Mesquite, TX Housing Market — 1,397 Homes Sold (September 2025 – September 2026)
The edge goes to buyers: homes typically take 41 days and only 18.6% beat their asking price.
Mesquite market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 1,397
- Median sale price: $285,000 (about $1,621/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): 41; 13.5% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 18.6% · Sold under asking: 54.6%
- Typical home: 3 bed, 1,776 sqft, built 1987, mostly Mesquite ISD
- Price range of sales: $98,000 – $1,000,000
- On the market right now: 501 active listings, 167 under contract, 4.3 months of supply, median asking $310,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 40.9%, FHA 35.1%, VA 5.7%, Cash 15%, Other 3.3%
- Seller contributions: 65.6% of sellers chipped in, typically $7,500
- Contract to close: about 29 days
- Median rent (same home types, 561 closed leases): $2,000/month — owning the median home runs about $1,621/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 30.2% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $104/month
- New construction: 22.8% of sales, median $369,495 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 Q3: $285,000.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Gentry: 220 sales, median $337,479, $155/sqft
- Smith: 93 sales, median $320,000, $173/sqft
- Thompson: 83 sales, median $284,000, $146/sqft
- Shaw: 69 sales, median $275,000, $158/sqft
- Rutherford: 57 sales, median $240,000, $170/sqft
- Shands: 55 sales, median $260,000, $160/sqft
- Pirrung: 54 sales, median $328,500, $144/sqft
- Achziger: 52 sales, median $389,500, $160/sqft
- Black: 49 sales, median $220,000, $168/sqft
- Porter: 49 sales, median $280,000, $160/sqft
- Johnson: 49 sales, median $479,999, $172/sqft
- Beasley: 48 sales, median $275,000, $161/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 76 days and kept 92% of the original ask — roughly $24,000 left on the table on a typical Mesquite listing.
Most active Mesquite neighborhoods
- Solterra: 139 sales, median $337,059, 49 days on market
- Creek Crossing Estates: 123 sales, median $300,000, 35 days on market
- ValleyBrooke: 44 sales, median $322,495, 38 days on market
- Northridge Estates: 41 sales, median $215,000, 47 days on market
- Solterra Texas: 30 sales, median $421,995, 102 days on market
- Town East Estates: 28 sales, median $245,000, 41 days on market
- Palos Verdes Estates: 27 sales, median $284,000, 28 days on market
- Talia: 26 sales, median $416,378, 236 days on market
- Casa View Heights 15: 21 sales, median $220,000, 32 days on market
- Polo Ridge: 17 sales, median $555,000, 229 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 41 days and only 18.6% beat their asking price.
What does the typical Mesquite home cost? $285,000 — about $160 per square foot, or roughly $1,621/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Mesquite? The typical home went under contract in 41 days; 13.5% 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 $285,000 home is roughly $1,621/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.