Texas Realtors: Third-Quarter Median Price Dips 0.4% to $333,628

Texas Realtors' 2026 Q3 Texas Quarterly Housing Report, released Oct. 20, showed a statewide market tilting toward buyers.

The statewide median sales price was $333,628, down 0.4% from a year earlier. Active listings rose 2.8%, closed sales fell 2.4% and months of inventory ticked up to 5.5 from 5.4. The Texas Real Estate Research Center treats 4 to 5 months as a generally balanced market.

Metro picture

Of the 26 metros tracked, home availability increased in 18. Median prices rose in 15, fell in 10 and were unchanged in one, with changes under 5% in 18 metros. The four largest metros saw price declines of 1.2% or less; Austin and San Antonio had more closed sales while Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston had fewer.

Abilene (22.0%), Texarkana (13.3%) and Beaumont–Port Arthur (10.7%) posted the largest price gains. Odessa led sales growth at 26.6%, while Corpus Christi (-12.1%) and Abilene (-12.0%) saw the sharpest declines. Inventory was tightest in Abilene (2.4 months), Amarillo and Odessa (3.1 each) and loosest in Eagle Pass (12.1), McAllen–Edinburg–Mission (9.2) and Corpus Christi (9.0).

Sources: Webull — Texas Realtors Q3 2026 report summary; Texas Realtors.