Greater Houston homebuyers are falling in love with communities that offer pockets of affordability, according to a ranking from the Houston Association of REALTORS®.

The association ranked the Houston-area neighborhoods with the greatest annual increase in transactions to determine which neighborhoods grew most in popularity among homebuyers in 2025 and found that seven of the top 10 had average home prices below the area median average of $416,722.

Transactions increased most in Brookshire, where sales were up 124.6% year over year and had an average sales price of $311,463; followed by Waller, up 113.5% year over year with an average of $317,113; and the Crosby area, up 68.8% year over year with an average of $273,880.

One outlier on HAR’s list was the New Waverly area, where transactions increased 43.3% year over year. The community had an average sales price of $479,768, making it about $60,000 more expensive than the Houston average.

The two other communities on the list with above-average prices were Royden Oaks/Afton Oaks, where sales rose 40% year over year with an average sales price of over $1.6 million, and Rosharon, where sales rose 32.4% with an average sales price of $440,435.

Chart courtesy of HAR.