Rockwall, TX Housing Market — 925 Homes Sold (September 2025 – September 2026)
Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 56 days to find a buyer.
Rockwall market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 925
- Median sale price: $530,000 (about $3,015/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $190
- Median days on market (list to contract): 56; 14.4% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 11% · Sold under asking: 71.9%
- Typical home: 4 bed, 2,757 sqft, built 2007, mostly Rockwall ISD
- Price range of sales: $125,000 – $2,500,000
- On the market right now: 451 active listings, 103 under contract, 5.9 months of supply, median asking $555,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 61.7%, FHA 8%, VA 9.2%, Cash 18.9%, Other 2.2%
- Seller contributions: 54.7% of sellers chipped in, typically $10,000
- Contract to close: about 29 days
- Median rent (same home types, 398 closed leases): $2,350/month — owning the median home runs about $3,015/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 76.6% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $70/month
- New construction: 27.8% of sales, median $654,691 vs $445,000 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 Q3: $513,000.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Dobbs: 162 sales, median $579,995, $210/sqft
- Celia Hays: 126 sales, median $672,499, $200/sqft
- Sharon Shannon: 88 sales, median $586,000, $183/sqft
- Dorothy Smith Pullen: 84 sales, median $497,499, $193/sqft
- Sherry and Paul Hamm: 75 sales, median $619,000, $199/sqft
- Reinhardt: 74 sales, median $394,995, $182/sqft
- Nebbie Williams: 68 sales, median $422,876, $170/sqft
- Grace Hartman: 65 sales, median $489,000, $172/sqft
- Ouida Springer: 56 sales, median $694,460, $198/sqft
- Amanda Rochell: 53 sales, median $310,000, $177/sqft
- Dorris Jones: 42 sales, median $342,500, $172/sqft
- Amy Parks-Heath: 15 sales, median $800,000, $224/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Rockwall
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 16 days at 98.6% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 97 days and kept 90.2% of the original ask — roughly $47,500 left on the table on a typical Rockwall listing.
Most active Rockwall neighborhoods
- Terraces: 77 sales, median $681,990, 90 days on market
- Saddle Star Estates: 32 sales, median $723,500, 78 days on market
- The Homestead: 30 sales, median $649,188, 52 days on market
- Somerset Park: 27 sales, median $649,099, 110 days on market
- Nelson Lake: 16 sales, median $600,300, 115 days on market
- Terracina Estates: 13 sales, median $585,000, 162 days on market
- Park Hills: 12 sales, median $540,000, 72 days on market
- Quail Hollow: 12 sales, median $720,000, 93 days on market
- Promenade Harbor: 11 sales, median $385,000, 55 days on market
- The Shores: 10 sales, median $425,495, 58 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 56 days to find a buyer.
What does the typical Rockwall home cost? $530,000 — about $190 per square foot, or roughly $3,015/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Rockwall? The typical home went under contract in 56 days; 14.4% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Rockwall? The median Rockwall lease ran $2,350/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $530,000 home is roughly $3,015/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.