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What should a Shady Hollow owner know before listing this fall?

Quick answer

That buyers are paying close to asking, a balanced market for the neighborhood overall. The typical Shady Hollow sale came to $697,500 this past year against $715,500 the year before. Homes closed at 96.5% of original asking over the twelve months.

What we analyzed

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

89 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Southwest Austin. That count is every home we listed and closed in Southwest 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 Shady Hollow: 3.

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 Southwest Austin as a whole is doing is on the Southwest Austin, TX market report, and the town and ZIP code tables are on the 78739 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.

Did Shady Hollow prices fall this year?

Slightly. The median sale price came to $697,500 over the past twelve months against $715,500 the year before.

Price per square foot slipped a couple of dollars, to $288 from $290, with the typical house about the same size. So prices eased a little, and the mix of homes was not the cause.

Table 1. Shady Hollow sales in each period, from the MLS subdivision records for Shady Hollow in Southwest Austin. Each row stands on its own. A median is left out when a period has fewer than 5 sales. 5 Shady Hollow 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)$634,500$29231 days95.4%2,1881984
Same 90 days a year earlier (July 23, 2025 to October 20, 2025)4 (thin)n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Twelve months ending October 20, 202624$697,500$28827 days96.5%2,3941985
Prior twelve months (October 21, 2024 to October 20, 2025)28$715,500$29018 days98.1%2,3861987
What a square foot sold for in Shady Hollow, period by period Median price per square foot of Shady Hollow homes that sold in Southwest Austin; sales periods end October 20, 2026. Last 90 days $292 Last twelve months $288 Twelve months before that $290 Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026.
Figure 1. Shady Hollow sales by period. Last 90 days $292; Last twelve months $288; Twelve months before that $290. Sales periods end October 20, 2026; mix of homes not controlled. Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 21, 2026.

Is Shady Hollow a buyer’s market or a seller’s market?

Balanced, by my rule, on the twelve-month record for the neighborhood as a whole. Homes closed at 96.5% of their original asking price.

Only 5 homes were for sale on the analysis date, and 3 had cut. Every house here was built before 2000, so the buyer is weighing lot, trees and updates on homes from the same era.

Which Shady Hollow price ranges are moving?

The neighborhood is too small for a range-level read this year.

The 78739 view, with Circle C and Meridian beside it, is on What are buyers paying in 78739 for Circle C and Meridian homes? and Shady Hollow’s buyer often tours What are Circle C Ranch buyers paying for homes this fall?

Sell now, or wait?

A ready house can sell here this fall; a tired one will struggle.

Your situation

Shady Hollow is an older neighborhood with few listings and buyers paying close to asking. A buyer here is choosing among houses of the same age, and the condition gap decides it.

So the question for yours is how it compares with the few Shady Hollow listings, and with the newer Circle C homes the same buyer will see.

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

In Shady Hollow your house is compared with others its age and with newer Circle C homes nearby. See that comparison first. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:

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No obligation. The report for your part of Southwest Austin arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 89 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Southwest Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).

About Watters International Realty in Southwest 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. 89 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Southwest Austin (Unlock MLS, all time).

See the homes you’d be competing against

You get the Shady Hollow listings near your price, how yours compares, and a walkthrough before any pricing talk.

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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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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.