939 sellers gave up this year. Most were not asking more.
Start with the number: 939 lived-in homes came off the market this year with no sale and never came back. That is 3 homes that gave up for every 10 that sold. If you own a home here, that is the number worth sitting with.
Here is the part that stops most people. The homes that gave up first asked $239,000. The homes that sold first asked $235,000. That is a $4,000 difference.
So if price was not the gap, what separated them?
The file does not say. That is the honest answer. The gap between sellers who made it and sellers who did not was not some big number on a listing sheet. The price was nearly identical, and the data does not point to a single cause.
Of the 1,390 homes that came off the market with no sale, 313 came back and eventually sold. Another 138 are listed right now. That leaves 939 that are simply gone, at least for this cycle. Those owners walked away from a sale they probably needed.
Where you land in the price range changes your odds of getting full price
Even though the gap between givers-up and sellers was tiny overall, the price range you land in changes how often sellers got their asking price or better.
In the $250,000 to $300,000 range, 65.8% of lived-in homes that sold closed at or above their asking price. Under $200,000, that share was 50.7%. If your home sits at the lower end, you are not in a lost cause, but you are in a range where the buyer holds a little more of the conversation.
The market right now is not a seller's market or a buyer's market
At the current pace, it would take 5.3 months to sell every home listed right now. Below 4 months favors sellers. Above 6 favors buyers. At 5.3, this market is in between, and that is exactly what the numbers look like: some sellers winning, some giving up, and the difference coming down to the details.
Right now, 329 of the 722 homes for sale have already cut their price. That is 45.6% of everything listed. The typical cut is $10,100, or about 4.9% off the first asking price. The biggest single cut is $200,000, on Mustang Lane.
One backdrop worth knowing
The 30-year fixed rate averaged 7.03% as of September 24, 2026, up from 6.95% the week before (Freddie Mac). A year ago it was 6.30% (Freddie Mac). That climb has cooled buyers nationally: NAR reported that existing-home sales dropped 2.0% in August 2026, and their chief economist tied it directly to rates. That is the water this market is swimming in.
If you are selling
The 939 sellers who gave up were not priced wildly high. They were $4,000 apart from the ones who sold. The file does not tell us what made the difference. What it does tell us is that nearly half of everything listed right now has already taken a price cut, and the market is sitting at 5.3 months of supply. That is not the moment to leave anything to chance on day one.
Property taxes here are real, and many subdivisions carry MUD or PID assessments on top of the base rate. Buyers are calculating their full monthly number, not just the mortgage. Make sure your listing is positioned against what builders are offering right now on spec homes nearby, because that is the ceiling buyers are comparing you to.
If you are buying
Nearly half of everything listed right now has already taken a cut. The typical seller has already moved $10,100 off their start. That is not a sign of desperation, it is a sign that the market is honest. You have room to negotiate, especially under $200,000, where only half of sellers got their asking price.
If you are PCSing to Fort Hood, your commute depends on which gate you use and where on post you work. Many buyers do not know their duty location before they buy. Do not let anyone quote you a drive time for a whole town or subdivision. Ask about the specific gate.
- 939 sellers gave up this year.
- The ones who sold were asking almost the same price.
- The $4,000 gap between them did not explain the outcome, and the file does not say what did.
- These figures cover lived-in homes and are current as of September 26, 2026.
Your next step
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