The Austin income-needed indicator moved -5.74% year over year, which shifts the rent-vs-buy line — rates, taxes, insurance, and HOA costs then decide it for your budget. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 27.5. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $270,219 in 78725 to $1,315,141 in 78703 — a factor of 4.9. 14 of 42 tracked ZIPs (33%) show the current cooling flag.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 27.5.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $270,219 in 78725 to $1,315,141 in 78703 — a factor of 4.9.
- 14 of 42 tracked ZIPs (33%) show the current cooling flag.
- The median tracked ZIP records about 32 pending homes per 100 new listings.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 42
- Median ZIP home value
- $559,762
- Median ZIP rent
- $1,698
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 27.5.
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $270,219 in 78725 to $1,315,141 in 78703 — a factor of 4.9.
- cooling share
- 14 of 42 tracked ZIPs (33%) show the current cooling flag.
Austin price-to-rent context
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 27.5.
The income-needed indicator changed -5.74% year over year.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules
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