What separates the Kensington Trails homes in Kyle that sell from the ones that don’t?

Quick answer

Mostly the first price. Kensington Trails homes that sold over the past twelve months closed at 97.6% of original asking, a seller’s market, yet 15 listings expired or were withdrawn over the same twelve months.

What we analyzed

9 homes sold in Kensington Trails in the 90 days ending October 6, 2026, 22 in the twelve months ending the same day
6 Kensington Trails homes for sale as of October 7, 2026, 5 of them below their original asking price
3.3 months of inventory in Kensington Trails on the twelve-month pace, against 4.8 for Kyle as a whole

Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 7, 2026. Kensington Trails is the MLS subdivision name, with its recorded spellings counted as one.

164 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Kyle. That count is every home we listed and closed in Kyle, 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 Kensington Trails: 5.

Already have a rough idea of your price range? Skip down to see whether these numbers fit your home, or plug in your address for a closer look.

How Kyle as a whole is doing is on the Kyle, TX market report, and the town and ZIP code tables are on the 78640 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.

Why do so many Kensington Trails listings fail to sell?

About four in ten listings that reached an outcome over the year expired or were withdrawn. That is the highest share among the Kyle neighborhoods I report on, in a place where the homes that did sell went close to asking.

My reading is that the unsold listings opened above what buyers had already paid nearby, and their owners pulled them before cutting far enough.

Figure 1. Kensington Trails sales by period. Last 90 days $140; Same 90 days a year earlier $148; Last twelve months $145; Twelve months before that $161. Sales periods end October 6, 2026; mix of homes not controlled. Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 7, 2026.

Is Kensington Trails a seller’s market?

For the homes that sold, yes. They closed at 97.6% of their original asking price over the year, above the 97% mark I use for a seller’s market on neighborhood pages. Your price point can still put you elsewhere.

Only 9 homes closed in the last three months, just short of the 10 needed to read them alone, so this page works from twelve months. Those recent sales went faster than the year as a whole.

Table 1. Kensington Trails sales in each period, from the MLS subdivision records for Kensington Trails in Kyle. Each row stands on its own. A median is left out when a period has fewer than 5 sales. 6 Kensington Trails 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	9 (thin)	$292,000	$140	42 days	97.7%	2,082	2006
Same 90 days a year earlier (July 9, 2025 to October 6, 2025)	10	$284,995	$148	65 days	95.0%	1,914	2008
Twelve months ending October 6, 2026	22	$271,000	$145	58 days	97.6%	1,786	2008
Prior twelve months (October 7, 2024 to October 6, 2025)	27	$275,000	$161	57 days	95.5%	1,766	2008

What are Kensington Trails homes worth per foot?

Less than last year. The median was $145 per square foot over the past twelve months, against $161 the year before.

Home sizes were nearly the same in both years, and fewer homes closed. That per-foot drop is what an owner pricing from a 2025 sale runs into, and it explains a good share of the unsold listings.

What is a Kensington Trails home up against?

Neighbors built in the same era. Most of Kensington Trails went up between 2000 and 2014, no builder has listings here, and every sale this year was a resale.

Almost every home for sale today has already come down from its first price. Your listing enters next to those reduced homes, so it is measured against their current price.

How does Kensington Trails compare with Kyle?

It is a lower-priced corner of town. The twelve-month median here was $271,000, against $316,995 for Kyle.

Supply is tighter than the town’s on the twelve-month pace. Buyers are there for Kensington Trails homes; they simply walk past the ones priced above the street’s recent sales.

Sell now, or wait?

Sell now if you are ready to list at an asking price based on this year’s closed sales, not last year’s. Priced that way, Kensington Trails homes have been selling near asking within a couple of months.

Hold off if the number you need is last year’s per-foot price. Listing there is the path most of the unsold homes here took.

Your reach also extends off the MLS. I hold 4,000 cash buyers in my black book, before counting any buyer who uses traditional financing.

Your situation

In Kensington Trails, the sold homes and the unsold ones are often the same size on the same streets. What separates them is usually the opening price and what a buyer finds on the walkthrough.

So the useful question is which nearby homes sold, at what price, and which came off the market without a buyer.

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What does the first price cost a Kensington Trails seller?

Chris Watters’s position, stated September 27, 2026. A prior position, not confirmed for this piece.

In our experience, after a price reduction a home sells close to the reduced price. Where sellers lose the money is in the time the house spent at the first price.

Kensington Trails shows both halves of that: most homes for sale have already cut, and many of the owners who held at the first price ended up off the market.

About Watters International Realty in Kyle

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. 164 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Kyle (Unlock MLS, all time).

Questions Kyle sellers ask about selling in Kensington Trails

How many Kensington Trails listings failed to sell?

Over the past twelve months, 15 listings expired or were withdrawn without selling.

Are Kensington Trails home prices going down?

Per square foot, yes. The median was $145 over the past twelve months, down from $161.

How long do Kensington Trails homes take to sell?

Homes that sold over the past twelve months spent a median 58 days on the market.

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