About
Luke Allen, Austin REALTOR
Licensed with Austin Marketing + Development Group LLC. I represent buyers, sellers and investors across all of greater Austin, with one goal: the best possible outcome for you.
License
- TREC #788149
Based in
- Austin, Texas
Direct
- 254-718-2567
- 32Five-star Google reviewsGoogle reviews, all five star, on Luke Allen's Google Business Profile. Google Business Profile, Luke Allen | Realtor, 2 October 2026
- 100+Transactions closedClosed residential transactions, career to date. Luke Allen's Unlock MLS production record, September 2026
- 4Years licensed in TexasTexas sales agent license 788149, issued 30 June 2022. Texas Real Estate Commission license holder record, October 2026
- AllDowntown towers walkedEvery residential condominium tower in 78701, walked in person, including lobby, amenity floors and at least one residence. Luke Allen's own count, 2026
Background
Born in Texas, built for Austin
Born in Temple. Came to Austin for the University of Texas, earned a real estate license while I was there, and used it to pay for college.
That is a fast way to find out whether you actually like the work, and I did. I finished at the McCombs School of Business with a degree in business management and went straight into selling rather than into an office. Since then it has been leasing, first homes, resales, investors, builders and the downtown towers, which is a long way of saying I have seen most of what this market does.
The useful part is granular. Not that Austin is growing, but which street in Tarrytown holds value and which one backs onto a road nobody mentions on a Saturday showing. Not that Mueller is popular, but what the resale picture there actually looks like. I like the people part of this more than the transaction part, and outside the work it is the outdoors, football, Longhorns sports and my family.
What I do
Six kinds of work, one standard
- Buyer representation
- Full service from the first search through closing, with the documents read before the offer rather than after.
- Seller marketing
- Strategic pricing off comparable sales, photography, and a listing built to be found rather than just posted.
- Investment and portfolio
- Rental and appreciation analysis on real dues, real tax rates and realistic vacancy.
- Relocation
- For out-of-state buyers, the tradeoffs a listing photo cannot show you: commutes, summers, attendance zones.
- Luxury and high-end
- Estate, waterfront and downtown high-rise, where the deciding factors are rarely on the MLS.
- New construction
- Builder contract negotiation, and knowing which upgrades hold value and which ones do not.
Someone who willtell you the truth,even when it is notwhat you want to hear.
How I work
Honest advice. Zero pressure.
My job is not to close a deal. It is to make sure you make a decision you will still be proud of in five years. You deal with me directly from the first showing through closing, not with an assistant, and if I think a property is wrong for you I will say so while there is still time to walk.
Service area
All of greater Austin, street by street
Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell counties. Westlake, Tarrytown, Barton Hills, Hyde Park, Mueller, South Congress, East Austin, Round Rock and Cedar Park among them. I will tell you plainly when a neighborhood sits outside what I know first hand rather than pretending otherwise.
Written up in detail
- 78701Downtown, Rainey Street, Seaholm and Second StreetDowntown · Rainey Street · Seaholm · Second Street
- 78702East AustinHolly · Govalle · Chestnut · Cherrywood edge
- 78703Tarrytown, Clarksville, Old Enfield and PembertonTarrytown · Clarksville · Old Enfield · Pemberton
- 78704SoCo, Bouldin, Zilker, Travis Heights and Barton HillsSouth Congress · Bouldin Creek · Zilker · Travis Heights · Barton Hills
- 78705West Campus and North UniversityWest Campus · North University · Hyde Park edge
Credentials
License
- Texas Real Estate Commission, TREC #788149
Brokerage
- Austin Marketing + Development Group LLC
Designated broker
- Alex Bartram, License 615893
Office
- 1401 West Ave Ste B, Austin, TX 78701
Education
- The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
Specialties
- Luxury homes
- New construction
- Relocation
- Investment property
- Buyer and seller representation
- First-time buyers
- Condominiums and townhomes
- Rental property
- Portfolio strategy
Ready to make your move?
Early questions are welcome. If you are months out and just thinking, say so and I will treat it that way.