How Austin stacks up to the best cities for first-time home buyers A new analysis from Zillow says that first-time home buyers will have the best luck in the Southeast, but don't count out Texas. In fact, San Antonio and Dallas both show up in the real estate website's top 10, with Alamo City at No. 5 and Big D taking No. 9. What makes these cities so first-timer friendly? They scored well on the five metrics Zillow used to determine the rankings.
Everyone really is moving to Austin, according to this report