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How can a Lockhart resale compete when Perry Homes and Lennar are listing?

Quick answer

As of October 16, 2026, builders hold most of the homes for sale in Lockhart’s $400,000 to $449,999 range and the range above it, and in my read they set the ceiling there. Below those, the neighbor’s resale is most of the competition. A price point changes which of the two your home is up against.

What we analyzed

Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 16, 2026.

44 Lockhart 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.

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.

What these numbers mean if you are selling is on Do Lockhart prices say more about Summerside than about your house?, and every number on this page is also broken out in the tables on How tight is the 78644 market compared with Kyle, Bastrop and San Marcos?

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.

Who is building the homes for sale in Lockhart?

Perry Homes has the most builder listings in Lockhart, with Lennar close behind, and the MLS shows 9 builder names in all.

The two sit at opposite ends of the price scale. Lennar’s asking prices run from $224,999 to $269,499.

Perry Homes asks from $374,900 to $699,900.

D.R. Horton and Studiobuilt have 4 listings each and ask in the middle of that scale. The table shows every builder name.

Table 1. Builder listings in Lockhart by builder name on the MLS record, as of October 16, 2026; 43 builder listings of 134 homes for sale. Source: Unlock MLS.

BuilderListingsAsking rangeMedian asking
Perry Homes15$374,900 to $699,900$414,900
Lennar14$224,999 to $269,499$251,249
D.R. Horton4$336,800 to $401,000$346,950
Studiobuilt4$273,000 to $319,000$284,000
All Texas Construction1$459,900 to $459,900$459,900
Jessup Homes1$284,000 to $284,000$284,000
Green Guild1$848,000 to $848,000$848,000
Cloutman Restoration1$625,000 to $625,000$625,000
Vmp Lockhart Properties1$299,000 to $299,000$299,000
Who is building what is for sale in Lockhart Builder listings on the MLS as of October 16, 2026, top 8 builders by count; 43 of 134 homes for sale are builder listings. Perry Homes 15 Lennar 14 D.R. Horton 4 Studiobuilt 4 All Texas Construction 1 Jessup Homes 1 Green Guild 1 Cloutman Restoration 1 Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 16, 2026.
Figure 1. Perry Homes holds the most builder listings in Lockhart, 15, and builders hold 43 of the 134 homes for sale as of October 16, 2026. By builder: Perry Homes 15; Lennar 14; D.R. Horton 4; Studiobuilt 4; All Texas Construction 1; Jessup Homes 1; Green Guild 1; Cloutman Restoration 1. Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 16, 2026.

Where are Lockhart buyers actually closing?

Summerside and Juniper Springs are the two busiest subdivisions in Lockhart. Summerside closed 77 homes over the past twelve months and Juniper Springs closed 42, ahead of every other subdivision in town.

Both also have more homes for sale than any other subdivision in the table below, 19 in Summerside and 15 in Juniper Springs.

Table 2. Lockhart 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 monthsMedian sale priceMedian build yearFor sale
Summerside77$222,990202619
Juniper Springs42$413,950202615
Hartland Ranch9$339,99020254
Meadows At Clear Fork8$294,00020103
South Park Place8$352,37519714
Centerpoint Meadows Sub5$296,37520242
Parkway5$239,40019952
Windridge Add4n/an/a0
Trammel Rev3n/an/a1
Oak Trails3n/an/a0

Meadows at Clear Fork, South Park Place and Parkway are older communities, with a typical home built in 2010, 1971 and 1995. If you own in a community like those, your buyer may be weighing you against another resale as much as against a new build.

Is a builder competing at my price?

Builders hold most of the homes for sale in only one of the four ranges in the table, the $450,000 to $499,999 range.

Table 3. Lockhart 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 rangeSoldMedian sale priceFor saleNew builds for saleHomes that cut their priceMonths of supplyMarket
$200,000 to $249,99911$213,00014663.8buyer’s market
$250,000 to $299,99914$246,0003410207.3buyer’s market
$300,000 to $349,99911$319,000144113.8balanced
$450,000 to $499,99911$415,00013793.5buyer’s market

In the three lower ranges in the table, resale homes are most of the competition. The $250,000 to $299,999 range is the biggest field, with more homes for sale than any other.

Builders also hold most of the homes for sale in the $400,000 to $449,999 range. Too few homes sold there in the last three months to put it in the table, and on the twelve-month basis it reads as a buyer’s market for that range.

In my read, a builder sets the ceiling where builders are most of the field, because a buyer there is comparing your house with a finished one whose price is already posted. Where they are a minority, the ceiling is whatever other resale sellers ask.

What are the other resale sellers doing?

Resale listings are the larger share of what is for sale in Lockhart, and they ask a median $299,000 against $339,000 for builder listings.

Most resale listings have already cut their price, and so have most builder listings, so both sides of a buyer’s tour have come down from where they started.

When the house next on a buyer’s list has already dropped its price, your first price has to hold up beside it. Whether that changes your timing is on How do you time a Lockhart sale when most listings have cut their price?

Where does a resale come out ahead?

In my read, a resale earns its place on the tour by being move-in ready now and by opening at a price its own range supports. Where builders are a minority, that second point decides most of the comparison, since the buyer’s alternative is another resale.

How the two kinds of home compare per square foot is on Is your Lockhart resale worth more per square foot than a new build? How quickly each goes under contract is on Why do some Lockhart homes sell in weeks while others wait months?

Are you competing with builders or with other resales?

That depends on your price and your part of town, and an address says more than the averages do. If that is you, the fastest way to know is to run your address.

How long the homes around you take to sell is on Why do some Lockhart homes sell in weeks while others wait months?

Your situation

A buyer in Lockhart can choose from 134 homes for sale and will walk through only a few. The ones that matter to you sit near your price, and near Summerside or Juniper Springs one of them may be a finished new home.

For your house, then: at the price you would list, which of those few would a buyer see the same week, and has any of them already come down?

Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat

If you wonder whether a builder’s finished home is the one your buyer will see first, start with the homes a buyer would tour beside yours. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:

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No obligation. The report for your part of Lockhart arrives within a minute; the pricing analysis comes after we walk the home. Nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 44 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Lockhart (Unlock MLS, all time).

What is your buyer comparing your Lockhart home with?

Chris’s position, WIR positions library, approved September 9, 2026.

Know the exact house your buyer will tour the same afternoon as yours, by community, by price. Most sellers price against the neighbor’s resale.

In Lockhart the neighbor’s resale is the competition in most price ranges, and a finished new home is the competition in the rest.

About Watters International Realty in Lockhart

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 16, 2026. 44 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Lockhart (Unlock MLS, all time).

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Chris Watters, Broker, Watters International Realty. Texas Real Estate Commission license #567369. Broker of record for a Texas brokerage serving the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Killeen-Temple-Waco metros.