Houston Real Estate Right Now - 13933 Homes Listed and What the Numbers Actually Tell You
Houston has 13,933 active listings with a median list price of about $321K, but homes are actually selling at a median of roughly $315K - and only 19% of deals close at or above asking price.
The state of play
Houston's active market currently holds 13,933 homes for sale, with about 5,208 new listings coming on in a typical 30-day window and roughly 4,418 sales closing each month. At that pace, the market carries about 3.2 months of supply - a figure that generally favors sellers, since a balanced market typically sits closer to 5 or 6 months. That said, 3.2 months is not an extreme tilt: buyers still have real choices, and homes are averaging 73 days on market before going under contract, which means most listings are sitting for more than two months before finding a buyer. Sellers have some leverage on paper, but the sales pace and time-on-market numbers suggest that leverage is conditional on pricing carefully from day one.
At about 3.2 months of supply, Houston sits in a seller's market territory.
Source: Houston MLS · Houston · active inventory vs. trailing-12-month sales pace
Only 19% of Houston home sales close at or above asking price - meaning 8 in 10 sellers are negotiating down from list.
What prices are actually doing
The median list price across active Houston listings is about $321K, and the median sold price over the trailing 12 months is roughly $315K - a gap of about $6,365. That spread matters because it shows the average seller is not getting full ask; they are landing about $6K below their list price at the median. More telling is the at-or-above-ask rate: only 19% of closed sales in this dataset settled at or above the asking price. That means roughly 8 in 10 transactions involved some negotiation below list. For buyers, this suggests there is room to negotiate on the majority of homes. For sellers, it signals that pricing at the very top of your range is likely to cost you time - 73 average days on market is a long wait - and often ends in a price reduction anyway.
- Median list price: $321,276
- Median sold price, last 12 months: $314,911
- Closing at or above asking: 19%
Active listings carry a median of $321,276; homes have closed at a median of $314,911 over the last year — a $6,365 gap worth understanding before you price or offer.
Source: Houston MLS · Houston · active inventory vs. trailing-12-month closings
About 19% of recent Houston sales closed at or above the asking price — your read on how much room there is to negotiate.
Source: Houston MLS · Houston · last 12 months
What this means if you're moving this year
If you are buying in Houston right now, the data gives you a reasonable negotiating position on most homes. With 13,933 active listings to choose from and only 19% of deals closing at ask or above, you are not likely to be steamrolled on price in the majority of cases. The 73-day average time on market means a listing that has been sitting for six weeks or more may have a seller who is ready to move. That said, 3.2 months of supply still leans toward sellers, so well-priced homes in sought-after neighborhoods - think Montrose, the Heights, or West University - can still draw competitive interest. Do your homework on days-on-market for any specific listing before writing your first offer. If you are selling, the single most important move you can make is pricing accurately at the start. With homes averaging 73 days before closing and only 19% of sellers getting full ask, an aggressive list price is more likely to extend your timeline than pad your net proceeds. The $6,365 gap between median list and median sold is not catastrophic, but it represents real money - and it grows when a home sits long enough to require a price cut. Price it right on day one, and you keep both your timeline and your proceeds intact.
On the market right now
A few homes that just came up in Houston, pulled live from the MLS as you read this.
