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Beaumont – Port Arthur, TX housing market

Beaumont – Port Arthur, TX metro median sale price $239K in Jul–Sep 2026, up 6.7% year over year.

The median sale price in the Beaumont – Port Arthur, TX metro is $239K over Jul–Sep 2026, up 6.7% from the same 3 months a year earlier. The gain is larger than in most of the 383 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro shows a smaller change, up 3.4% through Q2 2026, 3.3 points apart; Price reconciliation below shows both.

On median sale price, Beaumont – Port Arthur ($239K) ranks 21st of the 23 Texas metros with that figure, between McAllen – Edinburg ($249K) and Texarkana ($230K). On median days on market, Beaumont – Port Arthur (66 days) ranks 15th of the 25 Texas metros, between Victoria (67 days) and El Paso (66 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Beaumont – Port Arthur (30%) ranks 16th of the 25 Texas metros, between Victoria (30%) and Waco (28%).

Listings spent a median 66 days on market in Sep 2026, more than in most of the 385 metros. 30% of active listings carry a price cut; the 3-month average vs a year earlier is 4.6 points higher. That share is lower than in most of the 385 metros. Median asking prices sit about 2% below the median sale price. Building permits authorized 81 new housing units in Sep 2026.

At the 7.12% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $1,285 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $55K a year. The median sale price equals about 13 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio down 2.8% from a year earlier. That ratio is lower than in most of the 373 metros. Active listings ask a median $130 per square foot; the 3-month average vs a year earlier is up 1.8%.

In eight of the 12 ZIP codes in the table below, median list prices are higher than a year earlier; four are lower.

Headline

Median sale price

Jul–Sep 2026

$239K

+6.7% year-over-year

How it’s calculated

Average of the last three monthly median sale prices vs. the same three months a year earlier.

Mortgage rate

Nov 4, 2026

7.12%

30-year fixed

Where it comes from

National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.

The same rate appears on every market page.

Monthly payment

Principal & interest

$1,285/mo

$55K/yr income needed

How it’s calculated

Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.

Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.

How Beaumont – Port Arthur compares to other U.S. metros

Price-to-rent↓333rd of 373
Home-price growth↑53rd of 383 (top 14%)
Asking-vs-sale gap↓249th of 291
Price cuts↓307th of 385
Days on market↑104th of 385 (top 28%)

Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.

Affordability

Price-to-rent ratio≈ 13 -2.8% YoY
↓333rd of 373
Asking price / sq ft$130 +1.8% 3-month average vs a year earlier

Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market pressure

Listings with a price cut≈ 30% +4.6 pts 3-month average vs a year earlier
↓307th of 385
New housing units permitted81

The median asking price $235K runs about 2% below the median sale price $239K.

Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Sep 2026. Asking is the median list price of active listings (Realtor.com, Sep 2026); sale is the headline median of recent closings (Redfin, Jul–Sep 2026) — distinct sources and windows, so the gap is a directional read, not a like-for-like difference. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.

Market facts

ZIPs with listing data12 shown of 28
MLS board of recordBeaumont Board of REALTORS
Price methodologyRedfin vs FHFA HPI
Sale-price windowJul–Sep 2026

Recent signals

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Housing Economy

Beaumont – Port Arthur · ConstructionCOPIED

Beaumont – Port Arthur builders pulled 12.3% fewer single-family permits than a year earlier

Single-family building permits in the Beaumont – Port Arthur metro area, by month, one line per year, units

AprJulOct4560759010520252026
AprJulOct4560759010520252026
2024
Chart data
Month202420252026
Dec7449—
Nov8165—
Oct9360—
Sep607174
Aug898383
Jul807283
Jun658368
May677764
Apr738278
Mar617377
Feb887066
Jan657451

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey · data through September 2026

Builders in the Beaumont – Port Arthur metro area pulled 818 single-family permits in the twelve months through September 2026, 12.3% fewer than in the twelve months before. So far in 2026, permits are running 6.0% below the same months of 2025.

Why it matters. Permits come before starts, and starts come before new homes for sale, so this is the earliest read on how much new building is planned in the Beaumont – Port Arthur area. When the permit pipeline shrinks, buyers see fewer new-build options later; when it grows, sellers of existing homes face more competition from builders.

Beaumont – Port Arthur · Home pricesCOPIED

Beaumont – Port Arthur home prices are 3.4% higher than a year ago

Home prices in the Beaumont – Port Arthur metro area, change from a year earlier, FHFA all-transactions index, quarterly, percent; shaded bars mark recessions

1990200020102020-50%-25%0%25%50%Beaumont – Port Arthur
1990200020102020-50%-25%0%25%50%Beaumont – Port Arthur
No changeRecession
Chart data
DateBeaumont – Port Arthur
Jun 20263.4%
Mar 20262.1%
Dec 20251%
Sep 20253.1%
Jun 20257.6%
Mar 20253.6%
Dec 20248.6%
Sep 20243.9%
Jun 20243.3%
Mar 20245.8%
Dec 2023-0.8%
Sep 20232%
Jun 20231.6%
Mar 20235.8%
Dec 20229%
Sep 202210.7%
Jun 202214.2%
Mar 202212.7%
Dec 202111.8%
Sep 20219.7%
Jun 20214.7%
Mar 20214.7%
Dec 20204.8%
Sep 20205.3%
Jun 20205.4%
Mar 20205%
Dec 20194.3%
Sep 20193.6%
Jun 20196%
Mar 20194.1%
Dec 20186.6%
Sep 20185%
Jun 20183.4%
Mar 20185.6%
Dec 20170.1%
Sep 20175.4%
Jun 20175.3%
Mar 20172.8%
Dec 20166.1%
Sep 20163.7%
Jun 20163.6%
Mar 20164.5%
Dec 20154.1%
Sep 20154.3%
Jun 20152.7%
Mar 20153.5%
Dec 20144%
Sep 20140.5%
Jun 20142.5%
Mar 20143%
Dec 2013-0.1%
Sep 20132.6%
Jun 20131%
Mar 2013-1.1%
Dec 20120.8%
Sep 2012-0%
Jun 20120.7%
Mar 2012-1.1%
Dec 2011-2.1%
Sep 2011-3.8%
Jun 2011-3.8%
Mar 2011-0.8%
Dec 2010-2.4%
Sep 2010-0.1%
Jun 2010-1.4%
Mar 2010-0.8%
Dec 20091.3%
Sep 20090.9%
Jun 20091.4%
Mar 20092%
Dec 20082%
Sep 20082.6%
Jun 20083.2%
Mar 20084.4%
Dec 20076.1%
Sep 20078.6%
Jun 20079.7%
Mar 20078.2%
Dec 20069.4%
Sep 20068.1%
Jun 20067.8%
Mar 20067%
Dec 20052.7%
Sep 20053.2%
Jun 20053.2%
Mar 20053.9%
Dec 20045.3%
Sep 20044.8%
Jun 20043.9%
Mar 20042.9%
Dec 20033.6%
Sep 20032.8%
Jun 20032.9%
Mar 20034.4%
Dec 20024.5%
Sep 20024%
Jun 20023%
Mar 20023.8%
Dec 20013.9%
Sep 20014.9%
Jun 20015.1%
Mar 20012.6%
Dec 20003.3%
Sep 20002%
Jun 20002.6%
Mar 20003.2%
Dec 19994.3%
Sep 19994.7%
Jun 19994%
Mar 19994.2%
Dec 19983.3%
Sep 19983.9%
Jun 19983.4%
Mar 19986.3%
Dec 19973.4%
Sep 19971.5%
Jun 19972.5%
Mar 1997-0%
Dec 19960.5%
Sep 19962.1%
Jun 19963.1%
Mar 19963.9%
Dec 19953.3%
Sep 19951%
Jun 19951.3%
Mar 1995-1.5%
Dec 19940.1%
Sep 19943%
Jun 19941.1%
Mar 19943.5%
Dec 19933.3%
Sep 19932.4%
Jun 19934.3%
Mar 19935%
Dec 19925.7%
Sep 19925.4%
Jun 19925.1%
Mar 19926.9%
Dec 19916.9%
Sep 19915.9%
Jun 19914.6%
Mar 19913.7%
Dec 19901.6%
Sep 19904.3%
Jun 19905.9%
Mar 19904.2%
Dec 19894.3%
Sep 19893%
Jun 19892.8%
Mar 19891.1%
Dec 19880.7%
Sep 1988-0.7%
Jun 1988-5.1%
Mar 1988-5.2%
Dec 1987-4.5%
Sep 1987-6.5%
Jun 1987-5%
Mar 1987-5.2%
Dec 1986-3.3%
Sep 1986-2.4%
Jun 1986-0.8%
Mar 1986-0.3%
Dec 1985-2.6%
Sep 1985-3%
Jun 1985-6.3%
Mar 1985-5.1%
Dec 1984-2.5%
Sep 1984-3.8%
Jun 1984-0.4%
Mar 19842.8%
Dec 198340.1%
Sep 198326.2%
Jun 198312.4%
Mar 1983-1.4%
Dec 1982-25.9%
Sep 1982-12.8%
Jun 19822.1%
Mar 198216.3%
Dec 19812.1%
Sep 19813.7%
Jun 19812%
Mar 19811.8%
Dec 198013.6%
Sep 198011.3%
Jun 19809%
Mar 19806.3%
Dec 197914.1%
Sep 197910.4%
Jun 197911%

Source: FHFA house price index; recession dates from NBER · data through Q2 2026

FHFA's all-transactions index for the Beaumont – Port Arthur metro area in the second quarter of 2026 was 3.4% above its level a year earlier. Since 1979, prices have risen an average of 3.3% a year. Nationally, prices were 3.0% higher than a year earlier.

Why it matters. Long-run context shows how the latest change in Beaumont – Port Arthur home prices compares with the market's own history, including the recessions shaded on the chart. When appreciation slows, sellers have less room for a list price to run ahead of recent sales, and buyers feel less pressure to stretch to keep up; when it speeds up, the reverse holds: list prices can run ahead of recent sales and buyers compete harder.

Price reconciliation

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Redfin (metro)

+6.7%

FHFA HPI · Q2 2026

+3.4%

Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (sale prices over the last 3 months) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.

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ZIP-level data

ZIPMedian list priceActive listingsNew listingsPrice reductionsDays on marketHome value
77611$235K↑54↓16↑12↓60↓$208K↑
77627$239K↓48↓20↑16↓44↓$224K↑
77630$139K↓133↓28↑36↓71↓$149K↑
77632$237K↓78↓32↓24↓63↑$227K↑
77640$140K↑59↓16↓8↓84↑$125K↓
77656$195K↓54↓16↓16↓62↓$175K↑
77657$398K↑91↓28↑40↑63↑$278K↑
77662$229K↑94↓24↓32↑68↓$181K↑
77705$186K↑80↑12↓28↑90↑$144K↑
77706$290K↑183↓40↓56↑74↓$243K↑
77707$193K↑80↓16↓3278↑$188K↑
77713$365K↑76↓8↓16↓65↓$265K↑

ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.