WalletHub's latest ranking, reported by the Austin American-Statesman, puts Austin's rent at about 22% of household income — middle of the pack for Texas cities.

Capland pitched a 34‑acre mixed‑use plan beside Ascension Seton Hays with about 535 apartments and 177,000 sq ft of commercial space.

Unlock MLS data shows Austin metro median home price slipped about 3% from March 2025 to March 2026 as inventory rises and pending sales tick up.

Tim Hortons filed to build a nearly $1.6M, 1,400-sq-ft coffee shop at 9419 E. Parmer Lane in Manor; construction is slated July–Dec 2026.

Irvine-based Risewell plans roughly 190 homes at Parkton Square in Kyle as the builder ramps up an Austin-area push targeting about 650 closings over 2026–27.

A decades‑old road alignment is forcing Fredericksburg leaders to delay a flagship Waldorf Astoria project, putting the resort's 2027 timeline at risk.

XSpace closed a $29M construction loan for its Houston Design Center project at 7022 Old Katy Road and will break ground this week. The development will deliver 86 commercial condo units sized roughly 700–7,000 sq ft.

County action clears an early hurdle for a proposed 480‑home community near Lockhart by a Florida‑based developer. The move adds to a wave of big projects in Caldwell County.

Cedar Park is poised to host a new Central Texas Spaceport and Defense Innovation Campus that would include labs, test bays and a 20,000‑sq‑ft education hub. Planners outline a 115,000‑sq‑ft, phased build with public, academic and private partners.

Swiss firm Acutronic will build a jet‑engine manufacturing facility on 13.84 acres in Bastrop, promising about 50 high‑skill jobs and a multimillion‑dollar local investment.

Rural Texans are organizing to oppose giant data‑center projects they say will drain water, drown nights in noise and eat up farmland. From Leon to Grimes counties, neighbors have formed groups and pushed county officials for answers.

Taylor city council rejected a developer’s mixed‑use plan for 293 townhomes and about eight acres of retail, telling the team to return with a complete redesign.

Austin City Council adopted a rezoning for the four‑acre 1000 Red River block, replacing mixed zoning with a unified Downtown Mixed Use designation and opening the former TRS campus to redevelopment.