Housing Market in Fort Worth
Fort Worth's citywide median sale price runs meaningfully below both the national median and Dallas's, and below Tarrant County's own median -- a genuine reversal of the usual city-cheaper-than-suburbs pattern, because Tarrant County includes pricier suburbs like Southlake, Colleyville, and Keller that sit outside Fort Worth's city limits. Snapshots vary by month and source, which this page discloses rather than smooths over.
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Learn morePrice Trends: What the Snapshots Show
Redfin's Fort Worth city page cited a median sale price of $321,000 for the trailing month ending July 2026, down 7.0% year-over-year, with homes averaging 64 days on market and drawing about 2 offers -- a softer pace than nearby Dallas or Houston. A separate, later Redfin-sourced figure reviewed this pass cited $337,250 citywide (essentially flat year-over-year, down 0.01%) -- the gap between the two figures illustrates how much a single 'Fort Worth median' number moves month to month and by exactly which snapshot window is used; treat any single citywide figure as directional rather than precise.
City vs. Tarrant County: The Reversed Pattern
Tarrant County's own median ran around $348,000 as of March 2026 (roughly flat year-over-year), per Redfin and Orchard aggregation -- higher than Fort Worth's own city-proper figure, the reverse of the usual pattern where the core city is pricier than the surrounding county. That's because Tarrant County includes higher-priced suburbs (Southlake, Colleyville, Keller) outside Fort Worth's city limits; anyone researching 'Tarrant County' home prices should not assume that figure describes Fort Worth itself.
Neighborhood-Level Variance
Redfin's neighborhood-level data (as of June 2026) shows real spread within city limits: Downtown Fort Worth ran $396,000 (up 8.5% year-over-year), North Fort Worth $325,000 (up 8.3%), West Fort Worth $340,000 (up 3.0%), South Fort Worth $314,000 (up 4.8%), Northeast Fort Worth $262,000 (down 1.9%), and Southeast Fort Worth $230,000 (up 3.6%). The citywide median blends all of these -- anyone budgeting off the citywide figure alone is very likely anchoring on the wrong number for their target neighborhood.
Fort Worth vs. Dallas
Fort Worth's city-proper median (roughly $321K-$337K depending on snapshot) runs meaningfully below Dallas's (cited around $375,000 in the same research window, per texas-tier-a-1.js) -- consistent with Fort Worth's more affordable positioning relative to Dallas across this whole topic stack. This is a real, structural price gap between the two cities, not just noise between snapshots.
Market Pace
At roughly 64 days on market and about 2 offers per listing (Redfin, trailing month through July 2026), Fort Worth's city-level market reads as more buyer-favorable than the tightest Sun Belt markets, without being a distressed or rapidly declining one -- a moderate, cooling-but-not-collapsing pace consistent with broader North Texas market softening in 2026.
Key takeaways
- Redfin cites $321,000 for the trailing month through July 2026 (down 7.0% YoY, 64 days on market) -- a separate later snapshot cited $337,250 (essentially flat YoY); treat any single figure as directional.
- Tarrant County's own median (~$348,000, March 2026) runs higher than Fort Worth's own city-proper figure -- the reverse of the usual pattern, because the county includes pricier suburbs like Southlake and Colleyville outside city limits.
- Neighborhood variance is large: Downtown Fort Worth ran $396K vs. Southeast Fort Worth at $230K in the same window (June 2026, Redfin).
- Fort Worth's city-proper median runs meaningfully below Dallas's (~$375K) -- a real, structural price gap, not just snapshot noise.
- Market pace (64 days on market, ~2 offers) reads as moderately buyer-favorable, consistent with broader 2026 North Texas softening.
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