Houston market data
97K active listings out of 2.19M total properties we track across 413 Houston ZIPs — listings, off-market homes, rentals, and full sales/tax history. Refreshed nightly.
Over the past 12 months, Houston has recorded 10,559 home sales. Last month saw 86 sales (-82.9% vs the prior month). Drag the time slider above to watch the sales wave ripple month by month across the metro.
- Sales (12mo)
- 11K
- Last month
- 86
- MoM
- -82.9%
- Peak month
- May 2024
- Median sale
- —
Right now, 97K homes are actively for sale across Houston. Median list price is $360K at $170/sqft. Hover any hex above to see its local median price and property-type mix.
- Active total
- 97K
- Median list
- $360K
- Median $/sqft
- $170
- Top ZIP
- 77493
- Top type
- Single Family (88%)
Flip activity in Houston surfaces in the hex map — dense cells are sub-neighborhoods where buy-and-resell transactions have clustered. Out of 10,559 sales in the past year, a meaningful slice fits the classic flip profile. Hover for local flip counts and median profit.
- Sales (12mo)
- 11K
- Median sale
- $266K
- Top ZIP
- 77493
15.4% of recorded sales in Houston have cleared the $1M mark. Median sale price across all recorded transactions is $266K. Drag the decade slider to see the $1M line sweep across the metro.
- $1M+ share
- 15.4%
- Median sale
- $266K
- Current list
- $360K
Houston's housing stock peak-built in the 2000s. 69% of homes were built after 1980; just 2.2% predate 1940. Since 2020 we've tracked 215K newly-built homes.
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- Post-1980
- 69%
- Pre-war
- 2.2%
- New (2020+)
- 215K
Corporate and LLC buyers show up in the map — dense hexes mark neighborhoods with high investor purchase activity. Our current dataset shows 2.01M rental listings with enough data to calculate yield in Houston.
- Rental listings
- 2.01M
- Avg gross yield
- 44.53%
- Tracked
- 2.19M
Inventory breakdown
Distribution of the 97K currently-active listings in Houston. Our full dataset covers 2.19M Houston properties — listings, off-market homes, rentals, and full sales/tax history — queryable per-ZIP or per-property via the API.
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}Houston ZIPs by activity
Drill into any ZIP for hex-level breakdowns. 413 ZIPs total in this metro.
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