News·22 Oct 2026
Tanglewood Forest, 78748, is Austin's hottest neighbourhood of 2026, Redfin says - a $405,000 median, down 5%, with 20% of homes sold above list against 11% across the metro
Four of the five ZIPs on Redfin's list sold for less than a year earlier; the ranking is growth in listing views and how hard a home is to win, not price.
By Daily Aletheia · Redfin - Tanglewood Forest, Buttercup Creek and Behrens Ranch Are Austin's Hottest Neighborhoods of 2026 (21 Oct 2026) ↗ · 2 min read
Redfin ranked Austin's hottest neighbourhoods of 2026 on Wednesday 21 October: "Tanglewood Forest is Austin's hottest neighborhood of 2026, followed by Buttercup Creek and Behrens Ranch."
The five, as Redfin lists them
Median sale price and its change on a year earlier, median days on market, and the share sold above list, for July and August 2026:
- Tanglewood Forest, 78748: $405,000, down 5%; 53 days; 20% above list.
- Buttercup Creek, 78613: $492,500, up 2%; 49 days; 14%.
- Behrens Ranch, 78681: $489,000, down 2%; 46 days; 13%.
- Milwood, 78727: $498,500, down 2.2%; 43 days; 18%.
- Johnston Terrace, 78721: $492,500, down 6%; 67.5 days; 13%.
The Austin metro as a whole: $415,000, down 6%; 74 days; 11%.
What hottest means here
Redfin ranks ZIPs "by year-over-year growth in listing views on Redfin.com and Redfin Compete Score", its 0-to-100 measure of how hard a home is to win. To qualify, a ZIP needed "50+ home sales between July 1 and August 31" and a Compete Score above 50. The neighbourhood names are Redfin's own; it notes that a ZIP "may encompass more than one neighborhood".
Redfin calls Austin a buyer's market, and reports its Austin sales manager, Scott Gustafson, as saying competition is concentrated in pockets rather than spread across the metro area. In Tanglewood Forest, its agents say move-in-ready homes are drawing multiple offers.