A record share of home builders are slashing prices to boost sales. Here’s why it isn’t working.
Market Watch
Home builders are escalating discounts and cutting prices on newly built homes, but it hasn’t been enough, as demand among buyers remains weak. Even as a record share… Read more
Your guide to Texas' proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this November
KUT
Come November, Texas voters will decide 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution. Only lawmakers can place amendments on the ballot in Texas. Each proposal mu… Read more
Austin housing market shows stability with jump in sales, lower prices
Culture Map
After an August declaration that Austin was becoming a buyer's market, the latest Central Texas Housing Report studied September data and found the metro's highest gro… Read more
Austin is becoming a buyer's market, new real estate reports say
Culture Map
The latest Central Texas Housing Report from Unlock MLS and the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) has indicated Austin's real estate activity in August is portraying a "… Read more
What will the Fed’s minutes say about the path for interest rates?
Financial Times
Investors will be watching for the release on Wednesday of the Federal Reserve’s minutes from its September rate-setting meeting, which should offer insight into delib… Read more
$110M project supercharges Texas student housing after 20 years
MySA
The University of Texas at Austin is in the process of introducing its first new undergraduate dorm facility in roughly 20 years, amid heightened demand levels and a n… Read more