State of Austin stale listings
Every month we publish what our tracking engine sees across the metro: how long listings are sitting, who's cutting price, and where sellers are giving up. This is the ambient data behind every Motivation Score.
79.8%
of active listings are stale (60+ days)
145d
median days on market
66.6%
of active listings have cut price
152
delistings & expiries in the last 30 days
The staleness cycle, 30 months in
Austin's staleness peaked near 83% in September 2025 — the worst in the metro's recorded history — and has eased to 58% as overpriced inventory finally cleared. Still elevated: a year ago the share was 80%, and pre-2024 norms were under 45%.
Stale share of active listings
60+ days on market, % of actives
Median days on market
All property types, metro-wide
Share of listings with a price cut
At least one reduction since listing
Monthly delistings
Withdrawn or expired without selling
Where the signals cluster
High-motivation properties aren't evenly spread. Ranked by count of properties our engine currently scores 80+ (out of 100):
Average price cut among reduced listings this month: $62K off original list.
What this means if you're buying
The delisting wave is the story. Roughly 152owners took their home off the market in the last 30 days after averaging over 100 days of showings, cleanings, and price-cut conversations. Those owners still want to sell — they've just stopped believing the listing will do it. That's the moment direct outreach works, and the window is measured in weeks.
Meanwhile the cut cadence is accelerating in the suburbs: Pflugerville, Manor, and Kyle listings are reaching their second cut a full three weeks faster than central neighborhoods. Sellers there are pricing against new construction and losing.
A raw expired list gives you all of these owners in one undifferentiated pile — the divorced-and-motivated next to the stubborn-and-overpriced. The whole thesis of BridgeMarket is that the difference is legible in the data, before you spend money on the postcard.
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