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Sprout Realty  ·  ERA Affiliated  ·  Austin, Texas

Find your place
in Austin.

An Austin brokerage built across four Texas markets. We know the streets, not just the ZIP codes — and we stay with you from the first showing to the closing table.

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01  /  On the market

Homes we’d show a friend.

Our own listings, open to everyone. Searching the full Unlock MLS inventory takes a free account — that is the condition the MLS attaches to the data, not a catch.

10723 River Plantation DR, Austin, TXActive
$699,900Single Family Residence

10723 River Plantation DR

Onion Creek Add · Austin, TX · 78747

Beds
4
Baths
3
Sq ft
2,562
Lot
0.203 ac

Listed by Sprout Realty · Unlock MLS

5403 Joe Sayers Ave, Austin, TXActive
$739,000Condominium

5403 Joe Sayers Ave

5403 Joe Sayers Twnhms · Austin, TX · 78756

Beds
3
Baths
3
Sq ft
1,804

Listed by Sprout Realty · Unlock MLS

808 Dale DR, San Marcos, TXActive
$439,990Single Family Residence

808 Dale DR

Z Williamson #3 · San Marcos, TX · 78666

Beds
4
Baths
3
Sq ft
2,694
Lot
0.367 ac

Listed by Sprout Realty · Unlock MLS

1104 Gravel ST, San Marcos, TXActive
$450,000Single Family Residence

1104 Gravel ST

Document No. 26009442 · San Marcos, TX · 78666

Beds
3
Baths
2
Sq ft
1,476
Lot
0.22 ac

Listed by Sprout Realty · Unlock MLS

2220 Leon ST, Austin, TXActive
$300,000Condominium

2220 Leon ST

2220 Leon Condo Amd · Austin, TX · 78705

Beds
2
Baths
2
Sq ft
862
Lot
0.023 ac

Listed by Sprout Realty · Unlock MLS

524 Barbary Coast CV, Jarrell, TXActive
$304,990Single Family Residence

524 Barbary Coast CV

Cool Water · Jarrell, TX · 76537

Beds
3
Baths
3
Sq ft
2,552
Lot
0.2882 ac

Listed by Sprout Realty · Unlock MLS

Listing information is provided by Unlock MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Illustrative properties shown pending MLS feed activation.

02  /  The city

Why people come here and why they stay.

People move here for work and stay for the water, the greenbelt and a city that still has room in it. Here is what that actually looks like on paper.

The water

Lady Bird Lake through the middle of downtown, Lake Austin above it, and Barton Springs at 68 degrees every day of the year.

The work

A tech corridor that runs from the Domain to Southwest Parkway, plus the Capitol, UT and a medical school.

The room

Four counties of it. You can be on acreage in thirty minutes or in a tower in ten.

No state income tax
Texas

Funded through property tax instead — which is why the district you buy in matters as much as the house.

Metro population
2.5M

Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos MSA

U.S. Census Bureau · 2025-07
Miles of greenbelt trail
300+

Barton Creek, Lady Bird Lake and the Violet Crown

City of Austin Parks · 2026-01
Major employers within 20 mi
12

Tesla, Oracle, Apple, Samsung, Dell and others

Opportunity Austin · 2026-01

The portals template these. We report them.

01

Downtown

High-rise condos and the shortest commute in the city. Almost entirely attached product, so HOA structure matters more here than lot size.

Typical home value
$660,440
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Homes for sale
239
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Read Downtown →
02

The Domain

North Austin's second downtown. Mixed-use density built around the tech corridor, with newer construction than almost anywhere else in the city.

Typical home value
$512,816
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Homes for sale
143
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Median days to pending
58 days
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Read The Domain →
03

West Austin

Hills, larger lots and the top of the market. Eanes ISD boundaries drive a meaningful share of the price difference against comparable square footage elsewhere.

Typical home value
$1,409,384
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Homes for sale
117
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Read West Austin →
04

East Austin

The most varied housing stock in the city — 1930s bungalows next to new infill, often on the same block. Two homes at the same price can underwrite nothing alike.

Typical home value
$518,157
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Homes for sale
130
Zillow Research · 2026-07
Read East Austin →
01  /  The journey

A portal shows you a house. We get you through the whole thing.

Every stage, what is actually required at each one, and who handles it. This is the part the big sites leave you to figure out alone.

1 day

Work out what you can actually carry

Not what a calculator says you qualify for — what you want to pay every month for thirty years. Those are different numbers and only one of them matters.

What you need
  • Two years of tax returns or W-2s
  • Two months of bank statements
  • A monthly payment you are comfortable with

All stages

01. Before you look — Work out what you can actually carry

Not what a calculator says you qualify for — what you want to pay every month for thirty years. Those are different numbers and only one of them matters.

  • Two years of tax returns or W-2s
  • Two months of bank statements
  • A monthly payment you are comfortable with

02. Pre-approval — Get a real pre-approval, not a pre-qualification

A pre-qualification is a conversation. A pre-approval means a licensed broker reviewed your income, assets and credit before you wrote an offer — and in Austin that decides which offers get read.

  • Credit pulled
  • Income and assets verified
  • A written pre-approval letter

03. The search — Narrow by area before you narrow by house

Two identical houses in different school districts do not cost the same to own. Property tax and district are the first filter, not the last.

  • Target neighborhoods
  • Must-haves separated from nice-to-haves
  • A saved search you actually check

04. The offer — The contract, the option period and the money you put up

In Texas you pay separately for an option period — a window to inspect and walk. Earnest money is held by the title company and credited back at closing. Knowing which is refundable, and when, is the whole game.

  • Earnest money
  • Option fee
  • Signed contract with dates you can meet

05. Under contract — Inspection, appraisal, title — in that order

The inspection is where deals get renegotiated. A roof at the end of its life is either a price reduction or a walk, and knowing which before the option period closes is worth more than any other week in the transaction.

  • Inspection scheduled inside the option period
  • Appraisal ordered
  • Title commitment reviewed

06. Closing — Clear to close, then keys

Underwriting signs off, you get a Closing Disclosure three days ahead, and you sign. Do not open a credit card or finance furniture between here and the table — it is the single most common way a funded loan comes apart.

  • Government photo ID
  • Wired funds — verify the instructions by phone
  • No new credit

07. After — File your homestead exemption. Then we are still here.

It is free, it is not automatic, and forgetting it is the most expensive small mistake a new Texas homeowner makes. It also caps how fast your assessed value can climb.

  • Homestead exemption filed with the county
  • Insurance active
  • Tax escrow verified

A portal will show you the house. It will not tell you the foundation was repaired twice, what the street floods like, or that the seller has already moved.

Every listing in Austin is on every site. The inventory is not the product — the reading of it is. That is a person’s job, and it is the whole of ours.

  • You get a person, not a queue

    One licensed agent owns your transaction start to finish. You will have their direct number, and the name on our team page is the name that answers.

  • We know the street, not just the ZIP

    School boundaries, tax districts, which blocks flood, what is being built next door. The kind of thing that decides whether a house is right and that no automated estimate can tell you.

  • Every number we publish has a source

    Median prices, days on market, tax bands — each one carries where it came from and the date it was true. If we cannot source it, we do not print it.

06  /  The numbers

Every figure here tells you where it came from.

Source and date on the face of each one. If we cannot source it, we do not print it — which is not how the portals do it.

The marketAustin, TX
Typical home value$424,339
Homes for sale15,228
Median days to pending78
Zillow ResearchJul 31, 2026Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metroMethod
The houseSprout Realty · ERA
Agents100+
Profiles published69
Texas markets4
Closed volume$1B+
Founded2018
Sprout Realty recordsOct 16, 2026Provisional
Cross-checked against three sourcesZillow Research · Redfin Data Center · Realtor.com
+4.5%List over sold

Austin sellers are asking $450,000 while homes are closing at $430,771. That gap is the negotiating room in the market right now, and it is only visible because we carry both a list-price source and a sold-price source.

Austin metro figures from three independent sources, with the spread between them.
MeasureZillowRedfinRealtor.comSpread
What a home costsmodeled value · median sold · median list$424,339$430,771$450,0006%
How long a home takes to sellto pending · on market · on market78857316.4%
Homes availablefor sale · active · active15,22813,87212,51721.7%

These measure different things on purpose — a modeled value, a closed sale and an asking price. Where they disagree we say so and explain why, rather than averaging three sources into one confident-looking number. See how each is calculated →

06  /  Start

Tell us what you’re trying to do.

Five fields. One licensed broker reads it — the same person who owns your file from here to the closing table.

  • No call center, no lead resale
  • A named broker, not a queue
  • We answer even if you are months out
I’m
Pre-approved?

Not yet is the common answer. We’ll introduce you to Loan Lab Lending, an affiliated lender — you are never required to use them, and there are frequently other lenders available with similar services. How we’re affiliated