Royse City, TX Housing Market: 867 Homes Sold (September 2025 to September 2026)
Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 70 days to find a buyer.
Royse City market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 867
- Median sale price: $325,000 (about $1,849/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $155
- Median days on market (list to contract): 70; 8.3% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 12.1% · Sold under asking: 60.1%
- Typical home: 4 bed, 2,106 sqft, built 2024, mostly Royse City ISD
- Price range of sales: $88,000 – $2,160,000
- On the market right now: 527 active listings, 77 under contract, 7.3 months of supply, median asking $348,451
- How buyers paid: Conventional 37.8%, FHA 35.1%, VA 10.6%, Cash 12.7%, Other 3.8%
- Seller contributions: 69.9% of sellers chipped in, typically $9,936
- Contract to close: about 30 days
- Median rent (same home types, 442 closed leases): $2,050/month. Owning the median home runs about $1,849/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 84% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $47/month
- New construction: 48.7% of sales, median $339,490 vs $309,000 resale
Five-year price history in Royse City
Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $355,000 · 2023 Q1: $348,809 · 2024 Q1: $340,000 · 2025 Q1: $339,995 · 2026 Q1: $332,665 · 2026 Q4: $299,000.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Fort: 184 sales, median $355,450, $156/sqft
- Anita Scott: 155 sales, median $322,000, $154/sqft
- Ruth Cherry: 154 sales, median $299,990, $146/sqft
- Davis: 105 sales, median $300,000, $154/sqft
- Paula Walker: 100 sales, median $368,956, $163/sqft
- Harry Herndon: 61 sales, median $305,000, $174/sqft
- Sara Moss: 44 sales, median $312,594, $144/sqft
- John & Barbara Roderick: 24 sales, median $259,499, $152/sqft
- Mcclendon: 8 sales, median $245,537, $166/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Royse City
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 21 days at 98.7% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 103 days and kept 90.9% of the original ask, roughly $27,400 left on the table on a typical Royse City listing.
Most active Royse City neighborhoods
- Verandah: 72 sales, median $296,000, 63 days on market
- Creekshaw: 60 sales, median $364,995, 88 days on market
- Waterscape: 50 sales, median $356,490, 107 days on market
- Liberty Crossing: 46 sales, median $307,245, 76 days on market
- Clearview Ranch: 45 sales, median $324,990, 85 days on market
- Mercer Meadows: 33 sales, median $355,799, 144 days on market
- Wildwood: 25 sales, median $263,990, 63 days on market
- Creekside: 24 sales, median $340,500, 159 days on market
- Madera: 14 sales, median $360,365, 56 days on market
- Stone River Glen 60s: 14 sales, median $487,500, 193 days on market
Nearby markets
Rockwall · Fate · Heath · McLendon Chisholm
Common questions
Is now a good time to buy in Royse City? Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 70 days to find a buyer.
What does the typical Royse City home cost? $325,000, about $155 per square foot, or roughly $1,849/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Royse City? The typical home went under contract in 70 days; 8.3% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Royse City? The median Royse City lease ran $2,050/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $325,000 home is roughly $1,849/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.