The Texas housing market, by the numbers.
Median sale price, days on market, and what a traditional sale really costs a Texas seller — every figure on this page comes from the source cited next to it.
- Median sale price: $356,000
- Median days on market: 56
- Typical selling costs: ~6.88% of the price
- Foreclosure timeline: 2 to 5 months
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The headline numbers.
Each figure comes from the source cited under it. Medians describe the middle of the Texas market, not any specific house.
| Texas metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $356,000 | Redfin state market tracker, May 2026 |
| Median days on market | 56 days | Redfin state market tracker, May 2026 |
| Average agent commission | 5.88% (≈ $20,933) | Clever, Feb 2026 survey (state avg) |
| Seller closing costs | 1% (≈ $3,560) | Redfin national est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately) |
| Seller transfer tax | None | TX has no real estate transfer tax (PropertyShark, Dec 2025) |
Data updated: September 2026
Selling the traditional way in Texas: the math.
The same arithmetic an agent would run at your kitchen table, worked on the Texas median sale price.
How to read this: on the $356,000 median sale, the traditional route leaves roughly $331,507 before loan payoff, repairs, and the holding costs (effective property tax ~1.80%/yr per the Tax Foundation, plus insurance and utilities) that stack up while you wait about 56 days on market. These are estimates worked on the Texas median; your actual costs vary by county, property, and buyer.
The cost of waiting: Texas's effective property-tax rate runs about 1.80% a year (Tax Foundation). Worked on the $356,000 median home, that's roughly $6,408 a year in property tax — call it $983 accrued across the 56-day (about 8-week) median wait for a traditional sale, before insurance and utilities, and on top of the selling costs above. The longer a Texas listing sits past the median, the bigger that carrying cost grows.
The Texas foreclosure clock.
Texas uses a non-judicial foreclosure process, and a typical case runs 2 to 5 months — that window is how much real time an owner has to catch up, refinance, or sell.
How long it really takes: Practitioners call Texas the fastest major state: roughly 2–5 months from first missed payment to sale (ATTOM Q4 2025 average ~154 days). Federal servicing rules (12 C.F.R. §1024.41(f)) bar the first foreclosure notice until the borrower is 120+ days delinquent; after that the statutory minimum is just 20 days (cure) + 21 days (notice of sale) to the next first-Tuesday auction.
Primary statute: Tex. Prop. Code §51.002. This is general information, not legal advice — confirm the specifics with a local attorney.
If you need to sell fast.
The numbers above describe the traditional route in Texas: roughly 6.88% of the price in selling costs and about 56 days of waiting before a financed buyer even closes. When time is the real problem — a foreclosure date, back taxes, a move that can't wait — some owners trade part of the headline price for speed and certainty by selling as-is to a cash buyer.
Your cash option: You can request offers on Texas houses sold as-is — no repairs, no commissions, no fees to you. Requesting offers is free, and you decide what happens next.
See what the Texas numbers mean for your house.
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