The gap between the highest and lowest home sales prices in the past seven days is rather extreme this week, as a foreclosure enters the picture on the low end of the range.
Fridays bring the High & the Low, a Curbed column chronicling most and least expensive homes sold in Austin in the last seven days. (Sales information was gathered from Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, etc.) Contemporary new builds and complete condos ruled the day.
While the movement toward small, even tiny, homes seems to be getting all the press these days, the truth is that McMansions (or just mansions) are far from dead.
Our price point for comparing current rental prices this week took us to North Loop, South Lamar, Barton Creek, the Domain, and Rosewood, where we found a variety of houses, condos, and apartments.
Except for its appreciation of materials, the design of this Barton Creek home really has very little to do with famed architect I.M. Pei, but Francisco Cho, who designed it, did work with Pei and other notables before opening his own Texas practice.
Giant rolling doors, patios, xeriscaping, decks, and pools were all big hits this week, as buyers snapped up fairly sprawling homes with lots of indoor-outdoor flow in Rob Roy, Tarrytown, Rollingwood, and Zilker.
Houses in Barton Creek, Old West Austin, and Rob Roy neighborhoods pulled in the big money this week. Most of the houses were new or fairly recent builds, with the exception of the 1915 Old Enfield area home that topped the rest by almost $2 million.
The 6,588-square-foot Crystal Mountain home is sited on a lovely piece of classic Central Texas land, with big views, rolling meadows, canyons and woods, a stream, and full equestrian facilities.