Hot Springs, AR Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Hot Springs, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Hot Springs 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: 191
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $200,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $135
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $134,000 and $358,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 191 closed sales in Hot Springs over the last six months, with a median closing price of $200,000. 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. The middle half of those sales closed between $134,000 and $358,000. 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. 90% of the Hot Springs 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 190 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $96 and $170 per square foot.

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

Median home price in Hot Springs, AR (September 2026)

The median home price in Hot Springs is $200,000, measured across the 191 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $134,000 and $358,000.

Where Hot Springs sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Hot Springs over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $134,000 and $358,000. Among the 27 Arkansas markets with a published band, Hot Springs's middle-half spread ($134,000 to $358,000) ranks 26th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

The Hot Springs angle

Width and depth pull in opposite directions: the spread argues against leaning on $200,000, while the volume of closings gives you the raw material to avoid leaning on it. Use that depth. Because the upper half of the band covers more dollars than the lower half, a comp set skewed above the median moves an estimate more than a set skewed below it. Recheck where your chosen sales sit relative to $200,000 before you trust the result, and prefer a small matched set over a large loosely matched one.

Hot Springs market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Hot Springs ZIP codes: 71913.

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. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Hot Springs address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Hot Springs, AR
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0533400
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 191
Median sold price: $200,000
Median sold $/sqft: $135 (190 qualifying)
Property mix: 90% houses
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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 Hot Springs over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.