Builders hold 53.3% of the homes for sale in Elgin as of October 16, 2026, so the house your buyer tours beside yours is often a new one. Lennar lists the most by a wide margin, and the busiest communities over the past twelve months, Trinity Ranch and Elm Creek, are builder communities. Resale sellers are cutting too, and in my read that makes the first price the one that counts.
Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 16, 2026.
107 Elgin homeowners have trusted my real estate team to sell their home, 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 Selling in Elgin, TX? How the town's new builds could shape your price, and every number on this page is also broken out in the tables on What do the 78621 housing numbers mean if you are selling in Elgin?
Last updated October 16, 2026. Sales data covers the 90 days ending October 15, 2026 and the twelve months ending the same day (Unlock MLS via MLS Grid); listing inventory as of October 16, 2026.
Lennar has the most builder listings in Elgin by a wide margin, 52, with Century Communities, LGI Homes and Trophy Signature Homes next at 20 each.
The MLS shows 18 builder names in all. Brohn Homes starts the lowest, with a listing at $179,990, and DRB Homes reaches $399,990 at the top of its list.
Table 1. Builder listings in Elgin by builder name on the MLS record, as of October 16, 2026; 170 builder listings of 319 homes for sale. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Builder | Listings | Asking range | Median asking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lennar | 52 | $210,999 to $342,999 | $261,499 |
| Century Communities | 20 | $249,990 to $342,785 | $304,238 |
| LGI Homes | 20 | $256,900 to $365,900 | $286,400 |
| Trophy Signature Homes | 20 | $259,990 to $349,990 | $318,990 |
| Brohn Homes | 12 | $179,990 to $333,110 | $246,210 |
| Blossom Homes | 11 | $199,900 to $311,089 | $262,289 |
| DRB Homes | 9 | $269,990 to $399,990 | $324,990 |
| Coventry Homes | 5 | $249,900 to $324,900 | $299,990 |
| D.R. Horton | 5 | $299,990 to $347,990 | $312,990 |
| Starlight Homes | 3 | $230,009 to $269,069 | $251,201 |
Builders do not all list in the same lane. Brohn Homes, Blossom Homes and Starlight Homes have medians in the $200,000s, while DRB Homes, Trophy Signature Homes and Century Communities have medians in the $300,000s. Table 1 gives the ten largest lists, and the price you would list at tells you which of them a buyer could cross into yours.
Elgin buyers close mostly in builder communities. Trinity Ranch closed 120 homes over the past twelve months and Elm Creek 94, the two busiest in town.
Elm Creek also has more homes for sale than any other community in the table, 52, and its typical home was built in 2026. Harvest Ridge has the lowest typical sale price of the larger communities, and Briarwood the highest.
Table 2. Elgin subdivisions by closings in the twelve months ending October 15, 2026, with the median build year of what sold and the count for sale as of October 16, 2026. Source: Unlock MLS.
| Subdivision (MLS name) | Sold, twelve months | Median sale price | Median build year | For sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Ranch | 120 | $299,990 | 2025 | 43 |
| Elm Creek | 94 | $255,244 | 2026 | 52 |
| Briarwood | 59 | $322,000 | 2025 | 21 |
| Harvest Ridge | 57 | $237,125 | 2025 | 13 |
| Eagles Landing | 44 | $278,768 | 2025 | 26 |
| Creeks Crossing | 26 | $314,990 | 2025 | 6 |
| The Arbors At Dogwood Creek | 9 | $583,000 | 2012 | 4 |
| Larson Crossing | 8 | $294,500 | 2025 | 2 |
| Homestead Estates | 8 | $250,000 | 2021 | 2 |
| W & O | 5 | $340,000 | 1940 | 1 |
Older homes show up in a few places only. The Arbors at Dogwood Creek closed 9 homes at a median build year of 2012, and W & O has a median build year of 1940. Builders also list in Fika, Larson Crossing, Lazy River Acres and Los Senderos Sub, so a buyer can meet a builder listing outside the big communities too.
Builders list in every Elgin price range that has enough recent sales to read. In the two ranges between $250,000 and $349,999 they hold most of the homes for sale, and in the lowest range new builds are just over half.
Table 3. Elgin homes by price range. Sales are from the 90 days ending October 15, 2026; homes for sale are as of October 16, 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%. Each reading is for that price range only; a different price point changes which market a home is in. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 to $249,999 | 17 | $219,990 | 53 | 27 | 23 | 9.4 | seller’s market |
| $250,000 to $299,999 | 52 | $256,807 | 84 | 55 | 45 | 4.8 | buyer’s market |
| $300,000 to $349,999 | 35 | $299,990 | 95 | 70 | 65 | 8.1 | buyer’s market |
Each reading in the table is for that range as a whole, and your street and your home can read differently. A buyer’s market in one range can sit beside a seller’s market in the next, so the range your home lists in matters more than the reading for the town. What each range means for timing is on Is this fall the time to list your Elgin home, or should you wait?
Both sides have been cutting. More than half of the builder listings and more than half of the resale listings sit below their original asking price, so a resale seller is not the only one conceding. Builder listings have been up a median 64 days and resale listings 70.
The two groups are close to the same size, 170 builder listings and 149 resale listings. The asking medians are $289,994 for builders and $320,000 for resales, and they describe different homes, so they show where each group is priced and not how one home compares with another. That comparison, on closed prices per square foot, is on How do Elgin buyers price a resale when a new home is on the same tour?
In my read, a resale earns its place on the tour with a home that is move-in ready today, a first price that matches recent closings, and the repairs an inspector would flag already done.
Builder lists include homes still under construction or yet to be built, which a buyer on a timeline has to weigh. A resale that a buyer can walk into, with the roof, air conditioning and plumbing already checked, answers that question on the day of the tour.
Resale sellers who open at what recent buyers paid meet the builders on even footing, and the ones who open above it meet them after a cut. Why some listings fail while others go under contract is on Is your Elgin listing stuck? What to check before you blame a slow market
That depends on your price and your part of town, and an address tells us more than the averages do. Run your address to see who lists near you.
The whole competitive picture sits beside the scoreboard on What do the 78621 housing numbers mean if you are selling in Elgin?
Elgin has 319 homes for sale, and a buyer tours a handful of them. The ones that matter to you sit within reach of your price, and the builder communities are where most recent buyers have been closing.
So for your house: at the price you would list at, which homes would a buyer walk through this week, and what does yours show them that those do not?
If you worry a builder is pulling your buyers away, start by seeing which homes a buyer would tour instead of yours. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:
No obligation. The report for your part of Elgin arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 107 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Elgin (Unlock MLS, all time).
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Know the exact house your buyer will tour the same afternoon as yours, by community and by price. Most sellers price against the neighbor’s resale.
In Elgin the neighbor’s resale is part of what a buyer sees, and so are the new homes listed in the same communities. The builder lists and resale lists are close to the same size, which is why the exact house matters more than the neighborhood average.
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