Dallas, TX 75238 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 66
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Home Value
$636,744
+3.7% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
66
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
3.6 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
55 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
31%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
97.3%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
64%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$1,165/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
43%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$130
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 43% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 3.7% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 6% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm, so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (66/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 2.7% below their final list price; 31% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 64% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $174k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $3,444 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $3,189/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $130 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −5% to +11% over the next 12 months (76% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −4.8% to +11.5% (80% range; middle estimate +4.4%), chance of a rise 76%, of a 5%+ drop 9%.
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