Is the housing market slowing down in Houston, TX?
Yes — sales activity in Houston, TX is down. 7,905 homes sold during May 2026, against 8,967 in the same months a year earlier, a drop of 12%.
This page is about how many homes changed hands, not what they cost. The two move separately: prices are set by the homes that did sell, and volume tells you how many people managed to transact at all. A market can hold its prices while activity quietly drains out of it.
The change clears both tests we require before naming a direction: it is more than 3% in relative terms, and it is larger than the ordinary month-to-month variation you would expect on a market that sells 7,905 homes at a time.
The longer view, all measured over the May window so the season is held constant: 8,647 homes sold two years ago, 8,967 last year, 7,905 now. Across two years the level has held roughly steady.
What is on the shelf next to what is selling: 32,910 homes were on the market in Houston, TX, and 7,905 sold. At that pace it would take about 4.2 months to clear them all. Buyers and sellers are about evenly matched right now.
Every comparison on this page is to the SAME calendar months a year earlier, never to last month. Home sales roughly double between January and May in most of the country, so a month-over-month reading would tell you about the season and nothing about the market.
Source: Redfin's published market data for the Houston, TX area, through May 2026.
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Figures come from Redfin's published market data for the Houston, TX area, through May 2026. Neighborhood Numbers is an independent data publisher and is not affiliated with Redfin. We update these pages when Redfin publishes, once a month.