Balch Springs, TX Housing Market — 198 Homes Sold (September 2025 – September 2026)

Q: What does the typical Balch Springs home cost?

The typical Balch Springs home sold for $256,649 (about $160 per square foot) over the last twelve months.

Q: How fast do homes sell in Balch Springs?

The typical Balch Springs home went under contract in 26 days; 27.8% sold within the first week.

Q: Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Balch Springs?

The median Balch Springs lease ran $1,865/month this year; principal and interest on the median $256,649 home is roughly $1,460/month with 10% down.

A fair fight: well-priced homes move in about 26 days, and 16.7% still beat asking.

Balch Springs market at a glance

Homes sold (12 months): 198
Median sale price: $256,649 (about $1,460/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
Median price per square foot: $160
Median days on market (list to contract): 26; 27.8% went under contract within a week
Sold over asking: 16.7% · Sold under asking: 56.1%
Typical home: 3 bed, 1,656 sqft, built 2025, mostly Mesquite ISD
Price range of sales: $88,500 – $570,000
On the market right now: 58 active listings, 21 under contract, 3.5 months of supply, median asking $299,000
How buyers paid: Conventional 30.8%, FHA 42.9%, VA 5.1%, Cash 18.7%, Other 2.5%
Seller contributions: 73.2% of sellers chipped in, typically $5,004
Contract to close: about 33 days
Median rent (same home types, 69 closed leases): $1,865/month — owning the median home runs about $1,460/month principal & interest with 10% down
HOA: 62.1% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $79/month
New construction: 55.1% of sales, median $261,999 vs $242,000 resale

Five-year price history in Balch Springs

Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $230,750 · 2023 Q1: $239,000 · 2024 Q1: $295,000 · 2025 Q1: $249,950 · 2026 Q1: $244,500 · 2026 Q3: $276,000.

Median price by elementary school zone

Gentry: 81 sales, median $250,499, $155/sqft
Mackey: 27 sales, median $415,000, $171/sqft
Gray: 21 sales, median $287,000, $170/sqft
Hodges: 21 sales, median $200,000, $153/sqft
Lagow: 9 sales, median $235,000, $161/sqft

Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Balch Springs

Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 10 days at 100% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 55 days and kept 93.6% of the original ask — roughly $17,200 left on the table on a typical Balch Springs listing.

Most active Balch Springs neighborhoods

McKenzie Trails: 74 sales, median $250,099, 10 days on market
Arcadia Trails Classic 60: 16 sales, median $430,720, 97 days on market
Arcadia Trails: 10 sales, median $369,249, 148 days on market

Nearby markets

Dallas · Garland · Mesquite · Grand Prairie · Irving · Richardson · Rowlett · Cedar Hill

Common questions

Is now a good time to buy in Balch Springs? A fair fight: well-priced homes move in about 26 days, and 16.7% still beat asking.

What does the typical Balch Springs home cost? $256,649 — about $160 per square foot, or roughly $1,460/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.

How fast do homes sell in Balch Springs? The typical home went under contract in 26 days; 27.8% sold within the first week.

Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Balch Springs? The median Balch Springs lease ran $1,865/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $256,649 home is roughly $1,460/month with 10% down, before taxes and insurance.

Source: NTREIS MLS closed sales, September 3 2025 – September 3 2026. Aggregate data only — Texas is a non-disclosure state. Compiled by Pax Realty (Ryan Storch, Broker). Explore all 186 cities · Full dataset · Book a strategy call · Call/text (972) 974-1821.