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Odessa, TX housing market

Odessa, TX median sale price $190K in Apr 2026, down 33.8% year over year. Also days on market, price cuts, affordability and ZIP-code figures.

The median sale price in Odessa, TX is $190K as of Apr 2026, down 33.8% from a year earlier. That is the steepest year-over-year decline of the 195 U.S. metros Pecan Street ranks on this measure. FHFA's repeat-sales index for the metro points the other way: up 0.1% through Q2 2026.

Odessa has the lowest median sale price of the 21 Texas metros Pecan Street tracks ($190K); Wichita Falls ($207K) is next. On median days on market, Odessa (53 days) ranks 18th of the 21 Texas metros, between Midland – Odessa (55 days) and Lubbock (50 days). On share of listings with a price cut, Odessa (35%) ranks 8th of the 21 Texas metros, between Killeen – Temple (35%) and Longview (34%).

Listings spent a median 53 days on market in Sep 2026, fewer than in most of the 195 metros. 35% of active listings carry a price cut, 0.1 points fewer than a year earlier. That share is lower than in most of the 195 metros. Building permits authorized 67 new housing units in Aug 2026.

At the 7.45% 30-year fixed rate with 20% down, principal and interest on a median-priced home come to $1,058 a month; at 28% of gross income, that takes about $45K a year. The median sale price equals about 9 years of HUD Fair Market Rent, a ratio down 30.2% from a year earlier. That ratio is the 11th-lowest of the 195 metros. Active listings ask a median $163 per square foot, up 1.0% from a year earlier.

Median list prices are lower than a year earlier in all five ZIP codes in the table below.

Headline

Median sale price

Apr 2026

$190K

-33.8% year-over-year

How it’s calculated

Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.

Mortgage rate

Oct 6, 2026

7.45%

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

$1,058/mo

$45K/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 Odessa compares to other U.S. metros

Home-price growth↓195th of 195
Price-to-rent↓185th of 195
Price cuts↓126th of 195
Days on market↓122nd of 195

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≈ 9 -30.2% YoY
↓185th of 195
Asking price / sq ft$163 +1.0% YoY

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≈ 35% -0.1 pts YoY
↓126th of 195
New housing units permitted67

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 Aug 2026. 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 data5 shown of 9
MLS board of recordPermian Basin Board of REALTORS
Price methodologyRedfin vs FHFA HPI
Data as ofApr 2026

Recent signals

No signals flagged for this market right now.

Recent notable readings

Readings from the latest data that sit at one end of the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, from the nightly cross-metro comparison. They are not signal alerts.

Price reconciliation

red · 33.9pp

Redfin (city)

-33.8%

FHFA HPI · Q2 2026

+0.1%

Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) 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
79761$245K↓58↑32↓2039↑$208K↑
79762$298K↓143↑64↑50↑54↑$260K↑
79763$251K↓59↑30↑22↑60↑$211K↑
79764$255K↓42↑14↓12↓49↑$231K↑
79765$352K↓197↑56↑78↑59↓$333K↑

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.