DFW Market Brief Ep 5: How to Price When Buyers Have Leverage — Friday, October 2, 2026

Kyler Hood's DFW Market Brief · Oct 2, 2026 · 2m

This one is for sellers, or for buyers trying to read sellers. MetroTex's August numbers show homes taking longer and sellers conceding more, but DFW is not one market. The numbers, the submarket split, and the pricing tactic for both sides.

The August numbers (MetroTex):

Typical DFW home took 90 days to sell, unchanged from last August

4.4 months of inventory, with 34,191 active listings

Single-family days on market rose from 54 in July to 58 in August

Sold-to-list price ratio slipped from 95.2 percent to 94.8 percent

Pending single-family contracts down 11 percent from last August

The…