DeSoto, TX Housing Market — 414 Homes Sold (September 2025 – September 2026)
A fair fight: well-priced homes move in about 41 days, and 22.7% still beat asking.
DeSoto market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 414
- Median sale price: $345,220 (about $1,964/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $152
- Median days on market (list to contract): 41; 12.6% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 22.7% · Sold under asking: 51.4%
- Typical home: 4 bed, 2,379 sqft, built 1994, mostly Desoto ISD
- Price range of sales: $120,100 – $3,920,000
- On the market right now: 181 active listings, 58 under contract, 5.2 months of supply, median asking $410,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 37%, FHA 32.4%, VA 14.3%, Cash 13.8%, Other 2.7%
- Seller contributions: 66.2% of sellers chipped in, typically $9,500
- Contract to close: about 29 days
- Median rent (same home types, 174 closed leases): $2,267/month — owning the median home runs about $1,964/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 41.3% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $29/month
- New construction: 15.7% of sales, median $510,000 vs $328,000 resale
Five-year price history in DeSoto
Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $327,000 · 2023 Q1: $342,500 · 2024 Q1: $360,000 · 2025 Q1: $370,347 · 2026 Q1: $338,750 · 2026 Q3: $336,500.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Cockrell Hill: 92 sales, median $375,000, $138/sqft
- The Meadows: 75 sales, median $295,000, $149/sqft
- Woodridge: 66 sales, median $285,000, $154/sqft
- Moates: 48 sales, median $430,082, $161/sqft
- Young: 47 sales, median $347,500, $145/sqft
- Alexander: 43 sales, median $499,000, $172/sqft
- Amber Terrace: 14 sales, median $277,500, $139/sqft
- Northside: 10 sales, median $329,500, $157/sqft
- Weiss: 9 sales, median $425,000, $173/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in DeSoto
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 17 days at 100% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 74 days and kept 93.7% of the original ask — roughly $22,700 left on the table on a typical DeSoto listing.
Most active DeSoto neighborhoods
- Brook Hollow Estates: 17 sales, median $270,000, 30 days on market
- Creek Tree Estates: 11 sales, median $338,000, 21 days on market
- Homestead at Daniel Farms Phase 2: 10 sales, median $579,000, 126 days on market
- Meadowbrook Estates: 10 sales, median $395,000, 54 days on market
- Ten Mile Creek Estates: 10 sales, median $503,500, 27 days on market
- Trees Farm: 10 sales, median $530,000, 80 days on market
- Creeks of Homestead: 9 sales, median $485,000, 124 days on market
- Hidden Lakes Estates: 9 sales, median $625,000, 231 days on market
- Northwest Estates: 8 sales, median $260,000, 12 days on market
- Parkerville Meadows: 8 sales, median $371,467, 66 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 DeSoto? A fair fight: well-priced homes move in about 41 days, and 22.7% still beat asking.
What does the typical DeSoto home cost? $345,220 — about $152 per square foot, or roughly $1,964/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in DeSoto? The typical home went under contract in 41 days; 12.6% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in DeSoto? The median DeSoto lease ran $2,267/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $345,220 home is roughly $1,964/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.