Why 78748 Might Be the Most Underrated Zip Code in South Austin
If zip codes had personalities, 78748 would be the quietly confident one in the room. Not flashy. Not loud. Just sitting there being wildly practical while everyone else fights over bragging rights.
78748 is a big zip code. Like, “you could live in it for years and still be discovering new pockets” big.
It stretches north to Davis Lane (which turns into Dittmar), south past Slaughter all the way to 1626 and even includes Estancia down by the I-35 corridor. It runs east to I-35 and west toward Brodie and Mopac. Translation: it covers a lot of South Austin real estate personality.
New Year, New House?
Every January, without fail, people start asking the same question.
“Is this the year we finally buy a house?”
And then they immediately follow it up with all the reasons they haven’t yet. Which, to be fair, have been pretty valid lately.
Over the past year or two, a lot of buyers hit pause. Some lost jobs. Some got nervous about affordability. Some watched Austin prices come down and decided they were going to time the market perfectly and buy at the absolute bottom. Others just looked at the news, saw interest rates, tariffs, elections, economic uncertainty, and said, “You know what? I’m going to sit this one out and stress quietly instead.”