Buyers are reportedly looking for homes that reflect how they actually live, not how they could be living.

Active buyers are looking for more expensive homes, while price-constrained buyers are looking at fewer homes altogether.

Thanks to affordability, desirability, new construction and economic viability, Frisco is the No. 1 real estate market in the United States in 2026.

Of the 50 metro areas surveyed by NAR, several stood out for year-over-year gains in contract signings. 

The move was an improvement over July, but sentiment still remained in negative territory. 

This month, we’re taking a look at the priciest home sales on or near Lake Ray Hubbard.

PMI — which protects lenders on mortgage loans where the down payment is less than 20% and as low as 3% — allowed Texas buyers to save an average of $51,645 at closing in 2025.

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. 

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.