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Signs Show Austin
Home Prices Cooling
By Shonda Novak
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
In September, Central Texas home sales fell for the 15th consecutive month as the Austin area continued to feel the effects of the national real estate slowdown, tighter lending standards and heightened uncertainty about the economy. But the median price of $182,600 was unchanged from last September, ending an almost four-year streak of increases, the Austin Board of Realtors said.
Local real estate experts said it was a sign that prices will begin to fall, which could bring more buyers into the market.
Some observers say prices could drop as much as 10 percent within the next year as a near-record supply of homes for sale, anticipated rising mortgage rates and aggressive incentives by new-home builders pressure sellers to cut their prices.
Nationally, the median home price is down almost 10 percent this year. But Austin area prices have held up despite sales declines across all price ranges.
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