Dallas, TX Housing Market — 9,381 Homes Sold (September 2025 – September 2026)
The edge goes to buyers: homes typically take 32 days and only 15% beat their asking price.
Dallas market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 9,381
- Median sale price: $450,000 (about $2,560/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $246
- Median days on market (list to contract): 32; 20.6% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 15% · Sold under asking: 67%
- Typical home: 3 bed, 1,863 sqft, built 1978, mostly Dallas ISD
- Price range of sales: $23,500 – $15,000,000
- On the market right now: 4,099 active listings, 860 under contract, 5.2 months of supply, median asking $425,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 53.5%, FHA 12%, VA 2.9%, Cash 28.6%, Other 3%
- Seller contributions: 42.2% of sellers chipped in, typically $7,000
- Contract to close: about 28 days
- Median rent (same home types, 5,495 closed leases): $2,500/month — owning the median home runs about $2,560/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 29.1% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $308/month
- New construction: 11.3% of sales, median $416,500 vs $455,000 resale
Five-year price history in Dallas
Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $389,900 · 2023 Q1: $375,000 · 2024 Q1: $410,000 · 2025 Q1: $410,000 · 2026 Q1: $420,000 · 2026 Q3: $445,000.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Milam: 499 sales, median $535,000, $342/sqft
- Lakewood: 320 sales, median $1,065,000, $450/sqft
- Mockingbird: 286 sales, median $810,000, $381/sqft
- Geneva Heights: 239 sales, median $880,000, $374/sqft
- Prestonhol: 232 sales, median $1,326,500, $374/sqft
- Withers: 183 sales, median $1,420,000, $412/sqft
- Polk: 164 sales, median $1,265,512, $425/sqft
- Kramer: 163 sales, median $424,995, $244/sqft
- Pershing: 161 sales, median $1,725,000, $411/sqft
- Haggar: 160 sales, median $612,500, $241/sqft
- Rosemont: 160 sales, median $625,000, $315/sqft
- Chavez: 142 sales, median $525,500, $290/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Dallas
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 13 days at 98.6% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 78 days and kept 90.9% of the original ask — roughly $36,400 left on the table on a typical Dallas listing.
Most active Dallas neighborhoods
- Prestonwood: 106 sales, median $727,500, 18 days on market
- Caldwell Lakes: 52 sales, median $301,249, 39 days on market
- Ellington Woods: 44 sales, median $273,599, 12 days on market
- Lake Highlands Estates: 43 sales, median $585,000, 25 days on market
- College Park: 39 sales, median $309,900, 49 days on market
- Sereno Oaks at Buckner Terrace: 38 sales, median $399,000, 29 days on market
- Glenridge Estates: 38 sales, median $1,087,500, 19 days on market
- White Rock North: 38 sales, median $930,000, 17 days on market
- Forest Meadows: 36 sales, median $705,000, 22 days on market
- Middlefield Village: 36 sales, median $313,900, 55 days on market
Nearby markets
Garland · Mesquite · Grand Prairie · Irving · Richardson · Rowlett · Cedar Hill · DeSoto
Common questions
Is now a good time to buy in Dallas? The edge goes to buyers: homes typically take 32 days and only 15% beat their asking price.
What does the typical Dallas home cost? $450,000 — about $246 per square foot, or roughly $2,560/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Dallas? The typical home went under contract in 32 days; 20.6% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Dallas? The median Dallas lease ran $2,500/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $450,000 home is roughly $2,560/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.