Reports  ›  Weekly · 2026-08-16

Texas real estate — week of Aug 14, 2026

Texas's major metros split this week: 9 negative, 12 positive on year-over-year median sale price. Range this week: odessa at -12.4% YoY to midland-odessa at +17.6%. The widest source-divergence was zip 77002 (Houston), where Redfin and Zillow ZHVI disagreed by 23.4pp — worth a closer look before citing any single number.

Headline numbers

Abilene

$270K +17.1%

Amarillo

$255K +8.4%

Austin

$552K -1.0%

Beaumont – Port Arthur

$230K +14.4%

Brownsville – Harlingen

$253K -2.6%

College Station – Bryan

$342K -4.3%

Corpus Christi

$270K +0.6%

Dallas – Fort Worth

$488K +5.5%

El Paso

$256K +1.1%

Houston

$355K +1.8%

Killeen – Temple

$232K -4.7%

Laredo

$250K -0.0%

Longview

$269K -1.6%

Lubbock

$244K +1.4%

McAllen – Edinburg

$286K +9.3%

Midland – Odessa

$341K +17.6%

Odessa

$211K -12.4%

San Antonio

$264K -2.2%

Tyler

$296K -3.3%

Waco

$271K -3.3%

Wichita Falls

$207K +3.3%

This week's signals

Strength 4 / 5

98.2%

Amarillo sale-to-list dropped below 1.0 — 98.2%

Typical closed deal now prints below list; buyers have real negotiating room for the first time in this market's recent cycle.

Strength 4 / 5

$365K

Pflugerville median price -9.8% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -7.8% YoY across 73 closed sales.

Strength 4 / 5

90 days

Hutto homes taking 90 days to sell — +87.5% vs. a year ago

Homes are sitting materially longer than they were this time last year — the first hard sign of softening demand or over-priced inventory.

Strength 4 / 5

$359K

Pflugerville median price -10.2% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -7.7% YoY across 74 closed sales.

Strength 4 / 5

6.3 mo

Corpus Christi supply now 6.3 months — buyer's market

Six-plus months of supply in Corpus Christi — this is a buyer's market by the textbook definition.

Strength 4 / 5

22 days

The Woodlands homes taking 22 days to sell — +83.3% vs. a year ago

Homes are sitting materially longer than they were this time last year — the first hard sign of softening demand or over-priced inventory.

Source divergence

Widest source-divergence this week

77002 · Houston, TX

red · 23.4pp

Redfin +19.8% · Zillow ZHVI -3.6%

View 77002 →

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