Rockwall, TX Housing Market: 953 Homes Sold (September 2025 to September 2026)
Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 58 days to find a buyer.
Rockwall market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 953
- Median sale price: $525,000 (about $2,987/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $189
- Median days on market (list to contract): 58; 13.7% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 11.6% · Sold under asking: 71.6%
- Typical home: 4 bed, 2,778 sqft, built 2007, mostly Rockwall ISD
- Price range of sales: $152,500 – $5,600,000
- On the market right now: 409 active listings, 90 under contract, 5.2 months of supply, median asking $549,989
- How buyers paid: Conventional 61.5%, FHA 7.6%, VA 9.5%, Cash 19.7%, Other 1.7%
- Seller contributions: 54.4% of sellers chipped in, typically $10,000
- Contract to close: about 29 days
- Median rent (same home types, 388 closed leases): $2,392/month. Owning the median home runs about $2,987/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 76.2% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $70/month
- New construction: 27.4% of sales, median $652,000 vs $450,000 resale
Five-year price history in Rockwall
Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $425,000 · 2023 Q1: $465,000 · 2024 Q1: $489,900 · 2025 Q1: $485,000 · 2026 Q1: $530,000 · 2026 Q4: $489,500.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Dobbs: 164 sales, median $587,500, $210/sqft
- Celia Hays: 133 sales, median $670,000, $198/sqft
- Sharon Shannon: 95 sales, median $589,000, $180/sqft
- Dorothy Smith Pullen: 85 sales, median $500,000, $193/sqft
- Reinhardt: 80 sales, median $402,500, $180/sqft
- Nebbie Williams: 72 sales, median $424,326, $170/sqft
- Sherry and Paul Hamm: 71 sales, median $619,000, $196/sqft
- Grace Hartman: 69 sales, median $462,500, $172/sqft
- Amanda Rochell: 58 sales, median $312,450, $175/sqft
- Ouida Springer: 56 sales, median $617,757, $182/sqft
- Dorris Jones: 40 sales, median $339,250, $167/sqft
- Amy Parks-Heath: 15 sales, median $775,000, $224/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Rockwall
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 16 days at 98.7% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 97 days and kept 89.9% of the original ask, roughly $49,700 left on the table on a typical Rockwall listing.
Most active Rockwall neighborhoods
- Terraces: 78 sales, median $690,000, 104 days on market
- The Homestead: 33 sales, median $641,000, 79 days on market
- Saddle Star Estates: 29 sales, median $722,000, 97 days on market
- Somerset Park: 26 sales, median $594,375, 103 days on market
- Nelson Lake: 16 sales, median $594,500, 104 days on market
- Terracina Estates: 13 sales, median $585,000, 162 days on market
- Park Hills: 13 sales, median $540,000, 76 days on market
- Promenade Harbor: 12 sales, median $372,500, 50 days on market
- Quail Hollow: 12 sales, median $730,000, 97 days on market
- Breezy Hill: 10 sales, median $765,778, 76 days on market
Nearby markets
Royse City · Fate · Heath · McLendon Chisholm
Common questions
Is now a good time to buy in Rockwall? Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 58 days to find a buyer.
What does the typical Rockwall home cost? $525,000, about $189 per square foot, or roughly $2,987/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Rockwall? The typical home went under contract in 58 days; 13.7% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Rockwall? The median Rockwall lease ran $2,392/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $525,000 home is roughly $2,987/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.