Dallas, TX Housing Market: 9,357 Homes Sold (September 2025 to September 2026)
The edge goes to buyers: homes typically take 31 days and only 14.9% beat their asking price.
Dallas market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 9,357
- Median sale price: $455,000 (about $2,588/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $248
- Median days on market (list to contract): 31; 21% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 14.9% · Sold under asking: 67.4%
- Typical home: 3 bed, 1,867 sqft, built 1978, mostly Dallas ISD
- Price range of sales: $35,000 – $15,000,000
- On the market right now: 4,302 active listings, 772 under contract, 5.5 months of supply, median asking $415,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 53.1%, FHA 11.8%, VA 2.8%, Cash 29.3%, Other 3%
- Seller contributions: 42% of sellers chipped in, typically $7,000
- Contract to close: about 28 days
- Median rent (same home types, 5,534 closed leases): $2,550/month. Owning the median home runs about $2,588/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 29.2% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $313/month
- New construction: 10.9% of sales, median $425,000 vs $460,000 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 Q4: $545,000.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Milam: 502 sales, median $561,000, $343/sqft
- Lakewood: 324 sales, median $1,105,000, $448/sqft
- Mockingbird: 292 sales, median $825,000, $381/sqft
- Prestonhol: 247 sales, median $1,350,000, $383/sqft
- Geneva Heights: 236 sales, median $877,000, $370/sqft
- Withers: 188 sales, median $1,360,000, $413/sqft
- Haggar: 170 sales, median $605,000, $239/sqft
- Polk: 163 sales, median $1,275,000, $426/sqft
- Kramer: 159 sales, median $425,000, $244/sqft
- Pershing: 152 sales, median $1,790,000, $417/sqft
- Rosemont: 148 sales, median $625,000, $315/sqft
- Chavez: 145 sales, median $519,350, $288/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Dallas
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 13 days at 98.5% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 78 days and kept 90.9% of the original ask, roughly $36,900 left on the table on a typical Dallas listing.
Most active Dallas neighborhoods
- Prestonwood: 108 sales, median $723,250, 19 days on market
- Lake Highlands Estates: 52 sales, median $588,750, 28 days on market
- Caldwell Lakes: 45 sales, median $300,000, 41 days on market
- Glenridge Estates: 43 sales, median $1,110,000, 20 days on market
- White Rock North: 39 sales, median $915,000, 16 days on market
- Ellington Woods: 39 sales, median $274,099, 12 days on market
- Sereno Oaks at Buckner Terrace: 39 sales, median $399,000, 31 days on market
- Vickery Place: 36 sales, median $1,242,500, 22 days on market
- College Park: 34 sales, median $309,950, 46 days on market
- Buckner Terrace: 34 sales, median $386,200, 56 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 31 days and only 14.9% beat their asking price.
What does the typical Dallas home cost? $455,000, about $248 per square foot, or roughly $2,588/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Dallas? The typical home went under contract in 31 days; 21% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Dallas? The median Dallas lease ran $2,550/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $455,000 home is roughly $2,588/month with 10% down, before taxes and insurance.
Source: NTREIS MLS closed sales, September 5 2025 to September 5 2026. Aggregate data only; Texas is a non-disclosure state. Compiled by Pax Realty (Ryan Storch, Broker). Explore all 186 cities · Full dataset · Text Ryan · Call/text (972) 974-1821.