# Real Estate search demand in Austin 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. BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/austin/real-estate#colophon) 210 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026 115,600 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026 $487K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $4.69 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Austin searches for real estate Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in MAY and lowest in DEC. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 84, February 82, March 88, April 87, May 100, June 86, July 82, August 84, September 76, October 73, November 70, December 69. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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. ## What Austin pays per click for real estate 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 | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored. ## Who owns the Austin real estate results Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one. apartments near me 74,000/mo · $4.45 CPC · difficulty 41 MAP PACK - 1 Whitley Apartments 4.6★ 245 - 2 Hanover Republic Square 4.7★ 487 - 3 Hanover Brazos Street 4.7★ 299 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 apartments.com - 2 realtor.com - 3 rentcafe.com - 4 zillow.com - 5 yelp.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 real estate businesses competing in Austin 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 | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## Real Estate brands Austin searches by name 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. austin real estate market 390/mo steiner ranch real estate 170/mo austin real estate zillow 110/mo harmony real estate austin 90/mo all city real estate austin 70/mo 78704 real estate 50/mo barton creek real estate 40/mo 78731 real estate 40/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Austin asks about real estate 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? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. [SCAN YOUR SITE FREE](https://seobandwagon.com/#scan) [Real estate SEO](https://seobandwagon.com/real-estate-seo) ## More Austin search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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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 Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 210 real estate keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. 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