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How long does a Davis Spring home take to sell?

Quick answer

About 54 days to a contract for the typical sale over the past twelve months, against 18 the year before. Davis Spring closed as a balanced market for the neighborhood overall, at 94.4% of original asking, and three of its four listings today have cut.

What we analyzed

Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026. Davis Spring is the MLS subdivision name, with its recorded spellings counted as one.

134 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Northwest Austin. That count is every home we listed and closed in Northwest Austin, and it doesn’t include a single buyer we’ve represented. Everything on this page comes from the same MLS record we used to price those homes.

Homes I’ve sold in Davis Spring: 4.

Already have a rough idea of your price range? Skip down to see whether these numbers fit your home, or plug in your address for a closer look.

How Northwest Austin as a whole is doing is on the Northwest Austin, TX market report, and the town and ZIP code tables are on the 78717 housing market report.

Last updated October 21, 2026. Sales data covers the 90 days ending October 20, 2026 and the twelve months ending the same day (Unlock MLS via MLS Grid); listing inventory as of October 21, 2026.

Why are Davis Spring homes taking longer to sell?

Mostly because more of them came to market and buyers had choices. Davis Spring closed 21 homes this past year against 9 the year before. The typical one needed 54 days to reach a contract.

The homes that sold were a little bigger, and each foot brought less, $228 against $251.

So the median rose to $690,000 from $669,000 while value per foot fell.

Table 1. Davis Spring sales in each period, from the MLS subdivision records for Davis Spring in Northwest Austin. Each row stands on its own. A median is left out when a period has fewer than 5 sales. 4 Davis Spring homes were for sale as of October 21, 2026. Source: Unlock MLS.

PeriodSoldMedian sale pricePrice per square foot (median)Median days on marketShare of original asking priceMedian living area (square feet)Median build year
90 days ending October 20, 20266 (thin)$671,062$23462 days92.4%2,8341996
Same 90 days a year earlier (July 23, 2025 to October 20, 2025)5 (thin)$620,000$21418 days95.1%2,9921996
Twelve months ending October 20, 202621$690,000$22854 days94.4%3,0131998
Prior twelve months (October 21, 2024 to October 20, 2025)9 (thin)$669,000$25118 days95.5%2,9541997
What a square foot sold for in Davis Spring, period by period Median price per square foot of Davis Spring homes that sold in Northwest Austin; sales periods end October 20, 2026. Last 90 days $234 Same 90 days a year earlier $214 Last twelve months $228 Twelve months before that $251 Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026.
Figure 1. Davis Spring sales by period. Last 90 days $234; Same 90 days a year earlier $214; Last twelve months $228; Twelve months before that $251. Sales periods end October 20, 2026; mix of homes not controlled. Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026.

Is Davis Spring a buyer’s market?

Balanced for the neighborhood as a whole over the past year, at 94.4% of original asking, near the bottom of the range my rule calls balanced.

The listings are where the strain shows. Three of the four homes for sale have cut, and the typical one has been on the market a long time. A buyer here has time to compare.

What is a Davis Spring seller competing with?

Overall, your competition is the rest of Davis Spring and the Avery Ranch homes next door, built in the same years and often in the same price range. The wider 78717 picture is on Is 78717 a buyer’s or seller’s market for Avery Ranch owners?, and Avery Ranch has its own page, Why are so many Avery Ranch sellers cutting their price?

Your situation

Davis Spring sold more homes this year but slower, with bigger houses at a lower price per foot and most listings cut. Buyers here are taking their time.

For your house the question is how to be the one a buyer chooses first, against the Davis Spring and Avery Ranch listings in the same range.

Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat

Davis Spring listings are taking longer and most have cut, and the neighborhood figures cannot show how yours would stand out. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:

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No obligation. The report for your part of Northwest Austin arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 134 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Northwest Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).

About Watters International Realty in Northwest Austin

Watters International Realty is a Texas real estate brokerage, and I am its broker of record. This page is based on Unlock MLS data analyzed on October 21, 2026. 134 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Northwest Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).

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Chris Watters, Broker, Watters International Realty. Texas Real Estate Commission license #567369. Broker of record for a Texas brokerage serving the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Killeen-Temple-Waco metros.