Houston Neighborhood Home Price Study: Fall 2026
Every quarter we pull closed sales from HAR MLS for the Houston-area market areas where we work and compare them with the same 12 months a year earlier. This edition covers November 2025 through October 2026: 37,049 sales across 49 HAR market areas, from River Oaks to Kingwood and Fulshear.
Key findings
- Sales were down. The 49 market areas we track recorded 37,049 sales from November 2025 through October 2026, down 6% from 39,342 the year before.
- Prices were mostly flat. Of the 41 areas with at least 150 sales in both years, 16 saw the median sale price rise by 1% or more, 13 fell by 1% or more and 12 were within 1%.
- Biggest gains: Memorial Villages (+27%), Memorial West (+7%), Oak Forest East Area (+7%).
- Biggest drops: East End Revitalized (−13%), Katy - Southwest (−8%), Oak Forest West Area (−5%).
- Fastest to sell: West University/Southside Area (10 days), Memorial Villages (13 days), Bellaire Area (14 days) had the lowest median days to sell.
- Slowest to sell: East End (61 days), Fort Bend County North/Richmond (40 days), Fulshear/South Brookshire/Simonton (39 days).
Median sale price change by area
Areas with at least 150 sales in both years, ranked by the change in median sale price. Blue bars rose; orange bars fell. Hover or tap a bar for the figures.
Areas with fewer sales are in the full table below; small samples can swing on a handful of large homes, so we leave them out of the ranking.
All 49 market areas
| HAR market area | Median sale price | Change | Sales | Sales change | Median $/sq ft | Median days to sell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Villages | $2,655,000 | +27% | 218 | −3% | $511 | 13 |
| River Oaks Area | $2,425,000 | −9% | 128 | −6% | $563 | 30 |
| West University/Southside Area | $1,725,000 | +1% | 230 | −17% | $517 | 10 |
| Bellaire Area | $1,200,000 | +2% | 219 | −5% | $319 | 14 |
| Rice/Museum District | $903,750 | +0% | 234 | −6% | $325 | 20 |
| Garden Oaks | $870,500 | +15% | 88 | −2% | $376 | 17 |
| Upper Kirby | $775,000 | +16% | 59 | −2% | $278 | 28 |
| Memorial West | $750,000 | +7% | 611 | −11% | $284 | 16 |
| Montrose | $682,500 | +0% | 314 | −13% | $276 | 31 |
| Heights/Greater Heights | $682,000 | +3% | 1,072 | −5% | $320 | 22 |
| Oak Forest East Area | $660,000 | +7% | 367 | −3% | $326 | 20 |
| Timbergrove/Lazybrook | $653,412 | −1% | 223 | −7% | $306 | 17 |
| The Woodlands | $600,500 | +2% | 1,686 | −4% | $224 | 18 |
| Sugar Land South | $585,000 | 0% | 427 | −3% | $189 | 24 |
| Meyerland Area | $518,000 | +7% | 175 | −2% | $219 | 18 |
| Rice Military/Washington Corridor | $515,000 | +2% | 389 | +6% | $225 | 25 |
| Katy - Southwest | $475,000 | −8% | 1,681 | −1% | $173 | 24 |
| Sugar Land West | $467,859 | −1% | 698 | −2% | $173 | 28 |
| Sugar Land East | $446,500 | −4% | 146 | +9% | $170 | 22 |
| Spring Branch | $440,000 | +3% | 1,289 | −4% | $214 | 21 |
| Cypress South | $427,645 | −1% | 2,306 | −11% | $179 | 37 |
| Friendswood | $425,000 | −3% | 789 | +10% | $179 | 20 |
| Fulshear/South Brookshire/Simonton | $424,195 | +6% | 1,636 | −5% | $169 | 39 |
| Katy - Southeast | $420,000 | −2% | 861 | +2% | $168 | 17 |
| Kingwood East | $410,000 | −5% | 409 | −8% | $149 | 26 |
| Spring Northeast | $410,000 | +1% | 1,561 | +1% | $167 | 33 |
| Fort Bend County North/Richmond | $398,877 | −2% | 1,623 | −12% | $166 | 40 |
| League City | $384,000 | +1% | 1,874 | −1% | $167 | 25 |
| Cypress North | $378,500 | +1% | 1,274 | −8% | $152 | 27 |
| Pearland | $378,000 | −0% | 1,384 | +5% | $160 | 23 |
| Kingwood NW/Oakhurst | $372,500 | +24% | 100 | −28% | $141 | 50 |
| Midtown - Houston | $365,750 | −3% | 122 | −19% | $201 | 34 |
| Kingwood South | $362,500 | −1% | 82 | +2% | $140 | 26 |
| Katy - Old Towne | $352,262 | +2% | 2,194 | −17% | $163 | 33 |
| Spring/Klein/Tomball | $349,900 | +0% | 762 | −13% | $151 | 28 |
| Fort Bend South/Richmond | $340,000 | −3% | 1,449 | −6% | $153 | 37 |
| East End | $339,200 | −0% | 239 | −6% | $221 | 61 |
| Clear Lake Area | $335,500 | +2% | 1,209 | +3% | $153 | 30 |
| Sugar Land North | $332,500 | +0% | 292 | −12% | $168 | 28 |
| Tomball | $330,000 | −3% | 846 | −14% | $167 | 37 |
| Spring/Klein | $325,000 | 0% | 982 | −1% | $142 | 28 |
| Oak Forest West Area | $324,900 | −5% | 197 | −10% | $203 | 24 |
| East End Revitalized | $300,000 | −13% | 331 | −16% | $184 | 36 |
| Kingwood West | $299,995 | −0% | 480 | +2% | $137 | 28 |
| Missouri City Area | $295,000 | +2% | 1,206 | −10% | $141 | 29 |
| Katy - North | $290,000 | −3% | 1,102 | −2% | $143 | 27 |
| Spring East | $245,000 | −2% | 877 | −14% | $132 | 38 |
| Memorial Close In | $235,000 | +19% | 63 | −34% | $171 | 42 |
| Northside | $230,000 | −2% | 545 | +0% | $165 | 28 |
How we did this
We used HAR MLS (Matrix) statistics for closed sales of single-family homes, townhomes and condos (not mid- or high-rise condos), grouped by HAR market area. The current period is November 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026, and the comparison period is November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2025. Median price per square foot and median days to sell are for the current period. HAR market areas do not always match city or neighborhood boundaries; the links take you to our guide for the closest neighborhood. The figures were pulled November 9, 2026 and are not verified or guaranteed by the MLS. You are welcome to quote them with a link to this page.
Next update: February 2027, covering February 2026 through January 2027.
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Updated November 9, 2026