Map of 76457

76457 Home Values

Median Sale Price
$274,122
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76457 Market Snapshot

Median Sale Price
$274,122
▼ 24.2% YoY
Price per Sq Ft
$176
median $/sqft
Days on Market
66
list to contract
Sale-to-List
96.6%
of original asking
Strong Buyer's Market 13.4 months of supply
Seller's Buyer's
Active
103
listings
New
7
30 days
Closed
1
30 days
Pending
0
30 days
Supply
13.4
months
Absorption
4.9%
monthly
Over List
0%
sold above
Under List
33.8%
sold below
Concessions
21.1%
% of solds
Avg Concession
$5,661
seller paid

Source: NTREIS MLS • Excludes leases • Sep 2026

76457 Market Trends

Median Sale Price
24 months
$39K$262K$485K$707K$930KNov 2024Mar 2025Jul 2025Nov 2025Mar 2026Jul 2026Sep 2026

Hico's Hill Country Character Draws Deliberate Buyers

Hico sits in Hamilton County's rolling terrain where limestone bluffs and Bosque River frontage give the area a genuine Hill Country feel. The housing stock ranges from restored Victorian-era homes near the town square to custom builds on ten-to-forty-acre tracts. Manufactured homes on acreage fill the entry-level tier.

Roughly two dozen closings fed the latest quarter in 76457, a slightly lighter count than last month's read, and the homes that did close took a little over two months to get there, a touch slower than the annual pace. Based on MLS data for 2026-10 closings in 76457, price per square foot slipped to about $167, extending September's pullback and sitting under the trailing-year level near $176. Median sale price landed around $250K, roughly nine percent below the annual figure. Fewer than one in five sales carried concessions, averaging near $4,500, and sellers kept about 97 cents of every asking dollar. With a sample this small, the direction matters more than the precision.

Pending contracts in 76457 slipped to five, the fifth consecutive month in single digits against a trailing-year pace near 40. Active inventory eased to roughly 100 homes, yet about 47 new listings arrived over the quarter, so supply is still being replenished faster than contracts can absorb it. Months of supply amounts to more than a year of standing stock, deep in buyer-favorable territory. Longer stretches on market reinforce the sense of a slowing pipeline, and with Hamilton County benchmarks unavailable, it remains unclear whether the stall is local.

Market Updates

Roughly two dozen closings fed the latest quarter in 76457, a slightly lighter count than last month's read, and the homes that did close took a little over two months to get there, a touch slower than the annual pace. Based on MLS data for 2026-10 closings in 76457, price per square foot slipped to about $167, extending September's pullback and sitting under the trailing-year level near $176. Median sale price landed around $250K, roughly nine percent below the annual figure. Fewer than one in five sales carried concessions, averaging near $4,500, and sellers kept about 97 cents of every asking dollar. With a sample this small, the direction matters more than the precision.

Pending contracts in 76457 slipped to five, the fifth consecutive month in single digits against a trailing-year pace near 40. Active inventory eased to roughly 100 homes, yet about 47 new listings arrived over the quarter, so supply is still being replenished faster than contracts can absorb it. Months of supply amounts to more than a year of standing stock, deep in buyer-favorable territory. Longer stretches on market reinforce the sense of a slowing pipeline, and with Hamilton County benchmarks unavailable, it remains unclear whether the stall is local.

Price per square foot in 76457 slid back to roughly $178 this quarter, erasing the run-up toward $219 seen over the summer and settling below the trailing-year median near $192. Based on MLS data for 2026-09 closings in 76457, the typical sale still took about two months from contract to close, essentially unchanged from the annual pace. Concession activity retreated too — close to one in five sales carried give-backs, down from nearly three in ten in August, with average payouts easing to around $3,700 from over $5,600 annually. Sellers held near full asking price, and roughly three in ten sales closed under list. With just 26 closings feeding the read, the pullback remains directional.

For a fourth consecutive month, pending contracts in 76457 held far below their trailing-year pace — six against an annual rate near four dozen — even as active inventory stayed flat near 111 homes and new listings kept arriving at a brisk quarterly clip. Months of supply eased from the annual figure but remains deep into buyer-favorable territory. With Hamilton County benchmarks unavailable this cycle, the persistently thin pending count suggests demand has yet to catch up to a steady flow of new inventory.

For a second straight month, closings in 76457 moved through escrow markedly faster than the trailing-year norm. Based on MLS data for 2026-07 closings in 76457, the typical sale took roughly a month from contract to close, versus about two months over the trailing year. That quicker pace came alongside sellers giving more ground at the table: close to four in ten sales carried concessions, up from about one in six annually, with paybacks averaging near $5,200. Sellers captured near-full asking price, and just over one in five sales closed under list. Per-square-foot pricing eased to about $198, down from $208 a year earlier. With roughly a dozen closings feeding this quarter's read, the trend remains directional rather than conclusive.

Pending contracts in 76457 nearly disappeared this quarter, falling to just a handful even as active inventory held steady near 106 homes and new listings kept arriving at a typical pace. That combination pushed months of supply up to roughly two years' worth of standing stock — a pipeline widening much faster than it's clearing. The mismatch complicates the picture closed sales suggest: homes that do reach the table are moving quickly, but with so few new contracts starting, that speed looks more like a shrinking, decisive buyer pool than a broadly accelerating market.

The negotiation table shifted noticeably in 76457 this quarter: roughly four in ten closings included seller concessions, more than double the share recorded over the trailing year — a directional signal, given the limited sample of about fifteen MLS closings in 76457. Average concession amounts held near $6,200, while sellers simultaneously captured a higher share of their asking prices, suggesting that when deals did come together, they closed more cleanly. Based on MLS data for 2026-06 closings in 76457, per-square-foot pricing held near $200, consistent with the annual baseline. Homes that did sell moved to contract considerably faster than the full-year pace suggests, though with this sample size the direction is more telling than the precise figure.

The pipeline in 76457 tells a more cautious story: with roughly 17 months of supply against a thin pending count of just eight contracts, buyer absorption has slowed to a pace that significantly outstrips available demand. Active listings held steady near 90 homes while new listing additions over the trailing three months approached 40 — a ratio that continues to widen the inventory overhang rather than resolve it. For a market operating at this level of supply, conditions continue to favor buyers with time and flexibility, even as individual closed transactions reflected improved terms for motivated sellers.

Closed sales in 76457 priced at roughly $206 per square foot in recent months, directionally suggesting stable per-foot valuations despite softer median prices. Based on MLS data for recent closings in 76457, sellers gave back about three cents on the dollar on average, with roughly one in five transactions including concessions. Nearly a third of closings settled below list price, and the typical home spent approximately 68 days from contract to closing. Year-over-year, sale prices held a narrow gain of just over two percent, though 22 closings over the trailing period means these readings are best interpreted directionally.

The forward picture in 76457 shows a notable supply overhang — roughly 11 months of inventory relative to recent absorption. Only 6 pending contracts sit against 82 active listings, a ratio that directionally suggests buyer activity has slowed considerably. New listing additions over the trailing three months totaled 43, outpacing pending activity by a wide margin. The extended time homes are spending before closing further reinforces a pipeline that is building faster than it is clearing.

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Market data last updated Oct 1, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT · Editorial updated Oct 9, 2026, 7:28 PM CDT

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