Looking just at Fort Worth, active listings decreased 4.9% year over year as closed home sales fell 8.4%.

Looking ahead, Cotality expects the median price of a home to increase 1.5% through June 2027. 

Approximately 64% of households in the state are cost-prohibited from owning a median-priced home — that equates to about 7 million families, researchers said.

Three years after the opening of a large center, ZIP codes retained 66% of their pre-opening active listings, compared to 43% in similar areas without a data center.

With strong sales in six Dallas-Fort Worth-area communities, the metro accounted for 8% of all sales in RCLCO’s Top 50.

Texas’ most expensive new listing is a nearly $24 million estate in the Dallas suburb of Westlake.

Nationally, home-price growth topped 1% for the first time in 2026.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate of 628,000 homes topped Wall Street’s estimates. 

“While the improvement in days on market last month is encouraging, the decline in pending sales is also consistent with seasonality,” HomesUSA CEO Ben Caballero explained.

Curb appeal is important to today’s homeowners — that is, they want the exteriors of their homes to appeal to their own preferences and sensibilities rather than those of potential buyers.

Given Texas’ average home size, buyers in the state pay an average price per square foot of $210.

The triennial survey of 2,000 American residents from the 50 largest metropolitan areas, the National Association of REALTORS® Community and Transportation Preference Survey, found buyers and residents prefer more housing options and communities designed for easy access.

Closed home sales increased 6.5% year over year in Dallas-Fort Worth in June, according to the latest Housing Report from the MetroTex Association of REALTORS®.

The annual and monthly declines of 0.3% and 5.4%, respectively, do not fully capture the geographic variability of market performance. 

“The region’s housing market is looking great this year,” President Shawn Buck said in a press release.

The median sales price of a home hit an all-time high of $440,600.