Should you sell your East Austin home this fall or wait?
Quick answer
For most East Austin homes, waiting has not paid. Buyers kept buying this past year while the typical price slipped, so a seller who waits is betting on a turn the record does not show. If your home is ready and your price comes from this year’s sales, listing now puts you in front of the buyers who are already looking.
Public-record median: $607,500 for East Austin sales recorded in the MLS, 90 days ending October 20, 2026. The public record understates this market. The sales that would pull this number up trade privately and never reach the MLS, and in 78702 a lot alone rarely changes hands under a million dollars.
What we analyzed
- 200 homes sold in East Austin in the 90 days ending October 20, 2026
- 453 homes for sale in East Austin as of October 21, 2026, 82 of them builder listings
- 6.8 months of inventory in East Austin, against 5.9 in the Austin metro
- East Austin closings for the twelve months ending October 20, 2026, against the twelve months before
- Homes under contract and pending in East Austin as of October 21, 2026
Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026.
Selling above $1M? Part of this market never goes online
The figures on this page describe the public side of this market, the sales that were listed in the MLS. Above $1M in the Austin area, a large share of sales are never listed there and never appear online.
Those sales trade on a broker-to-broker private network, and I am a participating broker. Only the agents and brokers who do most of the business at this price point use it, and a surprising number of agents do not know it exists because they do not sell in this range. It covers homes, lots, ranches and condos priced over $1M, and much of it is waterfront or in the Austin core, West Austin, Westlake and Rollingwood, where prices run past $1.5M.
Sellers and their brokers use it for privacy: no public photos or floor plans, and no showings to buyers who have not been qualified.
Contact me for off-market private luxury listings you will never see online
70 East Austin homeowners have trusted my real estate team to sell their home in the MLS, and that count 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.
What these numbers mean if you are selling is on the East Austin, TX market report, and every number on this page is also broken out ZIP by ZIP on the scoreboard pages for 78702, 78721, 78722, 78723.
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.
Did waiting a year help East Austin sellers?
On price, no. The typical East Austin home sold for $585,000 this past year, against $604,000 the year before.
The drop is real per square foot as well, $394 this past year against $404 the year before, which rules out a simple shift toward smaller homes. The chart below sets this year beside last.
What does a buyer’s market mean for your timing here?
It means the first price carries more weight than the calendar. East Austin closed at 94.0% of original asking over the last three months, a buyer’s market for the area overall, though your own price range may read differently.
Buyers here have choices. There are 6.8 months of supply, and most of the competing listings have already come down from where they started, so a home that opens too high joins the crowd waiting for a second look.
Sales volume held up, too. The last three months produced 200 sales, against 202 in the same months a year ago.
Does your price range change the answer?
It can change it completely. East Austin is a buyer’s market overall, and yet one price range in the middle of the market ran as a seller’s market for that range over the last three months.
Homes that started in the high $500,000s sold for 97.2% of original asking. The range just under half a million closed at 90.4%, so two homes a short drive apart can face very different buyers.
The higher ranges mostly sat in between, with buyers paying close to asking without bidding over it. Each ZIP scoreboard below carries its own range table, so start with the one for your address.
Above $1M the public numbers only show part of the market, because many of those sales never reach the MLS.
What do the homes under contract say about this fall?
They say buyers are still writing contracts. As of this week, 45 East Austin homes were under contract with showings still allowed, and another 23 were pending.
New listings keep arriving as well, which is why a seller’s best move is to be priced right on the day a buyer first sees the home. Nothing in these counts tells me where prices go next, and I would not trust anyone who claims they do.
How do I give an East Austin listing its best first week?
By putting it in front of buyers before it goes public. During the coming-soon stage I market the home to my buyer network, which includes 4,000 cash buyers in my black book, a count that leaves out buyers using traditional financing, and more than 100,000 buyers in my team’s database. You see every option that comes in and you choose.
Then the price has to hold up on day one. That means an asking price based on this year’s closed sales, not last year’s, and a home that is move-in ready when the first buyer walks in.
Sell now, or wait?
The area numbers lean one way, and your own house settles it. Run your address for the homes a buyer would see next to yours.
- Sell now if your home shows well today and your price is built from this year’s sales.
- Sell now if your range is one where homes closed near full asking over the last three months.
- Wait if the house needs repairs an inspector is sure to find, and handle those first.
- Wait if you need last year’s price to make the move work, because this year’s buyers have not been paying it.
Who you would be up against is on Which homes is your East Austin buyer touring besides yours?, why so many listings stall is on Why aren’t more homes selling in East Austin, and what helps?, and value is on What is your East Austin home worth when a new build is nearby?
Each ZIP code has its own scoreboard: 78702, 78721, 78722 and 78723. The whole area is on What should you know before selling your home in East Austin?
Your situation
Whether now is your time turns more on your price range, the condition of the house and how many similar listings a buyer can tour the same weekend than on the season. Those are specific to your address.
Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat
If you are weighing a listing this fall against waiting for spring, the homes for sale around you are the clearest guide. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:
- The East Austin listings a buyer would compare with yours this month
- How your price range has been selling against original asking
- What we check when we walk through your home
No obligation. The report for your part of East Austin arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 70 homes sold by Watters International Realty in East Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).
About Watters International Realty in East 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. 70 homes sold by Watters International Realty in East Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).
See the homes you’d be competing against
You get the listings a buyer would weigh against yours, how your range has been selling, and a walkthrough before we talk timing or price.
Contact me for off-market private luxury listings you will never see online.
No obligation. The report arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome.
More for East Austin sellers
- What should you know before selling your home in East Austin?
- Do buyers or sellers have the upper hand in 78702 right now?
- Is 78721 a buyer’s market or a seller’s market for your home?
- How much room do buyers have to negotiate on a home in 78722?
- How is 78723 treating sellers in Mueller and Windsor Park?
- Which homes is your East Austin buyer touring besides yours?
- Why aren’t more homes selling in East Austin, and what helps?
- What is your East Austin home worth when a new build is nearby?
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