Galveston, TX Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Galveston, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Galveston sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 226
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $397,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $285

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 226 closed sales in Galveston over the last six months, with a median closing price of $397,000. 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. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 224 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $200 and $364 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Galveston, TX (September 2026)

The median home price in Galveston is $397,000, measured across the 226 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 60 days, across 75 Galveston closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 25 days, across 64 Galveston closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

Galveston Real Estate Market Trends in 2026

Among the Galveston closings with usable living area over the last six months, single-family houses closed at a median of $290 per square foot (178 sales) and condos at $285 (41 sales).

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, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Texas: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Texas homes, and most Texas estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Texas one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Galveston 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: Galveston, TX
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 4828068
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 226
Median sold price: $397,000
Median sold $/sqft: $285 (224 qualifying)
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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 Galveston over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.