Austin-Round Rock home sales up 3.7 percent

AUSTIN – While single-family home sales declined in Austin proper, sales across the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) increased for the second month in a row.

According to a report from the Austin Board of Realtors, city home sales declined 3.3 percent to 653 sales in November. During the same time frame, Austin-Round Rock MSA sales increased 3.7 percent year over year to 2,196. 

At the county level, Williamson County home sales jumped 10.2 percent to 778. Hays County sales were up 14.3 percent to 280. Travis County sales fell 1.3 percent to 1,032.