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Central Texas home sales rose in September 2025, while prices dipped slightly. Inventory increased, indicating a gradual shift toward a buyer\u2019s market.<\/p>\n
Kevin Lenahan<\/p>\n
The housing market in Central Texas racked up the strongest sales growth of the year in September with home sales up, prices slightly down and growing inventory all pointing to a market gradually shifting toward favoring buyers. Once again<\/a>, the city of\u00a0Austin<\/a> stood out from the rest of the metro area with sales jumping nearly 17%.<\/p>\n The city’s pace eclipsed sales across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area, which saw sales increase a healthy 6.7% from September 2024 to 2,416, according to a new report from\u00a0Unlock MLS<\/a>. The median sales price slipped 1.8% to $420,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing in the market now is a healthy level of stability,\u201d said Vaike O\u2019Grady, a research advisor at Unlock\u00a0MLS. \u201cHomes may be taking a bit longer to sell, but they\u2019re still selling, and buyers are meeting sellers where they are. This consistency shows that the market is functioning as it should \u2014 steady, sustainable and well-positioned heading into the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n Months of inventory, the time it would take to sell all homes on the market at the current pace, increased from 5.1 months in August to 5.7 months in September, edging closer to the six-month mark that signals a balanced market. Pending sales increased 0.3% and the number of active listings grew 10% to 13,665, giving buyers more choices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n