A FAMILY-0WNED PUBLICATION SERVING THE AUSTIN METRO AREA AND SURROUNDING CITIES VOLUME 27, ISSUE 7 | NOVEMBER 2022
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Written by RIKI MARKOWITZ / Contributing Writer
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How Does The Upcoming Holiday Season Impacts Market Activity? If you follow market trends for residential real estate in Central Texas, then you know that the busiest time of the year for REALTORS is from May through September. According to reports published by Texas A&M University Texas Real Estate Research Center, the summer months are by far the most popular time for buyers and sellers in the Austin-Round Rock area, with late spring and early fall trailing closely behind. There’s nothing really surprising about these trends, especially if you’re the one out there pounding the sidewalk and showing properties. Then you know exactly when you’re putting the most mileage on your vehicle. What might be surprising, though, is that December — a notoriously busy time of the year for shoppers, travelers and holiday revelers — is also a pretty serious time of the year for house-hunters. A lot of brokers and agents notice that their schedules tend to pick up after the start of the new year when celebrations are in the rear-view mirror. After all, says Lorrie Kennedy, the 2022 president of Women’s Council of REALTORS, Austin Network, during Thanksgiving and Christmastime, many clients have family in town and they
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