Where Veterans Are Buying Around Austin in 2026
Georgetown, Austin and Hutto lead our year-to-date MLS-reported VA closing count. Compare city totals and recorded sold-price ranges, then explore current listings.
2026 VA activity at a glance
- Reported VA closings
- 1,835
- Cities represented
- 44
- Georgetown
- 270
- Austin
- 267
Georgetown and Austin lead the reported activity
Where has VA financing shown up around Austin this year? Georgetown and Austin lead our reviewed MLS records, with 270 and 267 reported VA closings. Hutto follows with 131. Kyle, Liberty Hill and Round Rock round out the leading six.
From January 1 through October 4, 2026, the five-county Austin MSA extract contains 1,835 closing records reporting VA buyer financing after 10 duplicate cross-listings were removed. This is a financing-focused report across property types, including condos, townhomes, manufactured homes and multi-unit properties. It is separate from our detached-only monthly Austin MSA Market Update.
City, closing count and sold-price range
These are the ten leading cities by reported VA closing count. Prices show the lowest and highest recorded sale in the same city cohort, not loan amounts.
| City | Reported VA closings | Sold-price range |
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 270 | $243,000–$1,825,000 |
| Austin | 267 | $130,000–$6,010,000 |
| Hutto | 131 | $235,000–$815,000 |
| Kyle | 114 | $180,999–$699,000 |
| Liberty Hill | 110 | $260,500–$1,617,200 |
| Round Rock | 108 | $255,000–$2,050,000 |
| Buda | 93 | $248,000–$1,400,000 |
| Leander | 91 | $265,000–$1,410,000 |
| Pflugerville | 90 | $217,000–$774,586 |
| Jarrell | 75 | $175,000–$685,000 |
The leading six cities account for 1,000 of the 1,835 reviewed closings. That shows where reported transactions have concentrated so far, not where every veteran is moving or currently searching.
What the price ranges mean for your search
The range is a starting point, not a typical budget. A single unusually high or low sale can stretch it considerably. In Austin, for example, the source records span $130,000 to $6,010,000. That does not mean most buyers paid near either extreme, and it does not establish how much anyone borrowed.
Property type, size, condition, acreage and location all matter when you narrow the search. A citywide number gets more useful when we bring it down to the community, property and price point that fit your plans.
Turn the city breakdown into a live search
Choose an area to see current active Ready Front listings reporting VA financing as an accepted term. These searches are current inventory, not the properties in the historical closing table.
- Explore Georgetown listings accepting VA financing
- Explore Austin listings accepting VA financing
- Explore Hutto listings accepting VA financing
- Explore Kyle listings accepting VA financing
- Explore Liberty Hill listings accepting VA financing
- Explore Round Rock listings accepting VA financing
Accepted listing terms are not borrower or property approval. Your lender and real estate professionals still need to verify the financing and property for the actual purchase.
Keep your Texas veteran benefits in the picture
VA financing, Texas Veterans Land Board programs and other Texas veteran benefits are separate questions to work through. A VA label in an MLS closing record does not tell us whether VLB was involved. Our Texas veteran resource page can help you start that conversation.
As an Army veteran and broker-owner, I built the Ready Front Real Estate app’s Veteran experience to bring home search and buying-power planning together. Explore your options, then connect with us to work through your next move. Planning estimates are not lender approval.
See all 44 cities in the reviewed records
| City | Reported VA closings | Sold-price range |
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 270 | $243,000–$1,825,000 |
| Austin | 267 | $130,000–$6,010,000 |
| Hutto | 131 | $235,000–$815,000 |
| Kyle | 114 | $180,999–$699,000 |
| Liberty Hill | 110 | $260,500–$1,617,200 |
| Round Rock | 108 | $255,000–$2,050,000 |
| Buda | 93 | $248,000–$1,400,000 |
| Leander | 91 | $265,000–$1,410,000 |
| Pflugerville | 90 | $217,000–$774,586 |
| Jarrell | 75 | $175,000–$685,000 |
| San Marcos | 68 | $180,999–$786,722 |
| Bastrop | 62 | $87,500–$750,000 |
| Elgin | 45 | $200,499–$690,000 |
| Manor | 41 | $221,000–$570,000 |
| Dripping Springs | 38 | $379,000–$3,678,900 |
| Cedar Park | 27 | $314,000–$970,000 |
| Lago Vista | 27 | $300,000–$780,000 |
| Cedar Creek | 25 | $260,000–$825,000 |
| Lockhart | 20 | $210,990–$580,870 |
| Spicewood | 15 | $430,000–$1,100,000 |
| Taylor | 15 | $235,000–$699,000 |
| Uhland | 13 | $202,840–$314,900 |
| Wimberley | 12 | $257,000–$875,000 |
| Smithville | 11 | $117,000–$1,175,000 |
| Del Valle | 8 | $243,000–$342,520 |
| Lakeway | 8 | $595,000–$2,025,000 |
| Dale | 6 | $260,000–$440,000 |
| Driftwood | 6 | $675,000–$1,250,000 |
| Manchaca | 6 | $439,000–$636,000 |
| Florence | 5 | $289,000–$1,118,950 |
| Jonestown | 5 | $735,000–$1,515,000 |
| Paige | 4 | $285,000–$745,000 |
| Luling | 3 | $115,000–$886,960 |
| Maxwell | 3 | $210,990–$296,000 |
| Red Rock | 3 | $457,500–$600,000 |
| McDade | 2 | $325,000–$465,000 |
| Bartlett | 1 | $675,000–$675,000 |
| Mountain City | 1 | $435,000–$435,000 |
| Mustang Ridge | 1 | $312,000–$312,000 |
| Point Venture | 1 | $220,000–$220,000 |
| The Hills | 1 | $1,125,000–$1,125,000 |
| Thorndale | 1 | $512,000–$512,000 |
| Thrall | 1 | $540,000–$540,000 |
| Waelder | 1 | $545,000–$545,000 |
Methodology & Sources
January 1–October 4, 2026 · Austin MSA · Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell counties · All property types reporting VA buyer financing · Source: Unlock MLS via MLS Grid.
How these figures were calculated
Ready Front reviewed 1,845 retained ACTRIS closing records with a closing date in the reporting period, Texas location in one of the five counties, and the exact value “VA” in the reported BuyerFinancing field. Accepted listing terms were not substituted for closing financing. Ten confirmed cross-listed duplicates were collapsed using closing date, price, parcel/address or reviewed legal-description and property-offering matches, leaving 1,835 counted closing records. No sale-price outliers were trimmed.
These are MLS-reported labels, not independently verified VA loan originations or a census of veteran buyers. Other financing labels can coexist. All property types remain in scope: six Land-coded records and one Farm/Ranch land-only record are included as reported. Those labels do not establish VA program eligibility or VLB participation. Sold-price ranges describe entire property offerings, not loan amounts or per-unit prices.
City means the reported MLS city, not a separately verified municipal boundary. Retained-feed coverage, source errors and missing or nonspecific financing can affect rankings. The extract was checked October 4, 2026 Central time; later MLS corrections may change the figures. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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