Market Intel
Austin’s most established neighborhoods, from Hyde Park to Clarksville: current inventory, pricing and what you’re really paying for.
Figures from active MLS listings in Central Austin, updated daily.
As of , there are 772 active listings in Central Austin. The median list price is $625,000 (average $986,152), ranging from $139,000 to $18,999,000, at a median of $498 per square foot.
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Based on active MLS listings via IDX, updated daily. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Central Austin is where the city’s original story still lives. The Capitol, UT, Hyde Park, Clarksville, Brentwood: these aren’t just neighborhoods, they’re the neighborhoods. The ones people meant when Austin was still a city you could afford to move to on a teacher’s salary, back when the argument was whether to go to Trudy’s or Kerbey Lane.
It’s denser than it used to be, and more expensive than almost anywhere else in the metro. But the bones are real. The lots are big, the trees are older than the houses in some cases, and the walkability score actually means something here. You can get to a coffee shop, a park, a bar, and a grocery store without starting your car. In Austin, that’s not a given.
Buyers come to Central for the location and stay for the permanence. These are established streets with established character. What you’re paying for isn’t just proximity to downtown, it’s the version of Austin that people were trying to preserve when everything started changing.
Whether you’re buying, selling or just watching the market, Laura can walk you through what these numbers mean for you, and what the listings don’t tell you.
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