Is 78653 a buyer’s market or a seller’s market at your price?
Quick answer
It depends on your price range. The ZIP overall reads as a balanced market over the last ninety days, at 94.2% of original asking price, but three of the five ranges with enough sales read as buyer’s markets. The ZIP read is a place to start, and your own range is where the answer is.
What we analyzed
- Five price ranges in ZIP 78653 with at least 10 sales in the 90 days ending October 1, 2026
- What homes sold for against original asking price, in each range
- Homes for sale and new builds for sale in each range as of October 2, 2026
- Months of supply in each range
Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 2, 2026.
124 Manor 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 the Manor, TX market report, and every number on this page is also broken out in the tables on the Manor ZIP code scoreboard.
Last updated October 3, 2026. Sales data covers the 90 days ending October 1, 2026 and the twelve months ending the same day (Unlock MLS via MLS Grid); listing inventory as of October 2, 2026.
Is 78653 a buyer’s market or a seller’s market?
Over the last ninety days it reads as a balanced market, at 94.2% of original asking price. That is just over the line, and the same ninety days a year earlier read 93.8%, a buyer’s market.
I read a market from what homes sold for against their first asking price. The line between a buyer’s and a balanced market is 94%, and a seller’s market starts at 97%. The ZIP’s own scoreboard is on How is the Manor ZIP code market doing?
Which price ranges are buyer’s markets?
The two lowest ranges and the $450,000 range read as buyer’s markets on what homes sold for. The $350,000 and $400,000 ranges read balanced. No range reads as a seller’s market.
Table 1. 78653 price ranges read two ways, 90 days ending October 1, 2026. The first reading uses what homes sold for against their original asking price; the second uses months of supply, how long it would take to sell every home listed if no more came on the market. A range is a seller’s market when homes sell for at least 97% of their original asking price, balanced from 94% to under 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, pulled October 2, 2026.
| Price range | Sold | Sale price as a share of original asking | Market by sale price | Months of supply | Market by months of supply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 to $299,999 | 28 | 93.3% | buyer’s market | 6.2 | balanced |
| $300,000 to $349,999 | 30 | 93.8% | buyer’s market | 6.4 | balanced |
| $350,000 to $399,999 | 29 | 96.0% | balanced | 7.6 | buyer’s market |
| $400,000 to $449,999 | 20 | 94.2% | balanced | 6.4 | balanced |
| $450,000 to $499,999 | 12 | 92.4% | buyer’s market | 7.5 | buyer’s market |
Ranges with fewer than ten sales in the last ninety days are not shown, because a handful of sales does not support a read. Homes above $500,000 and acreage are on Selling acreage or a higher-priced Manor home?
Why do the two measures disagree?
In three of the five ranges the readings differ. The two lowest ranges read as buyer’s markets on sale price and balanced on months of supply. The $350,000 range reads balanced on sale price and as a buyer’s market on months of supply, and more than half of its homes for sale are new builds.
Months of supply counts every home for sale, including builders’ homes that have not sold yet. Sale price against asking counts only homes that closed. I give the sale price the lead and keep months of supply as the supporting number.
Which market are you actually in?
Here is the rule I give every Manor seller.
Your price point puts you in your own market. A $300,000 home in 78653 and a $550,000 home in 78653 are not competing for the same buyers, are not facing the same inventory, and do not get the same answer.
Who is competing at your price is on What is your Manor home competing against?, and what a buyer would pay for your house is on What is your Manor home worth next to a new build?
Which range is your home in?
Use the price you would first list at, not the price you paid. If it lands in one of the five ranges above, that row is your market. Run your address and the report shows the homes in your range.
If it does not land in one of them, the ZIP’s balanced read is a starting point only. How fast homes in the ZIP sell is on How long does it take to sell a home in Manor?, and the decision to list now or wait is on Should you sell your Manor home now, or wait?
Where does your Manor home fit?
Pick the price range you think your home would sell in. You’ll see what sold there and what you’d be competing against.
Pick a range to see what sold there.
Fixed $50,000 price ranges from the MLS. Only ranges with 10 or more sales in the 90 days ending October 1, 2026 are shown. Homes for sale are counted by original asking price as of October 2, 2026. Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 2, 2026.
Your situation
A ZIP code read is a place to start. Your price range decides which buyers see your home and which homes they compare it with.
The report below shows the listings in your range near your address.
Before You Put Your Home on the Market, See the Homes You’ll Have to Beat
If you want to know which market your own price puts you in, start by seeing the homes in your range. Request my complimentary Home Competitor Analysis for your address. You get:
- The homes currently competing for buyers in your area
- What they’re asking
- How long they’ve been sitting on the market
- Which homes have already reduced their price
- How your home may compare
Your report arrives instantly as a PDF, and someone from my team will call you within 24 hours to walk through it.
No obligation. The report shows the homes competing with yours. It does not include a price opinion or a valuation, and nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome. 124 homes sold by Watters International Realty in 78653 (Unlock MLS, all time).About Watters International Realty in Manor
Watters International Realty is a Texas real estate brokerage, and I am its broker of record. 124 homes sold by Watters International Realty in 78653 (Unlock MLS, all time).
Questions Manor sellers ask about buyer’s and seller’s markets
Is Manor a buyer’s market or a seller’s market at my price?
It depends on your range. In the last ninety days, homes first listed in the $350,000 range sold at 96.0% of original asking price, which reads as a balanced market. The $450,000 range read as a buyer’s market. No range read as a seller’s market.
See the homes you’d be competing against
The report shows the listings in your range near you and how fast homes like yours have been selling.
Your report arrives instantly as a PDF, and someone from my team will call you within 24 hours to walk through it.
No obligation. The report shows the homes competing with yours. It does not include a price opinion or a valuation, and nothing here promises a price, a timeline, or an outcome.
