What is the Northeast Austin market really like for sellers?
Quick answer
Balanced, for the area as a whole. Northeast Austin homes sold for 95.1% of their original asking price over the last three months, closer to asking than the metro, and the typical sale went under contract in 41 days. Your own price range can tip it either way.
What we analyzed
- 106 homes sold in Northeast Austin in the 90 days ending October 20, 2026
- 249 homes for sale in Northeast Austin as of October 21, 2026, 65 of them builder listings
- 7.0 months of inventory in Northeast Austin, against 5.9 in the Austin metro
- Northeast Austin closings for the twelve months ending October 20, 2026, against the twelve months before
- Builder and resale listings in Northeast Austin as of October 21, 2026
Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026.
90 Northeast Austin homeowners have trusted my real estate team to sell their home, 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.
Every number on this page is also broken out ZIP by ZIP on the scoreboard pages for 78724, 78725, 78754.
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.
Is Northeast Austin a buyer’s market or a seller’s market?
Neither side has the upper hand right now. Buyers paid 95.1% of the first asking price on the typical Northeast Austin sale over the last three months, which sits in the balanced range by my rule for the area overall.
Supply tells a looser story at 7.0 months, more than the metro carries. Sellers here held their prices better than that supply would suggest, mostly because the homes that sold were priced well from the start. The chart that follows shows how supply splits across the three ZIP codes.
How do 78724, 78725 and 78754 differ?
Each one has its own character. ZIP 78724, out past Johnny Morris Road toward Meadows at Trinity Crossing, closed at 96.1% of original asking, and D.R. Horton is the main builder listing there. Its scoreboard is the 78724 page.
ZIP 78725 is Austin’s Colony country, east toward the Colorado River, and it has the lowest prices in the area with a typical sale of $289,500. Builders barely show up there. See the 78725 page.
ZIP 78754 runs along the Pioneer Crossing West side up toward Parmer Lane, and it is the one corner that slipped into buyer’s market territory, at 93.6% of original asking for that ZIP overall. Its numbers are on the 78754 page.
How many builders are selling in Northeast Austin?
A moderate number. Builders hold 65 of the 249 homes for sale, about a quarter of the market, under seven names on the MLS record.
Century Communities and Trophy Signature Homes lead, both in 78754, with D.R. Horton in 78724 and Starlight Homes in 78725. New builds made up only a small slice of what sold over the last three months, so most Northeast Austin sellers are still up against other resales. The full builder picture is on What is your Northeast Austin home up against on the market?
What changed for Northeast Austin sellers over the past year?
Buyers paid a little less for each house. The typical home sold for $335,500 over the past twelve months, against $348,450 the year before.
The per-foot numbers moved the same way, $187 against $197, so this is a real step down in value, not just a different mix of homes.
Sales went the other way, with 444 closings against 432. More buyers are coming out of the woodwork in Northeast Austin, and they are not paying last year’s prices to get in.
What trips up Northeast Austin sellers most often?
Listing at a number the market has already moved past. More than half of the homes for sale right now have cut their asking price at least once.
The sales split into two groups, too. A large share went under contract inside a month, while a smaller group waited more than three months, and the difference was almost always the first price. The reasons listings fail here are on What keeps a Northeast Austin home from selling? and what a home is worth today is on What will a buyer pay for your Northeast Austin home?
Does this report fit your house?
It covers three ZIP codes with very different homes, so your house may not look like the middle of it. Check your address and you will see the listings a buyer would line up next to yours.
- Good fit for a resale built in the 2000s or 2010s and priced in the low to mid $300,000s.
- Weaker fit for an Austin’s Colony home, which trades well below the area’s typical price.
- Weaker fit for a home near a builder’s model in 78754 or 78724.
- Weaker fit for a house that is move-in ready and asks a price based on this year’s closed sales, not last year’s.
For timing, read Should you list your Northeast Austin home now or hold off? For competition, read What is your Northeast Austin home up against on the market?
Your situation
Northeast Austin buyers bought more homes this year at a slightly lower price, and they are picky about which ones. Whether yours is one they choose depends on your street, your condition and the first number on the listing.
Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat
If you are not sure whether your home competes with the new builds off Parmer, the resales in Austin’s Colony or something in between, your address will sort it out. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:
- The Northeast Austin listings a buyer would compare with yours
- How your corner of Northeast Austin has sold against the area as a whole
- What we look at when we walk through your home
No obligation. The report for your part of Northeast Austin arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 90 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Northeast Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).
Why are Northeast Austin buyers so careful right now?
Chris Watters’s position, stated September 9, 2026. Watters International Realty does not forecast prices; the figures on this page are one period’s measurements.
There is pent-up demand in the market. Tons of buyers on the sidelines not purchasing. This is because there is a lack of alignment between the sellers’ personal wants and what a buyer can afford. Affordability has been severely impacted because of interest rates. Interest rates and home prices move in opposite directions in most instances. However, unlike Wall Street, the market is not that fluid. But in reality, it should be.
In Northeast Austin that shows up as buyers who will pay close to asking for the right house and walk past the rest. Only 106 homes sold here over the last three months, so every listing is competing for a small group of serious buyers.
About Watters International Realty in Northeast 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: closings, active listings and builder listings for Northeast Austin and ZIP codes 78724, 78725 and 78754, read against the Austin metro. Builders appear by name and MLS listing count only.
See the homes you’d be competing against
You get the listings a buyer would compare with yours, how your corner of Northeast Austin has been selling, and a walkthrough before we talk price.
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 Northeast Austin sellers
- Is 78724 a buyer’s or seller’s market near Trinity Crossing?
- Is 78725 a buyer’s or seller’s market around Austin’s Colony?
- How is 78754 treating sellers near Pioneer Crossing West?
- Should you list your Northeast Austin home now or hold off?
- What is your Northeast Austin home up against on the market?
- What keeps a Northeast Austin home from selling?
- What will a buyer pay for your Northeast Austin home?
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