Hi y’all, welcome back to Selling Austin - your weekly local real estate recap.

Inside: Dirty Sixth Getting Cleaned Up? 🧹 + Don’t Be Boring 🥱 

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WHAT'S INSIDE

• 🔢 THE DATA

• 🤠 WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND TOWN

• ⁉️ WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

• 🤤 HOUSE WORTH DROOLING OVER

🔢 THE DATA

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As we enter in the spring season, inventory for sale and buyer activity increases.

If you’re a seller, increased inventory = increased competition. Here are a few traps to avoid:

• List price: this is the most important aspect of selling.

  • Listing your home at your dream price or what it might have been worth in 2021 is a mistake

  • The result will be a continuous slash of price that will lose you both time and money

  • Use comparable properties in your specific area when pricing. Homes on either side of a highway or major road will have completely different values

• Intentional renovation

  • You don’t need to gut your home

  • Research shows exterior + kitchen renovations see the highest sale ROI

• Don’t be boring

  • There are tons of new builds on the market - many of which have similar exteriors, floor plans and finishes

  • If you are selling your home, the old adage of all white is out. Your personality can come through in how your present your home (to a limit please don’t do this, I cannot help you)

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🤠 WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND TOWN

Dirty Sixth might get cleaned up?

Honestly - it has been years since i’ve ventured down dirty 6th, I no longer have the mental or emotional fortitude. But I vaguely recall what it’s like and the picture below is vivid enough.

Stream Realty Partners owns 30+ properties between I-35 and Congress. They’re planning to transition the corridor from “after dark” to an “18-hour” destination. They’ll add restaurants + retail.

Stream is considering rebranding to Old Sixth but that seems very lame (to me).

Will Dirty Sixth actually change? Curious to see what happens next 👀 

⁉️ WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

If you’re a buyer/seller/investor/renter or just interested in real estate - this weekly newsletter will help guide your decision making and help you better understand the market.

🤤 HOUSE WORTH DROOLING OVER

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