Mesquite, TX Housing Market: 1,371 Homes Sold (September 2025 to September 2026)
The edge goes to buyers: homes typically take 40 days and only 18.8% beat their asking price.
Mesquite market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 1,371
- Median sale price: $284,000 (about $1,616/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $160
- Median days on market (list to contract): 40; 14% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 18.8% · Sold under asking: 55.3%
- Typical home: 3 bed, 1,758 sqft, built 1986, mostly Mesquite ISD
- Price range of sales: $38,000 – $1,000,000
- On the market right now: 486 active listings, 158 under contract, 4.3 months of supply, median asking $299,999
- How buyers paid: Conventional 41.5%, FHA 34.9%, VA 5.3%, Cash 14.7%, Other 3.6%
- Seller contributions: 65.1% of sellers chipped in, typically $7,706
- Contract to close: about 30 days
- Median rent (same home types, 570 closed leases): $2,000/month. Owning the median home runs about $1,616/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 28.4% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $104/month
- New construction: 20.8% of sales, median $364,000 vs $264,000 resale
Five-year price history in Mesquite
Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $266,000 · 2023 Q1: $279,000 · 2024 Q1: $290,000 · 2025 Q1: $291,745 · 2026 Q1: $280,000 · 2026 Q4: $275,000.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Gentry: 204 sales, median $340,541, $155/sqft
- Smith: 96 sales, median $319,990, $172/sqft
- Thompson: 82 sales, median $283,000, $146/sqft
- Shaw: 69 sales, median $279,000, $158/sqft
- Rutherford: 63 sales, median $240,000, $171/sqft
- Shands: 57 sales, median $265,000, $164/sqft
- Achziger: 53 sales, median $384,000, $160/sqft
- Porter: 52 sales, median $298,750, $162/sqft
- Black: 50 sales, median $225,000, $169/sqft
- Pirrung: 47 sales, median $323,000, $144/sqft
- Beasley: 46 sales, median $270,000, $162/sqft
- Austin: 45 sales, median $278,100, $160/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Mesquite
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 14 days at 100% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 74 days and kept 92.3% of the original ask, roughly $22,900 left on the table on a typical Mesquite listing.
Most active Mesquite neighborhoods
- Solterra: 133 sales, median $343,999, 52 days on market
- Creek Crossing Estates: 116 sales, median $298,500, 35 days on market
- Northridge Estates: 41 sales, median $220,000, 37 days on market
- ValleyBrooke: 35 sales, median $325,000, 43 days on market
- Town East Estates: 27 sales, median $245,000, 47 days on market
- Palos Verdes Estates: 26 sales, median $290,000, 31 days on market
- Solterra Texas: 26 sales, median $439,500, 120 days on market
- Talia: 21 sales, median $440,000, 289 days on market
- Casa View Heights 15: 19 sales, median $230,000, 31 days on market
- Valleybrooke: 16 sales, median $337,500, 63 days on market
Nearby markets
Dallas · Garland · Grand Prairie · Irving · Richardson · Rowlett · Cedar Hill · DeSoto
Common questions
Is now a good time to buy in Mesquite? The edge goes to buyers: homes typically take 40 days and only 18.8% beat their asking price.
What does the typical Mesquite home cost? $284,000, about $160 per square foot, or roughly $1,616/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Mesquite? The typical home went under contract in 40 days; 14% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Mesquite? The median Mesquite lease ran $2,000/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $284,000 home is roughly $1,616/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.