TX · Metro #24

San Antonio - TX housing market

The San Antonio metro has a typical home value of $273,806, down 1.9% from a year ago. Homes are sitting 53 days on average, buyers have negotiating room. 30% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$273,806
-1.9% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$309,743
+0.4% YoY
Median list price
$329,633
Sale-to-list ratio
97.2%
Selling below ask
Days on market
53d
Listings w/ price cut
30.4%
New listings / mo
2,731
+3.1% YoY
Homes for sale
15,200
+4.0% YoY
Typical rent
$1,415/mo
-0.7% YoY
Income needed to buy
$79,700
Rent vs buy
16.1x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

San Antonio housing market, October 2026

The typical San Antonio home is worth $273,806 as of September 2026, down 0.2% from the prior month, down 0.6% over three months, and down 1.9% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $273,806 to $287,504.

Homes are going pending in about 53 days, slower than the 37 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 15,200 homes for sale, 4% more than a year ago. 30.4% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 28.5% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,415 a month, down 0.7% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 16.1.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($54,761), the typical San Antonio home costs about $1,859 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $79,700 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$288k$274kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
74d36dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
15.3k11.5kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($273,806) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the San Antonio - TX metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are down 1.9% over the past year. A home worth $279,109 last year is now worth roughly $273,806.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $309,743. Homes are selling at 97.2% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in San Antonio - TX sit on the market for roughly 53 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 30.4% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 2,731 new listings hit the market each month in San Antonio - TX. There are currently 15,200 homes for sale, up 4.0% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in San Antonio - TX is $1,415, down 0.7% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 16.1x, toss-up (#118 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,517 a month in principal and interest, $102 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.71% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in TX

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Dallas - TX$358,242 -2.0% 38.0d
Houston - TX$302,832 -1.8% 45.0d
Austin - TX$414,273 -4.3% 60.0d
McAllen - TX$188,971 -0.4% 69.0d
El Paso - TX$233,011 +2.5% 32.0d
Killeen - TX$248,024 -1.5% 49.0d
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