AUSTIN, Texas - April 20, 2017 - Single-family home sales declined across the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and increased in the city of Austin in March, according to the March 2017 Central Texas Housing Market Report released today by the  Austin Board of REALTORS®. Analyzing a growing disparity in market conditions among housing price classes, the report underscored the need for policies that create additional housing capacity to meet the market demand and a broader range of housing types throughout the region.

Brandy Guthrie, 2017 President of the Austin Board of REALTORS® commented, "Growing disparities in housing market conditions at all levels of pricing represent an urgent and immediate need to fill the 'missing middle' in the region's housing stock. The City of Austin's CodeNEXT Zoning Comparison released earlier this week has given us a more tangible view of that need and confirmed the Austin Board of REALTORS® concerns about the draft land development code. Our newly adopted Strategic Housing Blueprint calls for the equitable disbursement of affordability throughout the city and we'll need more substantive change than what's been proposed to get there."

In March 2017, single-family home sales in the Austin-Round Rock MSA declined 1.4 percent year-over-year to 2,509 home sales. During the same time frame, median price for single-family homes increased 5.6 percent to $295,767, and housing inventory increased 0.2 months to 2.4 months of inventory.

Within the city of Austin, single-family home sales increased 1.2 percent year-over-year to 780 home sales in March 2017. The median price for single-family homes jumped 12.6 percent from March 2016 to $371,606, and housing inventory increased 0.1 months to 1.8 months of inventory.