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The Steepest House-Price Fall of Any Big American City
Austin led every major American metro into the correction, and it is leading the way down.
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The Gigafactory perimeter at Del Valle. The arrivals of 2020–22 are the numerator; everything in this section is the denominator.
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The Boom, and the Bill That Came After It
Nine pieces on what arrived between 2020 and 2022 and what happened to it since — prices, rents, offices, jobs and the apartments that kept completing.
8 pieces in this section · every one with its own photograph
Gigafactory Texas Opens East of Town
Tesla's Del Valle plant arrived with acreage, incentives, and an employment promise — and the land market east of the airport moved before the ribbon was cut.
Oracle Moved Its Headquarters in 2020. Here Is What Followed.
A headquarters relocation that remade Austin's skyline story without necessarily remaking its job numbers.
Apple's North Austin Campus, Announced and Built
A $1 billion expansion Apple announced in 2018 became the most visible corporate bet on Austin's decade of growth — and arrived just before the correction.
Taylor, Thirty-Five Miles Away, Gets a Fab and a Subsidy Package
Samsung's semiconductor plant in Williamson County is one of the largest manufacturing investments in American history — and the deal that landed it is now a closed chapter in Texas law.
Record Downtown Vacancy, in a Skyline That Was Still Topping Out
The cranes stayed up. The tenants did not arrive.
Apartments per Head, and the Year Rents Went the Other Way
Austin built more apartments per resident than almost any major American city. The supply eventually caught up with the demand — and then some.
The Austin Chamber's Employment Series, and What It Shows After 2023
Tech's share of Austin's metro payroll peaked in the boom, then gave back ground steadily — the WARN notice record and Chamber data together trace the shape of the retreat.