The 2.875% Question: When to Rent Out Your Austin Home Instead of Selling

The cheapest mortgage you'll ever have is the one you already locked in three years ago. A lot of Austin homeowners are quietly walking away from theirs because nobody ran the math out loud for them. If your rate starts with a 2 or a 3, selling your home this year might be the most expensive decisio

Austin Home Buyers: The Home Inspection Report Is Not Your Repair To-Do List

Common scenario: A buyer texts after seeing 42 highlighted items from an inspection report and asks what we should put in our amendment to the seller. Spoiler alert: the answer isn't 42 repairs. The inspection report is one of the most misunderstood documents in a real estate transaction. Buyers tre

Relocating to Austin from Out of State: How to Vet a Local Real Estate Advisor (2026 Guide)

The Short Answer If you are relocating to the Austin metro from out of state, the right real estate advisor is one who specializes in relocation buyers, knows the full Austin market (not just one suburb), can negotiate new construction contracts with national builders, understands corporate relocati

Is It Cheaper to Buy New Construction or an Existing Home in Austin Right Now?

The short answer: in many parts of the Austin metro, new construction is genuinely competitive — sometimes even cheaper — than comparable resale homes. But the gap depends heavily on where you're looking, and "cheaper" doesn't always mean better value. A few years ago this would have been a strange