Austin-Round Rock metro leads Texas in housing construction, 3rd highest apartment construction nationally

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan statistical area (metro) has the third highest multifamily construction and highest single-family construction in the U.S., according to reports from RentCafe and Construction Coverage. However, the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) reported in 2023 that the metro is still short by tens of thousands of homes.

Industry researchers at Construction Coverage said that the metro authorized the most housing units per 1,000 existing...