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  View this email in your browser “1st Time Home Buyers are getting older.” click here to view 2 minute TV clip. First-time home buyers are getting older by: Nabil Remadna KXAN News Posted: Apr 16, 2026 / 04:58 PM CDT Updated: Apr 16, 2026 / 06:20 PM CDT AUSTIN (KXAN) —  How old were you when you bought your first home? According to the National Association of Realtors, the typical age of first-time home buyers climbed to an all-time high of 40-years-old this year.   Last year, the age was 38-years-old, and about five years ago the age was 33. As time goes on, first-time buyers are getting older and older, which means many people are losing out on building equity in a home. Garrett Derkaz is in his mid 30s and bought a home last November. He said he’s only one of few of his friends who own a home. “More of my friends from school and things like that who are my same age, maybe one or two of the say, 10 or 15, have houses,” said Derkaz. It’s a trend Austin-based Real Estate...

  Austin saw 4th biggest drop in housing prices in the U.S. since 2025 by  By Amber Heckler Apr 15, 2026 | 9:04 am Click here for the CULTURE MAP ATX Real Estate Article. 

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  Click here for the DIRECT Article Link on ABJ's website.  Residential Real Estate • Sponsored Content by Austin Board of Realtors How Texas homeowners can protest annual property appraisal Click here for KXAN YOU TUBE VIDEO ABOR tips to protest Property Tax Appraisals. By Brandy Wuensch – Austin Board of Realtors Apr 1, 2025 Every spring, Texas homeowners receive their annual property appraisal notice in the mail, often met with frustration, confusion and worry. As professional real estate agents, we see it all the time — clients reaching out in shock, wondering why their home’s value has risen so much in a single year and whether that means their tax bill will skyrocket. While there are a lot of factors that play into an appraisal, the truth is any homeowner can protest their valuation. An appraisal district’s role is to determine a home’s market value annually — it does not set tax rates or collect property taxes. Local taxing entities, such as school districts and city ...

  When we moved to Austin, we were in our early 20’s and just getting started, barely out of school. Before moving here, we lived in a tiny one-bedroom apartment with a space that was generously called a kitchen. It was part of pretty good-sized apartment complex near Baylor Law School. That way, we could have one car because I could walk to class. Our first Austin home was a triplex that was part of a group of triplexes located in a single-family neighborhood. We weren’t making a ton of dough, but could afford to live in Austin, which played a role in our falling in love with this town and staying here for almost 45 years now. My first home in Austin. What’s Missing? “ Affordability First ” was my mantra while running for mayor. It’s been my agenda since taking office in 2023. Over the past three years, we’ve aggressively worked to add more housing stock through  historic land use reforms ,   cutting regulatory red tape  and  simplifying our permitting process ...