DFW Market Snapshot — August 2026
Texas prices are down 0.9% year-over-year, rates hit 6.69%, and DFW's decline has narrowed to 0.4%. Here's the mid-August read on where the Metroplex actually stands.
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Mid-August gives us the clearest read of the summer: prices are still easing statewide, rates have climbed for a fourth straight week, and Dallas–Fort Worth is quietly showing the first signs of stabilizing ahead of the rest of Texas.
-0.9%
TX prices YoY
70 days
Median days on market
5.2 mo
Months of supply
6.69%
30-year fixed
Texas softens; DFW narrows its decline.
Texas home prices are down 0.9% year-over-year — the eleventh straight month of decline — with homes averaging 70 days on market and 5.2 months of supply. DFW's year-over-year price change has been revised to -0.4% through April in the Texas Real Estate Research Center's more complete data, narrowing from a 1.1% decline in March. That's a tentative but real sign of stabilization in the metro.
The tightest major metro in Texas.
DFW active inventory is still growing only 0.4% year-over-year, the slowest of any major Texas metro. Buyers have more choice than a year ago, but this market is not loosening the way Austin or the coast has.
Fourth straight weekly increase.
Thirty-year fixed mortgage rates reached 6.69% in Freddie Mac's August 6, 2026 survey — the highest level in over a year. Payment math, not price alone, is driving what buyers can realistically pursue this fall.
A $12,500 median price cut.
DFW sellers are cutting a median $12,500, roughly 3% of original list price, to close deals. That underscores the cost of an aspirational launch number. For contrast, my own listings continue to average a 9-day median list-to-pending time against the 70-day statewide average.
Where this leaves you.
If you're buying
Negotiating room is real, but rates are working against you week by week. Lock the payment that works and use concessions and buydowns rather than waiting for a lower headline rate.
If you're selling
With 70-day medians statewide, accuracy at launch is the entire game. Price to the block, not the headline. Run a complimentary CMA on your home.
Data sources: Texas Realtors and the Texas Real Estate Research Center through April 2026; Freddie Mac PMMS as of August 6, 2026. Figures are directional; local street-level conditions vary.