Nationally, home sales in the 46 metro areas surveyed by REMAX rose 2.5% year over year and slipped 5.7% month over month. 

Texas is the 32nd state to join Knock’s Bridge Loan program.

All 10 of the most expensive homes sold in greater Houston last month were located within Houston proper.

PMI — which protects lenders on mortgage loans where the down payment is less than 20% and as low as 3% — allowed Texas buyers to save an average of $51,645 at closing in 2025.

Buyers maintained a steady pace amid increased home shopping options, with 8,340 single-family home sales during the month.

Real estate investor Bridge Tower acquired Villas at Sunterra, a 114-unit build-to-rent development within the Sunterra master-planned community in Katy.

Approximately 64% of households in the state are cost-prohibited from owning a median-priced home — that equates to about 7 million families, researchers said.

Given the median home price of $345,200 — down 1.2% year over year — and the average 30-year mortgage rate of 6.41% — down from 6.79% a year prior — the typical monthly mortgage payment was $2,550.

Economist Matthew Gardner joins Houston Agent to discuss factors making waves in the national real estate climate, like the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, plus local themes like Houston’s status as the most affordable major market in Texas.

With strong sales in nine Houston-area communities, the metro ranked as the top-performing area in the country.

Texas’ most expensive new listing is a nearly $24 million estate in the Dallas suburb of Westlake.

Leading the charge in the second quarter of the year was the Magnolia/1488 West area in the northwest of the Houston metro.

“While the improvement in days on market last month is encouraging, the decline in pending sales is also consistent with seasonality,” HomesUSA CEO Ben Caballero explained.

The ZIP code with the biggest year-over-year increase in home sales last quarter was 77461 — the Needville area in Fort Bend County.

Nationally, home sales in the 51 metro areas surveyed by REMAX showed measured growth of 8.9% month over month and 7.8% year over year, REMAX said. 

A brand new home in Bunker Hill Village tops the June ranking of the 10 most expensive homes sold in greater Houston.