{"id":472005,"date":"2026-10-20T22:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472005\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:04:06","slug":"home-prices-rise-in-majority-of-texas-metros-but-decrease-statewide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472005\/","title":{"rendered":"Home prices rise in majority of Texas metros but decrease statewide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The statewide median home price in Texas dropped 0.4% year over year to $333,628 in the third quarter, according to the latest data from Texas REALTORS\u00ae<\/a>. Prices also decreased in the state\u2019s four major metros \u2014 but increased in 15 of the state\u2019s 26 markets, the association said.<\/p>\n

In Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin, prices decreased annually by 1.1%, 1.2%, 1% and 1.2%, respectively. Big price increases, however, were seen in Abilene (up 22% year over year), Texarkana (up 13.3%) and Beaumont-Port Arthur (up 10.7%).<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though the Texas median went down a little, in most of our metros, prices went up. So, one number isn\u2019t the whole story,\u201d Jennifer Wauhob<\/a>, chairman of Texas REALTORS\u00ae, said in a press release. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit like a weather report: The statewide temperature can\u2019t tell you how hot it is at your house.\u201d<\/p>\n

A majority of the state\u2019s home sales \u2014 27.8% \u2014 fell in the $200,000 to $299,999 price range, followed by 23.7% in the $300,000 to $499,999 range and 13.7% in the $500,000 to $749,999 range.<\/p>\n

Looking at other market statistics, Texas\u2019 closed home sales decreased 2.4% year over year in the third quarter to 87,862. Sales increased most in Odessa (up 26.6%) and decreased most in Corpus Christi (down 12.1%).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, active listings rose 2.8%, with 154,788 homes on the market. The metro with the greatest annual increase in active listings was College Station-Bryan, up 38.3%, and the metro with the greatest decrease was Wichita Falls, down 20.2%.<\/p>\n

The typical home sold in 99 days, up two days from the third quarter of 2025. Given the pace of the market, the state had a 5.5-month inventory, up from 5.4 months a year ago.<\/p>\n

Houston<\/p>\n

No Texas metro had more homes on the market than Houston, which had 40,879 properties for sale in the third quarter. That quantity was up 7.2% year over year.<\/p>\n

The metro\u2019s median home price<\/a> declined 1.2% year over year to $330,990, with a majority of sales (30.3%) falling in the $200,000 to $299,999 price range, followed by 25% in the $300,000 to $399,999 range \u2014 closely mirroring statewide price trends.<\/p>\n

Closed home sales decreased 5.6% to 22,357 in Houston, while homes typically stayed on the market for 88 days, two days more than a year ago. Given the rate of sales, the metro had a 5.6-month inventory, up from 5.2 months in the third quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The statewide median home price in Texas dropped 0.4% year over year to $333,628 in the third quarter,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51455,50989,51456,51001,27,29,28,44995,50941],"class_list":["post-472005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-dfw-real-estate","tag-houston-real-estate","tag-jennifer-wauhob","tag-sc","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-real-estate","tag-texas-realtors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}