Selling an older home in Summerlyn in Leander? What buyers pay per foot now
Quick answer
Less per foot than a year ago. Summerlyn homes sold for a median $152 per square foot over the past twelve months, against $174 the year before. They still sold for 97.5% of their original asking price, a seller’s market.
What we analyzed
- 7 homes sold in Summerlyn in the 90 days ending October 6, 2026, 49 in the twelve months ending the same day
- 10 Summerlyn homes for sale as of October 7, 2026, 6 of them below their original asking price
- 2.4 months of inventory in Summerlyn on the twelve-month pace, against 4.6 for Leander as a whole
Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 7, 2026. Summerlyn is the MLS subdivision name, with its recorded spellings counted as one.
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
258 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Leander. That count is every home we listed and closed in Leander, and it 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.
Homes I’ve sold in Summerlyn: 11.
How Leander as a whole is doing is on the Leander, TX market report, and the town and ZIP code tables are on the 78641 housing 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.
What are Summerlyn homes selling for per square foot?
Less than last year. The median price per square foot was $152 over the past twelve months, against $174 the twelve months before.
The median sale price fell less, to $330,000, because the homes that sold were larger. A bigger house bringing a similar price is the same thing as each foot being worth less. Sales rose over the year, too. Buyers are coming out of the woodwork here, and prices are still drifting down.
Table 1. Summerlyn sales in each period, from the MLS subdivision records for Summerlyn in Leander. Each row stands on its own. A median is left out when a period has fewer than 5 sales. 10 Summerlyn homes were for sale as of October 7, 2026. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Period | Sold | Median sale price | Price per square foot (median) | Median days on market | Share of original asking price | Median living area (square feet) | Median build year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 days ending October 6, 2026 | 7 (thin) | $340,000 | $147 | 16 days | 98.6% | 2,229 | 2009 |
| Same 90 days a year earlier (July 9, 2025 to October 6, 2025) | 11 | $325,000 | $154 | 29 days | 97.5% | 2,153 | 2011 |
| Twelve months ending October 6, 2026 | 49 | $330,000 | $152 | 31 days | 97.5% | 2,213 | 2010 |
| Prior twelve months (October 7, 2024 to October 6, 2025) | 40 | $339,500 | $174 | 36 days | 97.6% | 1,948 | 2011 |
Is Summerlyn a seller’s market?
Yes, on the full year. Only 7 homes sold in the last three months, too few to stand alone, so this page reads the past twelve months: homes sold for 97.5% of their original asking price, above the 97% our rule uses for a seller’s market. Your own price point can still put you somewhere else.
Homes moved in a typical 31 days, and supply is short on the twelve-month pace. Even so, 6 of the 10 homes listed now have cut their price.
Where do Summerlyn homes sell fastest?
Above $350,000, oddly enough. The $350,000 to $399,999 range had one home for sale and under a month of supply on the twelve-month pace.
Most of the listings sit lower, from $300,000 to $349,999, where several homes compete with one another. My reading is that the larger, updated Summerlyn homes are the scarce ones and the smaller originals are where buyers have choices. Supply across the neighborhood runs at 2.4 months on the twelve-month pace, under Leander’s 5.1 on its three-month pace.
What is a Summerlyn home up against?
Its neighbors, and the newer homes elsewhere in Leander. No builder has listings in Summerlyn, and none of the past year’s sales were new. Most homes here date from around 2010.
That age is what a buyer weighs. A Summerlyn house is often larger for the money than a new build across town, and buyers know the original roof, water heater and HVAC may be near the end of their life. The homes that sell close to asking are the ones where those questions are already answered. The ranges with enough sales are below.
Table 2. Summerlyn homes by price range, twelve months ending October 6, 2026; homes for sale as of October 7, 2026. A range is a seller’s market when homes sold 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 twelve months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300,000 to $349,999 | 22 | $324,000 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.4 | seller’s market |
| $350,000 to $399,999 | 14 | $361,250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | seller’s market |
Sell now, or wait?
For most owners ready to move, I would sell now, after taking care of what an inspector would find. Demand here is real, and per-foot prices have been heading the wrong way for sellers who wait for last year’s number to come back.
Sell now if your home is move-in ready and your asking price is based on this year’s closed sales, not last year’s. Wait if major systems are failing and you cannot fix them before listing; the Make-Ready Fund exists for exactly that kind of pre-listing work.
The buyer list is bigger than the MLS. I have 4,000 cash buyers in my black book, plus every buyer financing the traditional way.
What am I seeing in Summerlyn?
This is my reading of the numbers, not a separate data point. Summerlyn has turned into a value neighborhood for Leander: more house for the money, at an age where condition decides the sale. The owners who come out ahead here are the ones who fix the inspection items first and price per foot, not by the median.
Your situation
Your Summerlyn home will be compared with the other resales listed nearby and with whatever newer homes a buyer can get for the same money. Where yours lands depends on its size, its systems and what has been updated.
Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat
Summerlyn homes still sell close to asking, but condition decides which ones do. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:
- The Summerlyn listings and recent sales closest to your home
- Which repairs are worth doing before you list
- How the walkthrough works and what we look at in your home
No obligation. The report for your part of Leander arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 258 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Leander (Unlock MLS, all time).
About Watters International Realty in Leander
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. 258 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Leander (Unlock MLS, all time).
Questions Leander sellers ask about selling in Summerlyn
Are Summerlyn home prices going down?
Per square foot, yes. The median fell to $152 over the past twelve months from $174 the year before.
How quickly do Summerlyn homes sell?
Homes that sold over the past twelve months spent a median 31 days on the market.
Is there new construction in Summerlyn?
No. No builder had homes listed there as of this report, and the past year’s sales were all resales.
See the homes you’d be competing against
You get the homes a buyer would compare with yours and a walkthrough before any pricing talk.
Contact me for off-market private luxury listings you will never see online.
No obligation. The report arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome.
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