes are noisy: of last year's top-3 ZIPs in our 50 cities, 1 in 15 was top 3 again. Past change, not a forecast.
About these figures
FHFA's experimental ZIP house price index: houses with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loans, from sales and refinance appraisals. Condos, co-ops and multi-unit buildings aren't in it. 35 of Austin's 37 ZIPs have an index; FHFA publishes one only where enough sales exist. A ZIP whose index stops before the latest year shows the year it ends instead of changes. Each index has its own base, so compare a ZIP's changes, not its level.
Rent or buy here
EstimateMonthly housing payment (est.): 20% down · 30-year fixed at 7.03% (Freddie Mac average) · 360 monthly loan payments of $5,066 · APR not calculated (it depends on the lender's fees) · includes principal and interest, property tax, home insurance and any HOA dues, plus mortgage insurance below 20% down.7.03% is Freddie Mac's average 30-year fixed rate for the week of Sep 24, 2026, for buyers with 20% down and excellent credit. It isn't an offer or an APR.Source: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey · Sep 24, 2026 (opens in a new tab)$4,046
a month more to own a typical sample home than HUD's rent for its size, ZIP 78704
- Own: 3-bedroom sample house, $949,000Sample: fictional home, for the demo.
- EstimateMonthly housing payment (est.): 20% down · 30-year fixed at 7.03% (Freddie Mac average) · 360 monthly loan payments of $5,066 · APR not calculated (it depends on the lender's fees) · includes principal and interest, property tax, home insurance and any HOA dues, plus mortgage insurance below 20% down.7.03% is Freddie Mac's average 30-year fixed rate for the week of Sep 24, 2026, for buyers with 20% down and excellent credit. It isn't an offer or an APR.Source: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey · Sep 24, 2026 (opens in a new tab)$6,636 a monthNot included: upkeep, utilities, flood insurance, special assessments.
- Rent: HUD fair market rent, 3 bedrooms
- $2,590 a monthHUD Small Area Fair Market Rent, FY2027: a 40th-percentile rent for a standard home, utilities included. Not an asking rent.
Lending
6.5%
Median rate, 30-year fixed conventional · 4,524 loans · 2025
2025 home-purchase loans (first liens) on owner-occupied 1–4 unit homes in Austin's census tracts: 6,449 loans. Loans that closed, not offers: a rate depends on your credit, down payment, points and the day you lock it.
- Middle half of rates
- 6.125% to 6.875%
- Loan costs at closing
- $7,566 medianMiddle half $5,724 to $11,015: origination charges (points included) and settlement services, Closing Disclosure section D · 5,564 loans
- Loan limits, 2026
- $832,750 conformingAbove it, a jumbo loan with its own rates and rules; FHA limit $571,550 (one-unit home, Travis County). Limits set by FHFA and HUD.
More lending figures
- Borrowed, every loan on the home combined
- 80% of the value (median)Middle half 75% to 94%. 43.8% of buyers borrowed more than 80% of the value, 26.8% more than 90%, 14.2% more than 95%. HMDA's combined loan-to-value counts every loan on the home (second loans, down-payment-assistance loans, financed FHA or VA fees) against the value the lender used, so it doesn't show the cash buyers put down · 6,254 loans
- Loan types
- Conventional 87.7% · FHA 8%VA 4.3% · USDA 0%
- Discount points
- 48.5% of loans paid pointsMedian paid: $3,640. Points buy a lower rate.
For comparison: 7.03% is Freddie Mac's average 30-year fixed rate for the week of Sep 24, 2026, for buyers with 20% down and excellent credit. It isn't an offer or an APR.
Flood and insurance
$2,018 a year
Median of 36 Austin ZIPs' average homeowners premiums, 2022. Premiums have risen since; get quotes for your address.
- Federal flood insurance
- 5,135 policies in force · 2,224 claims since 2000FEMA National Flood Insurance Program, summed over 37 ZIPs (policies in force Jun 30, 2026; claims since 2000). Private flood policies aren't counted.
- Policies insurers didn't renew
- 0% in the median ZIPU.S. Treasury Federal Insurance Office, 2022.
Most homeowners policies exclude flood, so flood insurance is a separate policy. Source: FEMA FloodSmart: What is my flood risk?, retrieved 2026-10-09 (opens in a new tab) Check an address on FEMA's flood map (opens in a new tab)
County hazard ratings (FEMA)
Natural hazards, compared with other U.S. counties
- Travis County, TX: expected yearly losses rated very high for tornado, hail; expected yearly losses rated relatively high for inland flooding, heat wave, winter weather.
Other ratings for Travis County, TX
- EarthquakeRelatively Low
- WildfireRelatively Moderate
- HurricaneRelatively Moderate
- Williamson County, TX: expected yearly losses rated very high for winter weather; expected yearly losses rated relatively high for inland flooding, tornado, hail.
Other ratings for Williamson County, TX
- EarthquakeVery Low
- WildfireRelatively Moderate
- HurricaneRelatively Low
- Heat waveRelatively Moderate
- Hays County, TX: expected yearly losses rated relatively high for inland flooding, tornado, winter weather, hail.
Other ratings for Hays County, TX
- EarthquakeVery Low
- WildfireRelatively Moderate
- HurricaneRelatively Low
- Heat waveRelatively Moderate
- Bastrop County, TX: no hazard's expected yearly losses rated relatively high or very high.
Other ratings for Bastrop County, TX
- EarthquakeVery Low
- WildfireRelatively Low
- HurricaneRelatively Low
- Inland floodingRelatively Moderate
- Heat waveRelatively Moderate
- TornadoRelatively Moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively Moderate
- HailRelatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index December 2025: Expected Annual Loss rating of each hazard, by county (NRI December 2025): expected annual losses to buildings, people and agriculture; FEMA's social-vulnerability adjustments aren't included. This describes each county, not one home. Check an address on FEMA's flood map; in a high-risk flood zone, a federally backed loan requires flood insurance.
What's new in Austin
Rail openings, zoning changes and big projects from primary sources, newest first. News, not a price forecast.
- Zoning change
SB15 opens a qualifying small-lot subdivision pathway
On qualifying unplatted tracts of at least five acres, the state law limits municipal minimum lot size to 3,000 sq ft, or a smaller local minimum. Private deed restrictions and exclusions remain; ordinary backyard splits do not qualify.
Dallas Planning, SB15 information sheet (state small-lot law) (opens in a new tab) - Zoning change
SB840 allows housing on qualifying commercial sites
The state law opens eligible office, commercial, retail and warehouse zoning to multifamily or mixed-use housing and eases conversions. Industrial, airport and military exclusions apply; this does not upzone every detached-house lot.
El Paso Planning, SB840 information sheet (state mixed-use/multifamily law) (opens in a new tab) - Zoning change
HOME Phase 2 enables smaller single-home lots
Council adopted a 1,800 sq ft small-lot pathway; citywide applications began November 16, 2024. Each resulting small lot permits one home, not three.
Austin Development Services, HOME amendments and adopted ordinances (opens in a new tab) - Zoning change
HOME Phase 1 allows up to three homes
Council adopted the three-unit option for SF-1, SF-2 and SF-3 lots; applications began February 5, 2024. Site standards and private deed restrictions still apply.
Austin Development Services, HOME amendments and adopted ordinances (opens in a new tab)
Rules in Texas
From state law, standard contract forms and local custom. Research, not legal advice.
- ClosingRule
- A title company runs the closing and holds the money.
- Seller's disclosureRule
- Seller's Disclosure Notice (Texas Property Code §5.008) You may cancel within 7 days in some cases: notice delivered after the effective date; if never delivered, any time before closing.
- Closing taxesRule
- Texas and Austin charge no transfer or mortgage tax at closing in our research; recording fees still apply.
How buying works in Texas
- Who runs the closing
- A title company runs the closing and holds the money. Typical time from contract to keys: about 30 days.
- The contract
- Your signed offer becomes a binding contract once the seller accepts it.
Details
TREC One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), TREC No. 20-19
- Buyer agreement
- Written buyer representation agreement, or a showing-only non-representation agreement (14 days at most), signed before touring.
Details
Since 2026-01-01 an agent must sign a written agreement with a residential buyer before showing any home or, if nothing is shown, before presenting an offer (Occ. Code 1101.563).
Source: TREC: What changes in 2026 about buyer/tenant representation (Occ. Code §§1101.562–.563) (2026-01-07)
- Option period
- 7 days after the contract takes effect. You pay the seller a fee (typically $100–$500) for the unrestricted right to end the contract in that time.
Details
Negotiated; 5–10 days is common (sample 7). The fee goes to the escrow agent within 3 days, is credited to the price at closing, and is kept by the seller if the buyer terminates. Notice by 5 p.m. local time on the last day.
- Inspection
- About 7 days for inspections.
Details
Inspections happen inside the option period; there is no separate inspection contingency.
- Earnest money
- 1–2% of the price, due within 3 days, held by: Escrow agent (title company).
Details
TREC 20-19 ¶5A: within 3 days after the effective date, extended past weekends and Texas legal holidays. Typical % is a sample.
- Seller's disclosure
- Seller's Disclosure Notice (Texas Property Code §5.008) You may cancel within 7 days in some cases: notice delivered after the effective date; if never delivered, any time before closing.
Details
TREC 20-19 ¶7B; foreclosure, estate and new-home sales are exempt.
Source: TREC One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), TREC No. 20-19 (05-04-2026, mandatory 2026-07-01)
- Loan and appraisal
- Loan contingency: 21 days (set in the contract).
Details
Third Party Financing Addendum sets the Buyer Approval days (21 is a sample). A low appraisal is only an exit if the parties add TREC's Addendum Regarding Right to Terminate Due to Lender's Appraisal.
- Title insurance
- The seller customarily pays for the owner's policy. Texas sets title insurance rates.
Details
Texas Department of Insurance sets title premiums. The seller customarily pays the owner's policy; ¶6A lets the parties choose.
- Property tax for a new owner
- The seller's caps and exemptions end with the sale; your assessment starts over at market value. About 1.6% of the price a year is our planning figure for Austin; your bill can differ.
Details
Appraised at market value each January 1. The seller's homestead exemption and 10% cap don't transfer; the buyer files for a homestead for the next year (school exemption $140,000 since 2025).
Official 2025 rates at an Austin ISD address: Travis County 0.3758%, Central Health 0.1180%, Austin Community College 0.1034%, City of Austin 0.5240% (the 0.5740% rate put to voters in November 2025 failed), Austin ISD 0.9252%: 2.05% of value without a homestead. With a homestead ($140,000 for AISD; 20% off for the county, city and Central Health [medium]; 1% for ACC): 1.61% at $550,000, about 1.72% at $1.1M. Assumes you live there, file for the homestead (by April 30; it starts the next January 1, or right away if the seller had none) and the district appraises the home at the price. The bill for the year you buy still reflects the seller's exemptions. The school exemption is a fixed $140,000, so the rate rises with price. Several units adopted higher 2026 rates in September 2026.
- Agent credits to the buyer
- Texas allows an agent to credit part of their pay to the buyer, with the lender's approval.
Details
A license holder may rebate part of its fee to its own client (22 TAC 535.147(d)); the buyer's lender must know and may limit it.
Source: 22 Tex. Admin. Code §535.147(d): a license holder may rebate fees to the party it represents (retrieved 2026-09-27)
Some of these facts rest on secondary sources (a law firm, title company or reference site, not the law or the form itself): Option fee (Texas): typical fees and practice (secondary); Austin 2025 rates after the failed November 2025 tax rate election (City 0.524017; secondary).
Closing taxes
Texas and Austin charge no transfer or mortgage tax at closing in our research; recording fees still apply.
Sources (15)
- TREC One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), TREC No. 20-19 · 05-04-2026, mandatory 2026-07-01 (opens in a new tab)
- TREC: What changes in 2026 about buyer/tenant representation (Occ. Code §§1101.562–.563) · 2026-01-07 (opens in a new tab)
- 22 Tex. Admin. Code §535.147(d): a license holder may rebate fees to the party it represents · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- Tex. Gov't Code §662.003 national and state holidays · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- Option fee (Texas): typical fees and practice (secondary) · 2025-10-11 (opens in a new tab)
- Tex. Prop. Code §5.008(e)(10): no seller's disclosure notice for a new, never-occupied home · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- TREC Information About Brokerage Services (IABS 1-2, 11-03-2025; 22 TAC §531.20) · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Comptroller: 2025 tax rates and levies (county, city, school district and special district files) · tax year 2025, file dated 2026-01-28 (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Comptroller: residence homestead exemptions ($140,000 school exemption, Tax Code 11.13(b); local option up to 20%, at least $5,000, 11.13(n)) · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- Travis County, Tax Year 2025 taxpayer impact statement (20% homestead exemption) · tax year 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Austin Community College: FY25-26 tax rate and homestead exemption (1% or $5,000) · 2025-09-16 (opens in a new tab)
- Austin 2025 rates after the failed November 2025 tax rate election (City 0.524017; secondary) · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- NAIC Dwelling Fire, Homeowners Owner-Occupied, and Homeowners Tenant and Condominium/Cooperative Unit Owner's Insurance Report: Data for 2023 (Tables 4–5; Homiy cites a few derived state figures) · 2023 data, published July 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Census CHARS 2025: average contract price per sq ft of new contractor-built houses (excludes lot), by region · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- FHFA 2026 conforming loan limits, county file · 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Programs and deadlines
Official pages for Austin, the same for every buyer. Each program decides who qualifies.
- Down-payment help
- My First Texas Home (opens in a new tab) (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA))Down payment assistance and 30-year mortgages for first-time homebuyers and qualified veterans; My Choice Texas Home is open to buyers who aren't buying for the first time.Official page, checked 2026-09-28.Texas's housing finance agency runs it; the program decides who qualifies and for how much.
- Down-payment help in Austin
- Homebuyer Resources: Down Payment Loan Assistance (opens in a new tab) (City of Austin Housing)Income-eligible first-time homebuyers may qualify for down payment assistance after completing homebuyer education.Official page, checked 2026-09-28.
- Homestead exemption
- Property Tax Exemptions (opens in a new tab) (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)School districts must exempt $140,000 of a residence homestead's value, and any taxing unit may exempt up to 20% more; apply with the appraisal district in your county.Deadline: before May 1Official page, checked 2026-09-28.
- If you disagree with your assessment
- The Protest Process (opens in a new tab) (Travis Central Appraisal District)Protest online, by mail or in person; after filing you can meet informally with a TCAD appraiser.When: May 15, or 30 days after your notice is mailed, whichever is laterOfficial page, checked 2026-09-28.
- After you buy: alerts on your deed
- We found no county alert service for documents recorded on your home. Where we looked: Travis County Clerk recording pages (Real Property, Search + Copies of Records, FAQ) and the Travis Central Appraisal District's 2024 deed-fraud alert, which said the county doesn't offer one.Checked 2026-09-28.
Sample homes in Austin, each with its estimated monthly cost and the things to check. Found one somewhere else? Check it here.
Sources (37)
- FHFA House Price Index, five-digit ZIP codes, annual (developmental, all-transactions) · 2000–2025 (updated 2026-03-31) (opens in a new tab)
- FHFA House Price Index, purchase-only, not seasonally adjusted, quarterly: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (metro area 12420) · 2000 Q1–2026 Q2 (opens in a new tab)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (ZCTA), with 90% margins of error: population, median household income, median home value, median gross rent, median real estate taxes paid, median monthly owner costs with a mortgage, owner-occupied share and units, owner homes in buildings with 5+ units, median year built · ACS 2020–2024 (opens in a new tab)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (ZCTA): population and its margin of error, for the 5-year change and its significance test · ACS 2015–2019 (opens in a new tab)
- FHFA House Price Index, five-digit ZIP codes, annual (developmental, all-transactions) · 2025 (updated 2026-03-31) (opens in a new tab)
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, 2025 Gazetteer and cartographic boundaries (city ZIPs, centers, bounds) · 2020 ZCTAs; 2025 place boundaries (opens in a new tab)
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- U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: new privately-owned housing units authorized, by CBSA · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- FEMA National Risk Index December 2025: Expected Annual Loss rating of each hazard, by county · NRI December 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Small Area Fair Market Rents by ZIP code, FY2027 · FY2027 (from Oct 1, 2026) (opens in a new tab)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA API: NFIP Redacted Policies, version 3 (policies in force). This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s). · in force Jun 30, 2026; data refreshed 2026-07-27; accessed 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA API: NFIP Redacted Claims, version 3 (claims since 2000). This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s). · data refreshed 2026-08-04; accessed 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
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- FHFA House Price Index, purchase-only, not seasonally adjusted: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (metro area 12420) · 2026 Q2 (opens in a new tab)
- FHFA House Price Index, all-transactions, not seasonally adjusted: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (metro area 12420), calendar-year averages of the quarterly index · 2020–2025 (opens in a new tab)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, total nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted (series SMU48124200000000001) · Aug 2026 (preliminary) (opens in a new tab)
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- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FHA forward mortgage limits, one-unit limit for Travis County, TX · CY2026 (Mortgagee Letter 2025-23) (opens in a new tab)
- FTA National Transit Database, General Transit Feed Specification Weblinks: the public-domain GTFS feeds agencies must publish · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
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- 22 Tex. Admin. Code §535.147(d): a license holder may rebate fees to the party it represents · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- Tex. Gov't Code §662.003 national and state holidays · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- Option fee (Texas): typical fees and practice (secondary) · 2025-10-11 (opens in a new tab)
- Tex. Prop. Code §5.008(e)(10): no seller's disclosure notice for a new, never-occupied home · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- TREC Information About Brokerage Services (IABS 1-2, 11-03-2025; 22 TAC §531.20) · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Comptroller: 2025 tax rates and levies (county, city, school district and special district files) · tax year 2025, file dated 2026-01-28 (opens in a new tab)
- Texas Comptroller: residence homestead exemptions ($140,000 school exemption, Tax Code 11.13(b); local option up to 20%, at least $5,000, 11.13(n)) · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- Travis County, Tax Year 2025 taxpayer impact statement (20% homestead exemption) · tax year 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Austin Community College: FY25-26 tax rate and homestead exemption (1% or $5,000) · 2025-09-16 (opens in a new tab)
- Austin 2025 rates after the failed November 2025 tax rate election (City 0.524017; secondary) · retrieved 2026-09-27 (opens in a new tab)
- NAIC Dwelling Fire, Homeowners Owner-Occupied, and Homeowners Tenant and Condominium/Cooperative Unit Owner's Insurance Report: Data for 2023 (Tables 4–5; Homiy cites a few derived state figures) · 2023 data, published July 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Census CHARS 2025: average contract price per sq ft of new contractor-built houses (excludes lot), by region · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- FHFA 2026 conforming loan limits, county file · 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Freddie Mac average (Primary Mortgage Market Survey) · Sep 24, 2026 (opens in a new tab)