When Is the Best Time to Sell a House In Houston?

Anyone selling a home has two top priorities: getting the highest possible sale price and a fast closing process. Achieving these goals requires strategic timing. For Texas sellers wondering about the best time to sell a house in Houston, the key lies in understanding and analyzing market insights and long-term trends.

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“While higher mortgage rates presented financial challenges for some consumers, the Houston market weathered these rate fluctuations better than many other regions across the country. I believe that the strong sales activity and expansive inventory we experienced in 2024 bodes well for home buyers and sellers in 2025,” explains HAR Chair Shae Cottar with LPT Realty.

While 2025 presents excellent opportunities for home sellers in Houston, the exact timing of when to sell your home is just as important as all the other considerations involved in preparing your home for sale. If it’s listed during a period when there’s a lull in buying activity it could languish needlessly or may not spark sufficient interest to generate competing offers.

To help you time your sale strategically, we’ll explore HomeLight’s real estate transaction data and learn about what’s happening on the ground from top real estate agent Natasha Simon, who has 25 years of experience representing Houston sellers. These insights will give you the information you need to sell faster and get more money.

Houston housing trends

Space City is among the top Texas locations seeing rapid population growth, which sustains strong property demand. According to the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR), the average price of a single-family home reached $425,150 in December 2024, marking a 5% increase from the same period in 2023.

Here are some more stats about the Houston market:

• Average listing home price: $421,789 (January 2025, a 3.4% increase from January 2024)
  Median days on market: 59 (December 2024)
• Months of inventory: 4 months, suggesting a seller’s market (December 2024)

When is the best time to sell a house in Houston?

To sell a house within a certain targeted time frame, sellers should consider the best time to list their property. There’s not one easy answer to that question as it can vary between neighborhoods, depending on whether the home is located in an urban core or suburb, or if the property has any unique characteristics.

Additionally, the best month to list a home to achieve the highest sale price isn’t necessarily the same month for the speediest transaction.

In general, you should list your home in the spring and early summer to get the best outcome, keeping in mind that it often takes three months to close the transaction.

When looking broadly at the Houston market, sales transaction data suggests you list your home in September if you’re targeting the highest sale price. For the fastest sale, target May, June, or July.

According to Simon, especially in Houston suburbs, there’s a strong trend of buyers with children wanting to square away moving plans before school starts in late August. For these buyers, the summer months of June and July are often prime buying opportunities because they may be taking advantage of vacation time before returning to busy fall schedules.

“June and July are the peak,” says Simon. “I try to advise sellers against listing in August because many people have already made their decision and are getting their kids ready for school and don’t want the extra burden during that time.”

It’s important to note that trends vary based on location, and some buyers, especially childless urbanites, don’t necessarily have the same pressure to close on a home before the school year starts.

Based on HomeLight real estate transaction data, here are the targets for Houston and a few surrounding communities:

Best times to sell a house in Houston

Best times to sell a house in The Woodlands

Best times to sell a house in Sugar Land

Best times to sell a house in Pasadena

Best times to sell a house in Pearland

Best times to sell a house in League City

Best times to sell a house in Conroe

All charts based on historical home sales data, 2014-2024

To see home-selling trends in your city, check out our Best Time to Sell Calculator. If you’re looking for the most precise estimate about when to list, talk to a top-performing Houston real estate agent.