How is the 78610 housing market treating Buda sellers this fall?
Quick answer
Fairly evenly, for the ZIP as a whole. 78610 homes sold for 95.8% of their original asking price over the last three months, a balanced market. Every busy price range was balanced too.
What we analyzed
- 257 homes sold in Buda in the 90 days ending October 6, 2026
- 435 homes for sale in Buda as of October 7, 2026, 259 of them builder listings
- 5.1 months of inventory in Buda, against 5.7 in the Austin metro
- Price ranges for Buda: closings by sale price for the 90 days ending October 6, 2026, homes for sale by asking price as of October 7, 2026
- The same 90 days of 2025 and the twelve months ending October 6, 2026, each on its own row
Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 7, 2026.
Selling above $1M? Part of this market never goes online
The figures on this page describe the public side of this market, the sales that were listed in the MLS. Above $1M in the Austin area, a large share of sales are never listed there and never appear online.
Those sales trade on a broker-to-broker private network, and I am a participating broker. Only the agents and brokers who do most of the business at this price point use it, and a surprising number of agents do not know it exists because they do not sell in this range. It covers homes, lots, ranches and condos priced over $1M, and much of it is waterfront or in the Austin core, West Austin, Westlake and Rollingwood, where prices run past $1.5M.
Sellers and their brokers use it for privacy: no public photos or floor plans, and no showings to buyers who have not been qualified.
Contact me for off-market private luxury listings you will never see online
99 Buda homeowners have trusted my real estate team to sell their home in the MLS, and that count doesn’t include a single buyer we’ve represented. Everything on this page comes from the same MLS record we used to price those homes.
What these numbers mean if you are selling is on the Buda, TX market report.
Last updated October 7, 2026. Sales data covers the 90 days ending October 6, 2026 and the twelve months ending the same day (Unlock MLS via MLS Grid); listing inventory as of October 7, 2026.
How does Buda stack up against the Austin metro?
Buda sellers kept a little more of their asking price than the metro did, at a lower typical price. Table 1 sets the town beside Austin, measure by measure.
Table 1. Buda compared with the Austin metro. Sales are from the 90 days ending October 6, 2026; homes for sale are as of October 7, 2026. “Failed to sell” means the listing expired or was withdrawn without selling. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Measure | Buda | Austin metro |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 257 | 8,479 |
| Median sale price | $349,990 | $410,000 |
| Median days on market | 49 days | 54 days |
| What homes sold for relative to their initial asking price | 95.6% | 94.5% |
| Price per square foot (median) | $179 | $204 |
| Homes for sale | 435 | 16,109 |
| Months of supply | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| Buyer’s or seller’s market | balanced | balanced |
| Listings that failed to sell | 77 | 5,438 |
| Share of listings that failed to sell | 23.1% | 39.1% |
| Active under contract | 23 | 1,438 |
| Pending | 91 | 2,117 |
| New listings in the last 90 days | 361 | 12,555 |
| Homes for sale priced below their original asking price | 274 (63.0%) | 59.1% |
Each measure has a page that explains it for a seller. What a buyer pays next to a new build is on What is your Buda home worth beside a brand-new house for sale?
How long homes take, and why some listings close without a buyer, is on Why aren’t some Buda homes selling while others go in a month?
Supply, contracts and pending sales feed the timing question on Should you sell your Buda home now, or wait for a better year?
The listings, new arrivals and price cuts a buyer sees beside yours are on What is your Buda home up against with so many builders nearby?
Does the 78610 ZIP code match the town?
Almost. The ZIP crosses the town line in places, so Table 2 counts a few more sales than Table 1.
Table 2. Buda by ZIP code, covering the whole ZIP, 90 days ending October 6, 2026. Your price range can put you in a different market than the ZIP as a whole. Source: Unlock MLS.
| ZIP | Sold | Median sale price | Median days on market | Share of original asking price | For sale | Months of supply | Market | Homes that cut their price | New builds for sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78610 | 277 | $342,000 | 49 days | 95.8% | 475 | 5.1 | balanced | 300 (63.2%) | 294 of 475 |
Builder listings make up a slightly larger share of the ZIP’s homes for sale than of the town’s. The builders are named on the competition page linked above.
Is Buda selling for more or less than last year?
About the same at the typical price, and less per square foot. The twelve-month median was $349,999, against $350,000 the year before.
Price per square foot came down over those two years, and slightly fewer homes sold. Table 3 gives each period its own row.
Table 3. Buda sales in each period. Each row stands on its own. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Period | Sold | Median sale price | Median days on market | Share of original asking price | Price per square foot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 days ending October 6, 2026 | 257 | $349,990 | 49 days | 95.6% | $179 |
| Same 90 days, 2025 (July 9, 2025 to October 6, 2025) | 282 | $344,000 | 53 days | 95.5% | $185 |
| Twelve months ending October 6, 2026 | 965 | $349,999 | 59 days | 95.2% | $178 |
| Prior twelve months (October 7, 2024 to October 6, 2025) | 971 | $350,000 | 53 days | 95.6% | $188 |
What that means for a seller is on Buda, TX housing market: what are homes really selling for now?
Which market is my price range in?
Start with Table 4 for your own home. Each range gets its own call from what sellers got against their original asking price, and that call describes the range as a whole. Ranges with fewer than 10 sales in the past 90 days are left off.
Table 4. Buda homes by price range. Sales are from the 90 days ending October 6, 2026; homes for sale are as of October 7, 2026. A range is a seller’s market when homes sell for at least 97% of their original asking price, balanced from 94% to 97%, and a buyer’s market below 94%. Only price ranges with at least 10 sales in the last 90 days are shown. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Price range | Sold | Median sale price | For sale | New builds for sale | Homes that cut their price | Months of supply | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 to $299,999 | 38 | $260,000 | 45 | 18 | 28 | 3.6 | balanced |
| $300,000 to $349,999 | 59 | $315,175 | 90 | 65 | 59 | 4.6 | balanced |
| $350,000 to $399,999 | 52 | $355,025 | 102 | 73 | 61 | 5.9 | balanced |
| $400,000 to $449,999 | 37 | $399,133 | 71 | 39 | 44 | 5.8 | balanced |
| $450,000 to $499,999 | 19 | $449,801 | 47 | 28 | 34 | 7.4 | balanced |
| $550,000 to $599,999 | 11 | $555,000 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4.6 | balanced |
Every busy Buda range was balanced over the last three months. The high $200,000s and high $400,000s sat closest to a buyer’s market, and a home’s street, condition or a builder community next door can still move it out of its range’s market.
Do these numbers fit your home?
The tables describe a whole ZIP, and your house is one sale in it. Put your address in the form to see the part of 78610 a buyer would measure you against.
- A close fit if you would list between $300,000 and $400,000, the busiest part of the ZIP.
- A looser fit in the high $200,000s, where buyers negotiated harder.
- A looser fit when a builder community with homes for sale sits a few streets over.
- A close fit when the home is move-in ready and the asking price is based on this year’s closed sales, not last year’s.
Your situation
These tables measure 78610 in total. They cannot tell you which homes a buyer would see on the same Saturday as yours, or where your price would rank among them, and that is what your address answers.
Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat
If you are not sure which of these numbers describes your house, start with the homes a buyer would measure it against. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:
- The homes for sale near you that a buyer would likely tour alongside yours
- How recent sales in your part of 78610 compare with the ZIP as a whole
- How the walkthrough works and what we look at in your home
No obligation. The report for your part of Buda arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 99 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Buda (Unlock MLS, all time).
Why does months of supply matter to a Buda seller?
Chris’s position, approved September 9, 2026.
Months of supply is the number I watch. It means: if no more homes came on the market, how long would it take to sell everything listed at the pace homes are selling now.
For 78610 that comes to a little over five months, close to the metro. I read it next to what buyers paid against the first asking price, since that decides which market you are in.
About Watters International Realty in Buda
Watters International Realty is a Texas real estate brokerage, and I am its broker of record. This page is based on Unlock MLS data analyzed on October 7, 2026. 99 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Buda (Unlock MLS, all time).
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