DeSoto, TX Housing Market: 426 Homes Sold (September 2025 to September 2026)
A fair fight: well-priced homes move in about 36 days, and 20.9% still beat asking.
DeSoto market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 426
- Median sale price: $345,000 (about $1,963/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $151
- Median days on market (list to contract): 36; 13.8% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 20.9% · Sold under asking: 51.9%
- 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, 46 under contract, 5.1 months of supply, median asking $395,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 35.2%, FHA 33.6%, VA 14.6%, Cash 14.3%, Other 2.3%
- Seller contributions: 66.2% of sellers chipped in, typically $9,000
- Contract to close: about 29 days
- Median rent (same home types, 168 closed leases): $2,272/month. Owning the median home runs about $1,963/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 40.8% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $29/month
- New construction: 15.5% of sales, median $489,332 vs $325,000 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 Q4: $348,499.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Cockrell Hill: 100 sales, median $375,000, $138/sqft
- The Meadows: 77 sales, median $295,000, $151/sqft
- Woodridge: 66 sales, median $285,000, $152/sqft
- Moates: 51 sales, median $378,840, $164/sqft
- Alexander: 45 sales, median $500,000, $173/sqft
- Young: 41 sales, median $342,000, $140/sqft
- Amber Terrace: 16 sales, median $270,500, $142/sqft
- Northside: 10 sales, median $297,000, $147/sqft
- Weiss: 10 sales, median $422,500, $169/sqft
- Beltline: 8 sales, median $310,000, $126/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in DeSoto
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 16 days at 100% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 76 days and kept 93.8% of the original ask, roughly $22,300 left on the table on a typical DeSoto listing.
Most active DeSoto neighborhoods
- Brook Hollow Estates: 16 sales, median $265,500, 36 days on market
- Parkerville Meadows: 15 sales, median $376,594, 57 days on market
- Ten Mile Creek Estates: 13 sales, median $500,000, 30 days on market
- Northwest Estates: 12 sales, median $260,000, 12 days on market
- Homestead at Daniel Farms Phase 2: 10 sales, median $569,183, 126 days on market
- Creek Tree Estates: 9 sales, median $335,000, 22 days on market
- Meadowbrook Estates: 8 sales, median $377,500, 54 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 36 days, and 20.9% still beat asking.
What does the typical DeSoto home cost? $345,000, about $151 per square foot, or roughly $1,963/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in DeSoto? The typical home went under contract in 36 days; 13.8% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in DeSoto? The median DeSoto lease ran $2,272/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $345,000 home is roughly $1,963/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.