I’m going to review some of the important housing statistics for the Austin real estate market for February 2021. 

Before I get into the stats there are a couple things I want to talk about. Because real estate prices have been appreciating rapidly when I talk with sellers some will often make statements starting with “The market is so hot that XYXZ.”

"The market is so hot I can sell off market."

"The market is so hot presentation doesn’t matter."

"The market is so hot the Broker I hire doesn’t matter."

It’s as if there has been some government executive order that says you can only sell your home for $600,000 no matter what you do.

In reality, we are seeing sellers sell off market telling me they sold for $50,000 above the…

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If you own a home you probably have looked at some type of online home value estimate. Even I like to look at mine as a curiosity to see how far off they are from reality.

I’m the type of person who orders the exact same meal every time from restaurants so I own 2 of the EXACT same houses right around the corner from each other.

Here are the online home estimates I received on the same day for the 2 homes. These homes are exactly the same with a $36,000 difference is estimated value. How can this happen? I have no idea. The homes are the same size, same finishes, same builder, same floor plan, same schools with the same neighborhood amenities.

        

I can’t explain the $36,000 difference with these homes. In general, we don’t…

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