215 homes on the record at the St. John site in 78752, the first of 526 on the 19 acres the city sold for $11 million. Tomorrow's Texas ballot by its own paper: $1.636 billion in Cy-Fair, 2.4 cents in Dallas County, four Travis school rates.

On Wednesday the City of Austin issued plumbing permits for 215 homes in two four-storey buildings at 800 East St Johns Avenue in 78752, the first on the permit record of the 526 the city's own St. John partnership promises on the 19 acres it sold in June for $11 million. Tomorrow Texas votes on its tax bills, every figure here read off the ballot or the order that called it: $1.636 billion and 12 cents in Cy-Fair ISD, 2.4 cents in Dallas County, four school rates in Travis County, $600 million in San Antonio ISD, $295 million in Austin. The week across 32 Austin ZIPs: 912 permits, 368 code cases, 88 cases with a hearing set.

The lead - 215 homes reach the permit record at the St. John site in 78752, the first of 526 on the 19 acres the city sold for $11 million

What was filed: Three plumbing permits at 800 E St Johns Ave, issued on Wednesday 28 October, each for a "New multifamily building (part of a mixed-use development by Greystar HACA and the City of Austin)": Building 1, four floors, 133,604 square feet, 145 homes; Building 2, four floors, 74,515 square feet, 70 homes; and a 7,518 square foot amenity building. Applied for on 12 May 2026 under site plan SP-2023-0324C.SH; Active; no declared value on the rows.

Where it stands: The site is the 19 acres at the northeast corner of I-35 and St. John Avenue, the former Home Depot and Chrysler dealership, owned since 30 June by a public facility corporation under the Austin Housing Authority. On this paper's record the address holds 15 permits and 0 code complaints in the last 13 months, with 7 active cases within half a mile.

The record behind it:

• The city's release of 14 July: the partnership "will deliver 526 rental apartments", income-restricted homes for families between 50% and 80% of the median family income among them; "Austin will receive $11 million, retiring the outstanding bond debt on the property".
• The city's St. John page: the pocket park "will grow from roughly 1 acre to nearly 4 acres". The permit pages answer every request with a security check, so the rows stand as the city's data states them.

What it means for you: The record states 215 homes permitted at one address in 78752 and 526 promised by the city's own partnership, income-restricted homes among them. The address's own report and the 78752 page carry the rows.

On the ballot tomorrow - Five votes that change a Texas tax line, each read from its own paper

1. $1.636 billion and 12 cents, Cy-Fair ISD. A 12-cent operating-rate rise and four bonds, a net 9 cents per $100 after a 3-cent debt-rate cut; the district's own tax page puts it at $126 a year on its $350,000 sample home.
2. 2.4 cents, Dallas County. Proposition A approves $0.248650 per $100, $0.02400 above the voter-approval rate, for homelessness programmes; the county's order puts it at $116.03 a year on a $350,000 home, its election page at $102.9 million a year.
3. Four school rates, Travis County. Del Valle ISD $1.0328 per $100 (19.5%, $20,038,349 more), Leander ISD $1.1169 (3.72%), Round Rock ISD $0.9484 (3.09%), Coupland ISD $1.192200, each headed "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE" on the county's joint ballot; Manor ISD asks for $391,500,000 of bonds.
4. $600 million and 3.17 cents, San Antonio ISD; $764,745,000, Northside ISD. SAISD's announcement puts its rate rise at $1.99 a month for the average homeowner in 2026, $5.76 by 2030; Northside's ballot language asks $1.0349 per $100 (4.49%) and $764,745,000 of school-building bonds, $5.98 a year on a $215,210 home by its tax page.
5. $295 million, City of Austin. $260,000,000 for parks, pools and open space and $35,000,000 for two libraries, each headed "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE" on the ballot form, against $2,378,150,000 of principal the city already owes (Ordinance 20260806-002).

Each vote has its checked story on the News page; the results go on the record when each county publishes its canvass.

The market card - City of Austin, September 2026

• 777 homes sold, 12.7% fewer than September 2025
• $570,958 median price, up 4.2% on the year (the median of MLS-reported sales; no individual sale price is public record in Texas)
• 5.4 months of inventory, 0.3 less than a year ago
• 4,502 active listings, down 10.3%
• 92.5% average close-to-list, against 90.8% a year ago

Source: Unlock MLS, September 2026 Central Texas Housing Report, 13 October 2026; the October report is not yet published. The metro the same month: 2,223 sold, down 14.8%; median $421,000, up 1.4%.

The record this week - 912 permits, 368 code cases, 3,350 licensed short-term rentals, 88 hearings set - 32 Austin ZIPs, the week to 2 November

Every count is the City of Austin's own open data for the seven days to 09:40 UTC on 2 November; "hearings set" is the ZIP's development cases the city lists as scheduled for hearing, read off What's Coming this morning. Each ZIP links to its page.

ZIP	Permits issued	Of which new	Code cases opened	Rental licences	Hearings set
78701	18	1	5	255	4
78702	25	5	17	670	5
78703	46	10	8	136	5
78704	72	18	31	646	9
78705	9	6	21	50	3
78721	13	3	9	140	1
78722	17	6	12	79	2
78723	53	13	24	99	1
78724	6	0	1	31	1
78725	3	0	6	9	0
78726	6	0	2	1	0
78727	22	1	4	46	0
78730	13	5	0	19	0
78731	46	10	10	33	0
78735	42	26	0	18	2
78736	6	0	1	15	0
78739	8	2	0	3	1
78741	34	1	25	184	16
78744	46	29	13	87	8
78745	52	16	25	245	5
78747	29	5	4	16	1
78748	29	2	6	38	1
78749	30	3	5	48	2
78750	18	5	8	11	1
78751	22	3	14	97	2
78752	12	3	12	53	5
78753	24	0	32	41	3
78754	54	19	5	26	0
78756	17	7	5	54	4
78757	50	17	10	72	3
78758	42	6	46	84	2
78759	48	3	7	44	1
77008 Houston, 75204 Dallas	not yet compiled	-	-	-	-
Total	912	225	368	3,350	88

The 78735 line holds 25 "new" rows that are not new homes: the building permits for 402 apartments at West SH 71 and Old Bee Caves Road, issued on 14 October, now carry an issue date of 28 October on the city's rows. The Market, Checked has the detail.

Hearings set - 13 cases the city scheduled for hearing this week, by ZIP

Each is a case whose status moved to "Scheduled for Hearing" between 26 and 30 October, as the city's record states it; the hearing date is on the city's own page, linked from each case.

• 78701 · Texas Monthly Project, 1801 N Lamar, GO to GO-H (30 Oct) · 815 W 11th Street office building, site plan (30 Oct)
• 78704 · Sola Flats, 3415 Menchaca, MF-2 to GR-DB90 (29 Oct) · 3908 Menchaca, LO to LR (28 Oct) · 3501 S 1st Street, MF-3-NP to GR-V-DB90-NP (28 Oct) · 1612 South Congress, site plan (28 Oct)
• 78739 · Circle C Tract 110, 11010 S Mopac, a zoning condition (27 Oct)
• 78744 · McCall Lane utility rezoning, 3403 McCall, SF-2-NP to CS-NP (29 Oct)
• 78752 · Airport and Koenig multifamily, 5908 Airport, CS-NP to LI-PDA (28 Oct) · Nelson Field, 7105 Berkman Dr, site plan (26 Oct)
• 78756 · 2117 W 49th St and 4709 Rosedale Ave multifamily, SF-3 to MF-6-CO (27 Oct)
• 78758 · 10300 Metric rezoning, NBG-NP (30 Oct) · The Lot, Domain food truck park, 11700 Alterra Pkwy, site plan (30 Oct)

The Truth Check - "an additional $64.32 in annual property taxes" for a home valued at $350,000

Verdict: Overstated. The number is real; the home it is pinned to is not. $64.32 matches 2.4 cents per $100 on the county's median homestead, $268,056, not on $350,000.

Where it's from: A City of Dallas memorandum of 28 August on Dallas County's Proposition A: "According to information provided by Dallas County" the proposition would mean "an additional $64.32 in annual property taxes" for a home valued at $350,000.

What's real: The county's own order puts the proposed rate at $0.248650 per $100, "$0.02400" above the voter-approval rate, and its election page gives the median homestead taxable value as $268,056. Two point four cents on $268,056 is $64.33 by our arithmetic.

What isn't: A $350,000 home. The same order states that "an average home value of $350,000 will experience an annual increase of $116.03", the whole move from last year's $0.215500; the 2.4 cents alone on $350,000 is $84.00.

So: Use the county's two figures and say which is which: $116.03 more on $350,000 against last year's rate, $64.33 on the median homestead for the part the vote decides.

Seen a claim about Texas housing you're not sure about? Reply with it. The best one gets checked in the next record.

The market, checked

• The SH 71 permits moved their dates. 25 of the 26 building permits for 402 apartments at 8900 W SH 71 and 9119 Old Bee Caves Road, 78735, issued on 14 October, now carry an issue date of 28 October and an expiry of 27 April 2027 in place of 13 April; units and values unchanged, so not new homes.
• 176 SMART Housing apartments at 1706 Payton Gin Road, 78758: 17 electrical permits for the fit-out issued on 30 October; the zoning file records the project as proposed 100% affordable.
• 7.24%: Freddie Mac's 30-year rate for 29 October, down from 7.32% a week earlier, up from 6.17% a year ago.
• San Antonio's median fell 3.6% to $307,600, the steepest of 16 Texas metros in NAR's third-quarter table, NAR says; Austin $467,100, down 0.7%.
• Austin's median sale price is down 4.6% in a year, third-steepest of the 50 biggest metros, Redfin says of the four weeks to 25 October.

For members - What the free record does not carry: the addresses

Every count above has its rows, address by address, with the permit, case or licence behind each, on the ZIP's page: open to everyone for 78704, for members on the other 31. $19 a month, held at $19 for anyone who joins before 1 December; $29 from 2 December.