Median home prices were down across the Georgetown area last month compared to October 2025.

Zooming in: Other highlights from the latest data include:

• Overall home sales in the area saw a decrease from October 2025.

• Average days on market decreased by almost a month in the 78628 ZIP code.

• Across the Georgetown area, new listings, closed sales and homes under contract saw a decline year over year.

Cities and counties across Central Texas have recently considered new and existing contracts with the security technology company Flock Safety as debates surrounding public safety and mass surveillance heighten.

The overview: Flock Safety builds a variety of products utilized by law enforcement agencies, businesses, schools and communities, including Automated License Plate Readers, video cameras and drones.

Gov. Greg Abbott froze the use of state funding for Flock cameras on Aug. 28.

Concerns from Central Texas residents include fears surrounding mass surveillance, collecting and sharing of data with outside agencies, such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and misuse by law enforcement agencies.

In 2025, CEO and founder of Flock Safety Garrett Langley released a statement emphasizing that the company does not sell data, allows customers to decide independently what is shared with other agencies and does not have any contacts with ICE.

A closer look: On March 10, the Georgetown City Council approved a contract with Flock to install 10 fixed ALPRs throughout the city, according to previous Community Impact reporting. The city has not commented on Flock usage criticisms from surrounding cities.

Amid this November's blue wave, Texas voters largely rejected local tax and bond propositions, sometimes shooting down hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed funding as taxpayers and local governments alike feel the strain of inflation.

The big picture: Across Community Impact's coverage areas, residents voted against funding increases for educator salaries, school facilities, homelessness programs, judicial centers and a sports arena.

Austin voters approved a $295 million libraries and parks bond on Nov. 3. Meanwhile, 15 other tax and bond packages across the the Austin, Houston, Bryan-College Station and Dallas-Fort Worth metro areas were rejected by voters, previous Community Impact reporting shows.

Quote of note: "This was an affordability election all around," said Shannon Halbrook, who leads fiscal policy research for the progressive think tank Every Texan. "Voters were thinking about the affordability crisis in this election. It explains why they voted for such a dramatic change in state leadership, and I think it explains why voters were also reluctant to approve these [tax rate elections] and bonds, which essentially represent tax increases."