An incredible 75% of the 430 units in Novare Groups’ 44-story 360 project are now under contract after just 3 weeks on the market. The units, which are mostly priced between $190K and $550K, rank among the most affordable units in the current downtown condo boom. This demonstrates, once again, that there is tremendous pent-up demand for reasonably priced units in central Austin.
Today, there are only 9 listings in the Austin MLS (360 is being marketed privately and is not reflected in the MLS numbers) in all of central Austin — areas 1b. 1a, 2, 4, 6, 7. To find similarly priced homes, buyers need to look far outside the city center. In contrast to other options, central high-rise developments seem to be very attractive to buyers. As this sales rate shows, units priced under $400K will move very quickly — there will likely be ongoing demand to fill quite a few projects like this one. Novare, in fact, is planning additional 35-story and 40-story tower on the central post office site and an adjacent lot for completion by 2010. These units will priced in a similar range to the 360 project.
AustinTowers ongoing reader survey (please take our survey if you haven’t already!) has shown so far that more than 90-percent of potential downtown Austin condo buyers are looking for units priced under $400K with the median target price for buyers currently around $300K.
