Some millennial Austinites already dread being locked in as renters for the rest of their lives. Now a new SmartAsset housing study has unearthed a surprising statistic that backs that fear up: Only 3.26 percent of Austin's millennial population used conventional mortgages to buy homes in the metro

Austin and three other Texas cities were just hailed in U.S. News & World Report's new rankings of the best places to live for their high quality of life.This new list, published July 11, is part of U.S. News' Best Places to Live rankings, but the 25 cities that made the list were chosen solely base

As Austin's real estate market slowly bounces back after several years of high housing prices, a new WalletHub analysis has revealed it is the 19th best large U.S. city for first-time homebuyers, and the No. 1 big city in Texas.WalletHub's study ranked 300 U.S. cities across 22 metrics based on affo