78726 Northwest Austin - Canyon Creek, Grandview Hills, Estates of Brentwood - in a balanced 2026 market. What the steadier $700K year-to-date median (not July's small-sample $610K) and 4.7 months of inventory mean for buyers and sellers.
Austin broke ground March 5, 2026 on the Burnet Road corridor rebuild. Three funded segments, $64 million, finishing between mid-2027 and late 2028. The costs, the contracts, the intersections, and what the construction window means if you own or are buying along Burnet.
How Texas property tax proration works at closing: why the seller credits the buyer, where the pre-bill estimate comes from, the TREC reproration clause, and the reset that can make your second-year Northwest Austin tax bill jump.
If you have owned a Northwest Austin home for decades, your gain can run past the Section 121 exclusion. How the $250K/$500K home-sale exclusion works, the single-filer and surviving-spouse trap, basis, and the Texas no-state-tax angle.