Brownsville, TX Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Brownsville: a median closing price of $249,999 across 460 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Brownsville, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Brownsville sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 460
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $249,999
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $162
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $199,000 and $339,900
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 460 closed sales in Brownsville over the last six months, with a median closing price of $249,999. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $199,000 and $339,900. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 88% of the Brownsville closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 460 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $132 and $179 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Brownsville, TX (August 2026)
The median home price in Brownsville is $249,999, measured across the 460 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $199,000 and $339,900.
Where Brownsville sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Brownsville over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $199,000 and $339,900. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 40 days, across 379 Brownsville closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 24 days, across 379 Brownsville closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Brownsville angle
Across 460 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months in Brownsville, the median closed sale price was $249,999, and the middle half of sales closed between $199,000 and $339,900. The upper quartile sits further from the median than the lower quartile does, which means the citywide median reads high for the bottom half of Brownsville's closed sales and low for the top.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Brownsville address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Brownsville, TX
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 460
Median sold price: $249,999
Median sold $/sqft: $162 (460 qualifying)
Property mix: 88% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/brownsville-tx-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Brownsville over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Brownsville?
The median sold price in Brownsville over the last 6 months is $249,999, measured across 460 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Brownsville last month?
Resideline tracked 65 closed sales in Brownsville in July 2026, out of 460 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Brownsville?
The middle half of Brownsville sales over the last six months closed between $199,000 and $339,900, with a median of $249,999.
What is the typical price per square foot in Brownsville?
Among qualifying Brownsville closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $162, measured across 460 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How tightly should I filter comps in Brownsville?
Tightly, but on few criteria. Brownsville's tracked closings came in with a median of $249,999 and a middle half between $199,000 and $339,900, and the sample sits somewhat below typical depth for the markets we cover. Within the house segment the tracked sample runs to 406 closings of which 406 have a usable living area recorded, while the other property types here are far thinner, so a subject outside that segment has a much smaller pool to work from.
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