Denton, TX Housing Market: 1,821 Homes Sold (September 2025 to September 2026)
Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 47 days to find a buyer.
Denton market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 1,821
- Median sale price: $365,000 (about $2,076/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): 47; 12.7% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 12.2% · Sold under asking: 65.3%
- Typical home: 3 bed, 2,003 sqft, built 2013, mostly Denton ISD
- Price range of sales: $33,000 – $3,350,000
- On the market right now: 715 active listings, 144 under contract, 4.7 months of supply, median asking $400,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 47.8%, FHA 22.2%, VA 8%, Cash 20.3%, Other 1.6%
- Seller contributions: 61.3% of sellers chipped in, typically $8,700
- Contract to close: about 29 days
- Median rent (same home types, 1,001 closed leases): $2,100/month. Owning the median home runs about $2,076/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 69.1% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $58/month
- New construction: 29.4% of sales, median $364,120 vs $365,000 resale
Five-year price history in Denton
Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $370,000 · 2023 Q1: $367,192 · 2024 Q1: $381,750 · 2025 Q1: $374,000 · 2026 Q1: $355,000 · 2026 Q4: $363,000.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Borman: 284 sales, median $444,750, $232/sqft
- Hodge: 149 sales, median $386,843, $178/sqft
- Dixie Hansel: 136 sales, median $305,900, $181/sqft
- Evers Park: 136 sales, median $340,000, $182/sqft
- EP Rayzor: 110 sales, median $472,500, $190/sqft
- Houston: 106 sales, median $408,750, $176/sqft
- Ryanws: 104 sales, median $477,500, $190/sqft
- Nette Shultz: 104 sales, median $346,940, $183/sqft
- Nelson: 82 sales, median $346,000, $175/sqft
- Dodd: 77 sales, median $304,990, $188/sqft
- Alice Moore Alexander: 75 sales, median $270,000, $193/sqft
- Newton Rayzor: 71 sales, median $349,500, $188/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Denton
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 17 days at 98.8% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 81 days and kept 92.2% of the original ask, roughly $25,700 left on the table on a typical Denton listing.
Most active Denton neighborhoods
- Monarch at the Meadows: 82 sales, median $304,793, 30 days on market
- Hickory Grove: 76 sales, median $304,175, 42 days on market
- Kings Way: 51 sales, median $409,990, 137 days on market
- Meadow Park: 41 sales, median $299,990, 77 days on market
- The Preserve At Pecan Creek Se: 40 sales, median $413,000, 47 days on market
- Eagle Creek: 32 sales, median $389,045, 75 days on market
- Stella Hills: 32 sales, median $389,621, 60 days on market
- Stark Farms: 30 sales, median $392,711, 74 days on market
- Townsend Green: 29 sales, median $349,990, 33 days on market
- Sagebrook: 24 sales, median $414,995, 73 days on market
Nearby markets
Frisco · Carrollton · Aubrey · Little Elm · Flower Mound · Lewisville · Justin · The Colony
Common questions
Is now a good time to buy in Denton? Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 47 days to find a buyer.
What does the typical Denton home cost? $365,000, about $187 per square foot, or roughly $2,076/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Denton? The typical home went under contract in 47 days; 12.7% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Denton? The median Denton lease ran $2,100/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $365,000 home is roughly $2,076/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.