July housing figures for Bastrop-Cedar Creek show fewer closed sales and longer market times, while home price trends moved in opposite directions by ZIP code year over year.

By the numbers: Across ZIP codes 78602 and 78612, 67 homes sold in July, down from 77 in July 2025. Average days on market increased from 56 to 74, while new listings fell from 130 to 111.

Zooming in: Median prices moved in opposite directions. The median sales price in 78602 increased nearly 14% to $389,000, while 78612 saw a roughly 15% decrease to $350,495. Of the 67 homes sold, 37 were priced between $300,000 and $499,999.

Democrat Tanya Lloyd and Republican incumbent Michael Cloud are facing off to represent Texas' 27th congressional district.

Who’s running? Lloyd advanced from the March primary election after defeating two other Democratic contenders, while Cloud defeated one candidate in the Republican primary.

How it works: Candidates were asked to keep responses within 50 words, answer the questions provided and avoid attacking opponents. Answers may have been edited or cut to adhere to those guidelines, or for style and clarity.

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Amazon is bringing a multibillion-dollar advanced robotics manufacturing facility to East Austin, the company announced Aug. 19. The project will be an anchor development in the newly annexed Dog's Head, and was first detailed by city officials during recent planning and financing reviews for that district.

The details: The new manufacturing site will be located off Hergotz and Dalton lanes in the center of the more than 2,600-acre Dog's Head area. The roughly 300-acre development first started moving through city reviews earlier this year as the unidentified "Project Toaster," and was revealed as the first potential tenant in the Dog's Head in July.

The facility will produce robotics systems that'll work with Amazon's employees "to handle repetitive tasks and heavy lifting," according to the release. The development will create between 300 and 500 manufacturing and engineering jobs, adding to Amazon's more than 17,000 employees in the city today.