Celina, TX Housing Market — 1,722 Homes Sold (September 2025 – September 2026)
Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 70 days to find a buyer.
Celina market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 1,722
- Median sale price: $520,000 (about $2,958/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $187
- Median days on market (list to contract): 70; 9.1% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 6.4% · Sold under asking: 78.3%
- Typical home: 4 bed, 2,859 sqft, built 2025, mostly Celina ISD
- Price range of sales: $205,000 – $4,999,999
- On the market right now: 1,069 active listings, 211 under contract, 7.4 months of supply, median asking $562,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 67.8%, FHA 14.1%, VA 5.3%, Cash 10.8%, Other 2.1%
- Seller contributions: 68.6% of sellers chipped in, typically $13,000
- Contract to close: about 31 days
- Median rent (same home types, 744 closed leases): $2,600/month — owning the median home runs about $2,958/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 96.6% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $91/month
- New construction: 68.9% of sales, median $508,290 vs $558,000 resale
Five-year price history in Celina
Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $593,282 · 2023 Q1: $639,500 · 2024 Q1: $595,462 · 2025 Q1: $580,000 · 2026 Q1: $520,784 · 2026 Q3: $517,500.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Bobby Ray-Afton Martin: 503 sales, median $460,000, $182/sqft
- Marcy Lykins: 268 sales, median $442,500, $171/sqft
- O'Dell: 232 sales, median $510,000, $183/sqft
- Margie Moore Vasquez: 120 sales, median $531,072, $183/sqft
- Sam Johnson: 100 sales, median $997,748, $260/sqft
- Dan Christie: 95 sales, median $513,000, $173/sqft
- Light Farms: 87 sales, median $605,000, $220/sqft
- Tommie Dobie Bothwell: 80 sales, median $552,450, $198/sqft
- Virgie Witt Smothermon: 78 sales, median $617,500, $195/sqft
- Lilyana: 46 sales, median $585,000, $192/sqft
- Joyce Hall: 28 sales, median $652,050, $218/sqft
- Ralph and Mary Lynn Boyer: 14 sales, median $819,500, $220/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Celina
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 20 days at 97.7% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 99 days and kept 86.9% of the original ask — roughly $64,900 left on the table on a typical Celina listing.
Most active Celina neighborhoods
- Legacy Hills: 103 sales, median $348,999, 31 days on market
- North Sky: 90 sales, median $580,000, 94 days on market
- Cross Creek Meadows: 79 sales, median $520,990, 88 days on market
- Lilybrooke Legacy Hills: 68 sales, median $382,835, 29 days on market
- Mosaic: 67 sales, median $660,000, 98 days on market
- Sutton Fields: 53 sales, median $519,990, 100 days on market
- Chalk Hill: 52 sales, median $365,490, 43 days on market
- Lilyana: 49 sales, median $584,000, 65 days on market
- Wilson Creek Meadows: 44 sales, median $565,220, 68 days on market
- Cambridge Crossing: 41 sales, median $630,000, 122 days on market
Nearby markets
McKinney · Plano · Princeton · Allen · Anna · Wylie · Prosper · Lavon
Common questions
Is now a good time to buy in Celina? Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 70 days to find a buyer.
What does the typical Celina home cost? $520,000 — about $187 per square foot, or roughly $2,958/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Celina? The typical home went under contract in 70 days; 9.1% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Celina? The median Celina lease ran $2,600/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $520,000 home is roughly $2,958/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.