What does the public record show about Zilker home sales?
Quick answer
Only a sliver of the market. The MLS recorded few Zilker sales over the past twelve months, mostly smaller homes and condos, and those closed a little below original asking, a balanced market for Zilker overall on that small record.
Public-record median: $899,500 for Zilker sales recorded in the MLS, twelve months ending October 20, 2026. The public record understates Zilker. Some of the sales that would pull this number up trade privately and never reach the MLS, and a lot alone here rarely changes hands under a million dollars.
What the public record shows: these are the sales recorded in the MLS for Zilker, not every sale in the neighborhood.
What we analyzed
- 12 Zilker homes recorded in the MLS in the twelve months ending October 20, 2026, the public record only
- 3 Zilker homes for sale as of October 21, 2026, 2 of them below their original asking price
- 3.0 months of inventory in Zilker on the twelve-month pace, against 5.2 for South Austin as a whole
Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026. Zilker is the MLS subdivision name, with its recorded spellings counted as one.
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.
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207 homes sold by Watters International Realty in South Austin in the MLS. 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.
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 78704 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.
How many Zilker homes sold on the public record?
Few. The MLS shows 12 this past year across the Zilker sections it records, against 8 the year before.
Part of that is condos in buildings such as Zilker Park Residences, and part is houses that sold privately and never went on the MLS at all.
Table 1. Zilker sales in each period, from the MLS subdivision records for Zilker in South Austin (public-record counts). Each row stands on its own. A median is left out when a period has fewer than 5 sales. Figures describe the public (MLS) side only. 3 Zilker homes were for sale as of October 21, 2026. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Period | Sold | Public-record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve months ending October 20, 2026 | 12 | $899,500 | $622 | 55 days | 94.7% | 1,242 | 2014 |
| Prior twelve months (October 21, 2024 to October 20, 2025) | 8 (thin) | $1,390,000 | $589 | 34 days | 94.7% | 2,045 | 2016 |
What did Zilker buyers pay?
The public-record median was $899,500 this past year. The middle sale was small, at 1,242 square feet, which says more about the mix of condos and houses than about any one home.
Sales closed at 94.7% of original asking, a balanced market for Zilker overall on this record, and a house on a Zilker street can read quite differently from a condo near the park.
What is for sale in Zilker now?
Three homes are listed publicly, and one of them comes from an infill builder, Aus-San Construction.
Table 2. Builders with new homes in Zilker, as of October 21, 2026: 1 new-build listings for sale. Builder names come from the MLS record and our builder inventory; presence only. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Builder | New homes for sale |
|---|---|
| Aus-san Construction | 1 |
With a record this short, I would not read price per square foot or days on market as a Zilker benchmark. The listings around your address tell you more.
Sell now, or wait?
In Zilker the few comparable sales, public and private, set the price.
- Sell now if your asking price is based on this year’s closed sales, not last year’s, and the house is ready.
- Sell now if you would rather sell quietly, without public photos.
- Wait if repairs a buyer would expect done are still on your list.
- Wait if you are pricing a house from condo sales, or a condo from house sales.
Your situation
Zilker has very few public sales, and condos and houses sit side by side in that small record. What your home is, and what has traded privately near it, matters more than any Zilker median.
Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat
Zilker’s public record is too thin to price a home from, and the listings and private sales around yours fill in the rest. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:
- The Zilker listings a buyer would see alongside yours
- Whether your home prices with the condos or the houses nearby
- 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 Zilker listings a buyer would weigh against yours, which group your home prices with, and a walkthrough before we talk price.
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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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