With mortgage rates approaching 6%, 5.5 million additional buyers that could not qualify for a mortgage one year ago would qualify at today’s lower rates, the National Association of REALTORS® said. 

The typical home stayed on the market for 109 days: 76 days for sale, plus 33 days to close. That was up a full week from January 2025.

In a rare housing market shift, newly built homes saw price reductions more frequently than existing homes in late 2025 for the first time in recent history, according to a new report from Realtor.com.  

GFWAR ranked the 10 Fort Worth-area ZIP codes with the greatest annual increase in transactions to determine which neighborhoods grew most in popularity among homebuyers in 2025.

“The region is currently insulated from extreme price drops due to the popularity and affordability of the area,” said GFWAR President Shawn Buck.

As the housing market continues to adjust, design and community strategy have become drivers of buyer preference, according to Jenni Nichols, vice president of design at John Burns Research and Consulting.

Texans are particularly open to relationships, with people in the state searching dating-related terms at higher rates than singles in other states.

Zillow’s Home Value Index shows that in 13 of the past 20 years, home values in the metro area of the Super Bowl champion grew faster than the national average.

A 20,000-square-foot estate with a $29.9 million price tag tops this past month’s ranking of the most expensive new listings in Texas.

New-home sales increased 7% month over month in Dallas-Fort Worth in December, according to the Texas New Home Sales Report from HomesUSA.

Middle-income seniors stand to be affected most by projected shortages — those who don’t qualify for subsidized housing but can’t afford new construction.

Investor-led purchases made up 34% of all single-family residential sales in the third quarter of 2025, up 25.5% year over year and 1% from the second quarter.

Nationwide, rents increased 1.58% from 2024 to 2025 while prices stayed flat. In Texas, rents increased 2.56% during the same time period while prices dipped 4.03%.

Affordability challenges continue to bedevil homebuyers, despite mortgage rates falling to a three-year low, the National Association of Home Builders reported. 

Given the rate of sales, the Metroplex had a 3.5-month inventory in December, up from 3.2 months a year prior.

Research showed a disproportionately high share of foreign-born workers active in the construction trades nationally in 2024.