McAllen, TX Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in McAllen: a median closing price of $289,000 across 558 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.
If you invest in or around McAllen, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what McAllen 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: 558
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $289,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $151
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $215,000 and $385,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 558 closed sales in McAllen over the last six months, with a median closing price of $289,000. 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 $215,000 and $385,000. 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. 85% of the McAllen 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 557 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $130 and $176 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in McAllen, TX (August 2026)
The median home price in McAllen is $289,000, measured across the 558 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $215,000 and $385,000.
Where McAllen sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in McAllen over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $215,000 and $385,000. 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 52 days, across 400 McAllen closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 22 days, across 398 McAllen closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The McAllen angle
McAllen's quartile spread sits close to typical for the markets we track, which puts it in the awkward middle where the median is informative but not decisive. Across 558 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $289,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $215,000 and $385,000, with a longer run from the median up to the upper quartile than down to the lower one. Start from the quartile your subject occupies rather than from the citywide middle.
McAllen market data by ZIP code
Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for McAllen ZIP codes: 78504.
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 McAllen 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: McAllen, TX
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 558
Median sold price: $289,000
Median sold $/sqft: $151 (557 qualifying)
Property mix: 85% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/mcallen-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 McAllen over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in McAllen?
The median sold price in McAllen over the last 6 months is $289,000, measured across 558 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in McAllen last month?
Resideline tracked 91 closed sales in McAllen in July 2026, out of 558 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 McAllen?
The middle half of McAllen sales over the last six months closed between $215,000 and $385,000, with a median of $289,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in McAllen?
Among qualifying McAllen closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $151, measured across 557 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Should I price a McAllen home off the citywide median?
Only as a first orientation. Resideline's tracked closings put the McAllen median at $289,000 with the middle half between $215,000 and $385,000, a spread close to typical for the markets we track, and the upper side of that band runs longer. That biases the citywide figure low for stronger properties. Locate the subject's quartile, then price it from closed sales matched on property type and size within that part of the range.
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