Bonham Home Values
Texas
Bonham Market Snapshot
| Active 289 listings | New 39 30 days | Closed 16 30 days | Pending 3 30 days | Supply 16.1 months | Absorption 6.9% monthly | Over List 1.5% sold above | Under List 39.3% sold below | Concessions 25.2% % of solds | Avg Concession $7,084 seller paid |
Source: NTREIS MLS • Excludes leases • Jun 2026
Bonham Market Trends
Fannin County's Seat Draws Patient Buyers
Bonham sits where the Blackland Prairie gives way to the Post Oak Belt, roughly an hour northeast of McKinney along Highway 82. As the Fannin County seat and birthplace of Speaker Sam Rayburn, this town of about 10,000 punches above its weight historically. Lake Bonham has long anchored recreation here, and the filling of Bois d'Arc Lake — the first major Texas reservoir in decades — is rewriting the area's trajectory. Listings range from century-old Craftsman rentals near the courthouse square to 30-acre ranch tracts south of town, reflecting a market that serves both legacy residents and DFW transplants seeking acreage they can no longer afford in Collin County.
Price per square foot in Bonham crossed $150 in the most recent quarter — a roughly ten percent recovery from the $137 level recorded in the prior period — suggesting the market may be finding a firmer floor after months of gradual compression, based on MLS data for 2026-06 closings in Bonham. The directional shift is notable, though with fewer than 60 closings in the trailing quarter, the sample supports a cautious read. Median sale prices came in near $233,000, still trailing the twelve-month figure by about eight percent. Zero closings cleared list price; nearly four in ten buyers paid below asking, and roughly one in four transactions included a concession averaging close to $6,700 — seller concessions remain a feature of the closing process here.
Bonham's pipeline continues to signal a buyer-controlled environment: active listings held near 270 while pending contracts stood at just 34, a ratio that leaves months of supply near 14 — well above the level at which conditions typically shift toward sellers. New listing volume of roughly 150 units over the quarter outpaced pending activity by a wide margin, maintaining the absorption gap that has characterized the market in recent months. Fannin County's broader pipeline shows a similar imbalance, with supply stretching even further countywide, suggesting conditions in Bonham reflect a regional pattern rather than a localized anomaly.
Market Updates
Price per square foot in Bonham crossed $150 in the most recent quarter — a roughly ten percent recovery from the $137 level recorded in the prior period — suggesting the market may be finding a firmer floor after months of gradual compression, based on MLS data for 2026-06 closings in Bonham. The directional shift is notable, though with fewer than 60 closings in the trailing quarter, the sample supports a cautious read. Median sale prices came in near $233,000, still trailing the twelve-month figure by about eight percent. Zero closings cleared list price; nearly four in ten buyers paid below asking, and roughly one in four transactions included a concession averaging close to $6,700 — seller concessions remain a feature of the closing process here.
Bonham's pipeline continues to signal a buyer-controlled environment: active listings held near 270 while pending contracts stood at just 34, a ratio that leaves months of supply near 14 — well above the level at which conditions typically shift toward sellers. New listing volume of roughly 150 units over the quarter outpaced pending activity by a wide margin, maintaining the absorption gap that has characterized the market in recent months. Fannin County's broader pipeline shows a similar imbalance, with supply stretching even further countywide, suggesting conditions in Bonham reflect a regional pattern rather than a localized anomaly.
The negotiation gap in Bonham widened noticeably in recent closings — sellers here absorbed roughly five and a half cents on the dollar at the table, based on MLS data for 2026-05 closings in Bonham. Price per square foot settled around $137, tracking below the county benchmark by a meaningful margin. Nearly all transactions closed below list, with more than four in ten buyers securing final prices under asking. The concession rate held near three in ten closed sales, with the typical concession approaching $7,000. The twelve-month median sale price of roughly $253,000 reflects broader conditions, while the recent quarter's figure came in closer to $235,000.
With active listings holding at roughly 250 homes and just 32 pending contracts, Bonham's pipeline reflects an absorption gap that gives buyers considerable room to move. Months of supply sits near 14.5 — well above the threshold that typically shifts negotiating leverage toward buyers — and new listings continue arriving at a pace that outstrips pending activity. That imbalance is narrower than the county-wide picture, where supply stretches even further, but Bonham's own pipeline confirms that sellers face a patient, selective buyer pool heading into the summer window.
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Market data last updated Jul 1, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT · Editorial updated Jun 25, 2026, 3:09 AM CDT
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