New construction homes by budget

This is the floor of the Austin new-construction market. The homes are real and they come with a builder warranty, but the shelf is narrow and it sits a long way out: the inventory concentrates in a handful of small towns south and east of the city, and a meaningful share of it is townhomes and condominiums rather than detached houses.

Yes, you can still buy a brand-new home in the Austin metro for under $300,000 in 2026, and there are more of them than most buyers expect. The catch is location: sub-$300,000 new construction is concentrated in the outer and eastern suburbs, and most of it is townhomes and smaller-lot single-family homes rather than large lots close to the city.

Around $400,000 is the sweet spot for new construction in the Austin metro, and it is comfortably the deepest band on this site: the live count at the top of this page runs to several times what is available under $300,000. At this budget you can generally get a full-size single-family home in one of the metro's growing suburbs rather than a townhome, which opens up more communities with amenities and strong schools while still leaving room for builder incentives..

Around $500,000 opens up the full breadth of new construction across the Austin metro, and the live count at the top of this page reflects that: it is the widest selection of any band here. The step up from $400,000 buys larger single-family homes, better lots, and more of the closer-in and top-school communities.

At $600,000 you are buying well above the metro's new-construction median, and the band behaves differently from the ones below it. Almost everything here is a detached single-family house rather than attached product, typically around 2,600 square feet with four bedrooms.

This is the top band on the site, and the most common expectation about it is wrong. Buyers at $700,000 usually picture the Hill Country and the west side: Westlake, Lakeway, Bee Cave.