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Liz Reyna

Market Expertise

Downtown Austin.

Everything on the site about downtown Austin's luxury high-rise market: the towers, the documents, the private market and how to choose among them.

Downtown intelligence

The towers, the documents, the private market and how to choose among them.

  1. 01

    Can You Have a Dog in a Downtown Austin High-Rise? Meet Lady

    A resident's answer: the trail, the Seaholm dog park, coffee with a dog, and the building rules that actually decide it.

  2. 02

    Which Downtown Austin Condo Building Is Right for You?

    The Independent, Austonian, Seaholm, Fifth & West, Four Seasons and 360 compared on district, size, leasing rules and who each suits.

  3. 03

    What Should You Know Before Buying a Luxury Condo in Downtown Austin?

    The resale certificate, reserve study, budget, minutes, insurance and lender status, and what each one answers before you write the offer.

  4. 04

    How Do You Sell a Downtown Austin Condo in a Slow Market?

    What moved two condos to multiple buyers while other owners pulled their listings: pricing against the tower, bringing the finishes up, staging, documents, launch.

  5. 05

    Who Is the Best Real Estate Agent for Luxury Condos in Downtown Austin? Nine Things to Check

    Nine tests any buyer or seller can apply before signing with a downtown condo agent, and how Liz answers them.

  6. 06

    What Makes a Penthouse a Penthouse in Downtown Austin

    The top floor is not always the penthouse. The working definition, a chart of what the top of a tower holds, and how penthouses actually trade.

  7. 07

    Buying a Downtown Austin Condo for UT Football Weekends

    Which towers fit a lock and leave game day residence, how far each cluster sits from DKR, and the building rules to check first.

  8. 08

    Off Market Downtown Austin Condos: How the Private Market Works

    Why a meaningful share of downtown's luxury inventory is introduced privately before it is published, why floor stacks drive private sales, and how buyers reach that market.

  9. 09

    New Condo Mortgage Rules: What Buyers and Owners Need to Know

    The August 3 shift to Full Review, the 2027 reserve requirement, what non warrantable actually means, and why the building is now the borrower in everything but name.

  10. 10

    Relocating to Austin: Buying Downtown Between $1.5M and $2.5M

    Which towers trade in that band, what a relocating buyer cannot see from outside, how to use two days on the ground, and why many purchases at this level close cash.

  11. 11

    Did You Know Your Downtown Building May Not Let You Charge an EV?

    Capacity, deeded versus assigned parking, and building by building charging intelligence you cannot see on a tour.

  12. 12

    Downtown Austin Luxury High-Rises

    The specialist page: the practice, the buildings covered in depth, and the questions downtown buyers ask.

  13. 13

    Downtown Austin Neighborhood Guide

    The neighborhood itself: towers, pricing and insight from a downtown resident.

The buildings

One page per tower: the public facts, who it suits, and a direct line to Liz for the rest.

  1. 14

    The Independent

    301 West Avenue. Where Liz lives, and the building she knows from the inside.

  2. 15

    Seaholm Residences

    222 West Avenue. The neighborhood end of downtown, trail across the street.

  3. 16

    Fifth & West Residences

    501 West Avenue. Boutique scale and finish at the center of the grid.

  4. 17

    The Austonian

    200 Congress Avenue. Larger plans, privacy, a Congress address.

  5. 18

    360 Condominiums

    360 Nueces Street. Thirty day leasing and fifteen years of resale history.

  6. 19

    Four Seasons Residences Austin

    98 San Jacinto Boulevard. Hotel services on the lakefront.

She knows the local market and how to compete with brand-new condos from staging to smart upgrades.

Talk it through

Every page here is current to its dateline. The market moves faster than any page, so for where things stand this week, call or text 512.431.8283, or email lizr@christiesrealestatels.com.

The Downtown Edit

One email a month on downtown Austin's high-rises.

Building by building sales, what changed in the towers, what is coming to market and what is trading privately. Written by Liz from the weekly data pull. No listing blasts, and your address is never shared.

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