THE SEARCH LEDGER · AUSTIN, TEXAS · REAL ESTATE
Every month Austin types 115,600 real estate searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in MAY and lowest in DEC.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Real Estate category in Austin — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 210 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “realtor near me” at $13.11.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apartments near me | 74,000 | $4.45 | 41 | transactional |
| 2 | apartments austin tx | 9,900 | $5.98 | 16 | commercial |
| 3 | austin homes for sale | 6,600 | $4.16 | 27 | transactional |
| 4 | realtor com austin | 3,600 | $0.78 | 8 | commercial |
| 5 | homes for sale near me | 2,900 | $1.77 | 63 | transactional |
| 6 | realtor austin | 880 | $11.23 | 24 | commercial |
| 7 | austin real estate | 880 | $1.70 | navigational | |
| 8 | realtor near me | 720 | $13.11 | 65 | transactional |
| 9 | homes for sale south austin | 590 | $3.60 | 0 | transactional |
| 10 | mueller austin homes for sale | 480 | $1.90 | 0 | transactional |
| 11 | realtor agent austin tx | 390 | $3.57 | 24 | commercial |
| 12 | avery ranch homes for sale | 390 | $1.14 | 0 | transactional |
| 13 | austin real estate market | 390 | $4.27 | branded | |
| 14 | steiner ranch homes for sale | 390 | $1.37 | 0 | transactional |
| 15 | home prices austin | 390 | $4.51 | informational | |
| 16 | homes for sale 78731 | 390 | $0.83 | transactional | |
| 17 | 78759 homes for sale | 320 | $0.98 | transactional | |
| 18 | 78746 homes for sale | 320 | $0.70 | transactional | |
| 19 | lake austin homes for sale | 320 | $2.75 | 0 | transactional |
| 20 | circle c homes for sale | 320 | $1.19 | transactional |
SRC: DataForSEO, Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | AptAmigo- Austin Apartment Locators | 4.9 ★ | 757 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #2 | Cortland Bluff Springs | 4.3 ★ | 561 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #3 | Fivetwo at Highland | 4.4 ★ | 520 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #4 | Hanover Republic Square | 4.7 ★ | 487 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #5 | Rambler Apartments | 4.3 ★ | 462 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #6 | Alexan Waterloo | 4.5 ★ | 405 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #7 | Corazon | 4.2 ★ | 403 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #8 | Bridge at Heritage Woods Apartments | 4.7 ★ | 357 | Apartment building | YES |
| #9 | Bridge at Henley Apartments | 4.3 ★ | 352 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #10 | Grace Woods | 3.8 ★ | 330 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #11 | Northshore Apartments | 4.2 ★ | 325 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #12 | Hanover Brazos Street | 4.7 ★ | 299 | Apartment complex | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Austin real estate results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What is the cheapest rent for an apartment?
What are the cheapest apartments to rent in Austin, Texas?
What credit score is needed for an apartment?
What is the cheapest thing to rent to live in?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
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HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Austin, Texas · Real Estate · 210 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026