Home Prices Still Dropping in Round Rock? 2026

Are Home Prices Still Dropping in Round Rock? Here's What Sellers Need to Know

If you're thinking about selling in Round Rock, Austin, Pflugerville, Leander, or Cedar Park, you've probably asked yourself the same question a lot of sellers are asking right now: are home prices still dropping, and should I wait for them to go back up?

Here's the honest answer, using real numbers, not guesses.

Yes, prices are still down from the 2022 peak.

Round Rock's median sale price sits around $370,000 right now. That's down about 6% from this time last year. Austin's median is close to $542,000, down just over 2% year over year. Across the metro, homes are still selling about 20 to 25% below the highs we saw back in 2022.

But the drop is slowing down.

This is the part most sellers miss. A year ago, prices were falling fast. Now the pace has slowed a lot. Homes in Round Rock are taking about 59 days to sell, and homes in Austin about 48 days, with buyers still making around 2 offers on average. Pending sales jumped more than 15% this spring. That's buyers coming back into the market, and it's usually one of the first signs that prices are close to leveling out.

So when will prices go back up?

Most housing forecasts point to a bottom forming sometime in late 2026 or early 2027, followed by slow, steady growth of maybe 2 to 4% a year after that. Nobody, including me, can give you an exact date. Markets don't work that way. What we do know is that the sharp drops of the past couple years are behind us, and buyers are already stepping back in.

Here's what that means if you're selling.

If you're waiting for prices to shoot back up before you list, you could be waiting years for a jump that may never come that fast. Meanwhile, your home sits, buyers keep negotiating, and you carry the cost of waiting. The sellers doing well right now are the ones pricing based on today's real market, not last year's number or a hope for next year.

I'm both your Realtor and your loan officer, so I can walk you through pricing your home right and help your buyer get financed, all from one person you trust. No handoff, no guessing games.

If you're ready to talk about what your home is worth today, text me "PRICE" and let's go through the real numbers together.

Ai Tran, Realtor and Loan Officer Round Rock, TX 512-300-8611 https://www.AiTTran.com