What are buyers paying for larger homes in Southland Oaks?
Quick answer
A little more per square foot than last year. Southland Oaks’ median fell over the past twelve months only because smaller homes sold, and sales closed at 96.8% of original asking, a balanced market for the neighborhood overall.
What we analyzed
- 6 homes sold in Southland Oaks in the 90 days ending October 20, 2026, 21 in the twelve months ending the same day
- 1 Southland Oaks homes for sale as of October 21, 2026, 1 of them below their original asking price
- 0.6 months of inventory in Southland Oaks on the twelve-month pace, against 5.2 for South Austin as a whole
Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026. Southland Oaks is the MLS subdivision name, with its recorded spellings counted as one.
207 homes sold by Watters International Realty in South Austin. That count is every home we listed and closed in South 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 Southland Oaks: 5.
How South Austin as a whole is doing is on the South Austin, TX market report, and the town and ZIP code tables are on the 78748 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 is the Southland Oaks median lower?
Smaller homes sold. The middle sale had 1,995 square feet this past year, against 2,514 the year before.
Price per square foot actually rose, to $253 from $246. For an owner of one of the larger houses, that is the number to watch, since the median here mostly tracks which houses happened to sell.
Table 1. Southland Oaks sales in each period, from the MLS subdivision records for Southland Oaks in South Austin. Each row stands on its own. A median is left out when a period has fewer than 5 sales. 1 Southland Oaks homes were for sale as of October 21, 2026. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Period | Sold | Median sale price | Price per square foot (median) | Median days on market | Share of original asking price | Median living area (square feet) | Median build year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 days ending October 20, 2026 | 6 (thin) | $611,234 | $265 | 54 days | 96.3% | 2,476 | 2000 |
| Same 90 days a year earlier (July 23, 2025 to October 20, 2025) | 3 (thin) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Twelve months ending October 20, 2026 | 21 | $542,000 | $253 | 25 days | 96.8% | 1,995 | 1999 |
| Prior twelve months (October 21, 2024 to October 20, 2025) | 14 | $632,500 | $246 | 15 days | 98.7% | 2,514 | 1998 |
How close to asking do Southland Oaks homes sell?
Close. Sales closed at 96.8% of original asking over the past twelve months, a balanced market for Southland Oaks overall, and your price point can read differently.
The typical home went under contract in 25 days this past year.
What is for sale in Southland Oaks now?
Almost nothing. Only 1 home is listed, and it has cut its price.
Most of this past year’s sales were houses built before 2000, with the rest from the early 2000s, and no builder lists here. With so little for sale, a well-kept house gets a buyer’s full attention.
Sell now, or wait?
Short supply works for a Southland Oaks seller who is ready.
- Sell now if your asking price is based on this year’s closed sales, not last year’s, using price per square foot over the median.
- Sell now if your house is ready, while buyers have almost nothing else to see.
- Wait if a larger house needs systems or roof work a buyer at this price would expect done.
- Wait if you would be pricing above the one listing that has already cut.
Your situation
Southland Oaks has larger houses and almost nothing for sale. Your house’s size and condition, priced by the foot from this year’s sales, set where it lands with a buyer who has few other choices.
Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat
With only one listing up in Southland Oaks, the recent sales near you are the real guide to where your house would land. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:
- The Southland Oaks sales and listings a buyer would compare with yours
- How your home’s size compares with this year’s sales
- What we look at during the walkthrough
No obligation. The report for your part of South Austin arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 207 homes sold by Watters International Realty in South Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).
About Watters International Realty in South 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. 207 homes sold by Watters International Realty in South Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).
See the homes you’d be competing against
You get the Southland Oaks sales a buyer would weigh against your home, how its size compares, 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.
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