8/29-9/5 Dallas Real Estate Report: 5,560 Listings, Sale Price Up 9.8%
Realtor.com counted 5,560 Dallas, TX homes for sale as of August 2026, while Redfin reported 2,843 homes sold in May 2026 and a median sale price of $498,702.
Wade Ramos
September 5, 2026/2 min read
Dallas housing market. Illustration: Jake Team LLC
This weekly housing report covers Dallas, TX, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region for dallasweekly.news. It uses Realtor.com local-market data, Zillow home-value data, Redfin's May 2026 housing-market data and Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage survey. Nearby city sites in the network include Fort Worth, Plano, Richardson, Irving and Garland.
Realtor.com counted 5,560 homes for sale in Dallas as of August 2026, while Zillow reported 1,310 new listings during its latest monthly period. Zillow put the average home value at $311,326, down 2.7% over the past year. Realtor.com listed the median asking price at $449,000 as of August 2026.
Redfin's May 2026 market page reported 2,843 homes sold, compared with 2,831 a year earlier. Redfin's median sale price was $498,702, up 9.8% from a year earlier, and average days on market were 40 days, compared with 38 days last year.
Market snapshot charts
The three charts below break out inventory and sales counts, average days on market and the published price measures.
Dallas listings and sales chart. Realtor.com active listings as of August 2026, Zillow new listings as of June 30, 2026, and Redfin homes sold in May 2026.Dallas average days on market chart. Realtor.com August 2026 versus the year-earlier figure.Dallas price metrics chart. Realtor.com median list price, Redfin median sale price, and Zillow average home value where published.
By the numbers
Realtor.com listed the median list price at $449,000 as of August 2026. Redfin's median sale price was $498,702 in May 2026. Zillow's average home value was $311,326. Zillow said homes went to pending in around 29 days as of June 30, 2026. Realtor.com reported average days on market at 59 days in August 2026.
Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey put the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 6.71% as of September 3, 2026, up from 6.66% a week earlier and up from 6.50% a year earlier.
What changed from last year
Redfin's year-over-year sales count increased from 2,831 to 2,843. Realtor.com average days on market rose from about 56 days to 59 days. Redfin's median sale price was up 9.8% from a year earlier.
Realtor.com's August 2026 inventory figure and Redfin's May 2026 sold-home figure measure different parts of the market: active supply versus closed transactions. This report keeps those figures separate because they do not describe the same set of homes.
Sources
Realtor.com local market page (August 2026): https://www.realtor.com/local/market/texas/dallas-county/dallas
Zillow market page (home values June 30, 2026): https://www.zillow.com/home-values/38128/dallas-tx/
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