Heath Home Values
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Heath Market Snapshot
| Active 253 listings | New 43 30 days | Closed 33 30 days | Pending 5 30 days | Supply 8.2 months | Absorption 4.7% monthly | Over List 1% sold above | Under List 59.7% sold below | Concessions 44.2% % of solds | Avg Concession $12,787 seller paid |
Source: NTREIS MLS • Excludes leases • Sep 2026
Heath Market Trends
Heath's Premium Market Faces a Reckoning
Heath sits on the eastern shore of Lake Ray Hubbard, a small city where half-acre lots and golf course living define daily life. Buffalo Creek, Ridge Lakes, and Heath Golf & Yacht Club anchor the luxury tier, while Rockwall ISD — particularly Heath High School — keeps families rooted here. The lakefront lifestyle is real: boat docks, yacht club dining, and sunset views over water toward the Dallas skyline. But Heath is not a big market. With roughly 250 closings a year across a city of under 10,000 residents, every listing competes directly with its neighbor. New construction from Beazer, Tri Pointe, and boutique builders is adding inventory at a time when demand has pulled back sharply.
While homes across Rockwall County closed at a median of about $185 per square foot this quarter, Heath’s closings landed markedly higher, near $230 — a premium of roughly a quarter over the county figure, based on MLS data for September 2026 closings in Heath. The median sale price showed the same gap, settling near $800,000 against the county’s roughly $465,000. Heath homes also spent longer under contract before closing, about 67 days versus 55 countywide, even as concessions appeared in only around four in ten Heath sales compared with almost six in ten across the county.
Heath’s pipeline stayed thinner than Rockwall County’s this quarter: pending contracts equaled roughly four in a hundred active listings, versus almost six in a hundred countywide, even as new listings kept arriving at a pace similar to the county’s own absorption rate. Months of supply narrowed to about eight, continuing a multi-quarter convergence toward the county’s roughly seven and a half reading — the closest the two have tracked in recent months. The gap between Heath and the county, while still present, is easing incrementally.
Market Updates
While homes across Rockwall County closed at a median of about $185 per square foot this quarter, Heath’s closings landed markedly higher, near $230 — a premium of roughly a quarter over the county figure, based on MLS data for September 2026 closings in Heath. The median sale price showed the same gap, settling near $800,000 against the county’s roughly $465,000. Heath homes also spent longer under contract before closing, about 67 days versus 55 countywide, even as concessions appeared in only around four in ten Heath sales compared with almost six in ten across the county.
Heath’s pipeline stayed thinner than Rockwall County’s this quarter: pending contracts equaled roughly four in a hundred active listings, versus almost six in a hundred countywide, even as new listings kept arriving at a pace similar to the county’s own absorption rate. Months of supply narrowed to about eight, continuing a multi-quarter convergence toward the county’s roughly seven and a half reading — the closest the two have tracked in recent months. The gap between Heath and the county, while still present, is easing incrementally.
Price per square foot in Heath eased to about $230 in the trailing quarter, based on MLS data for August 2026 closings in Heath, a modest step down from the roughly $233 mark reported last month. The median sale price still climbed to nearly $774,000, buoyed by a mix shift toward larger closings rather than broad appreciation. Closings picked up meaningfully — 86 transactions over the period, the strongest quarterly pace in recent months — while days on market slipped to 53, continuing a gradual acceleration. Sellers gave back a little more at the table, with concessions appearing in roughly four in ten sales and list-to-sale ratios holding just under ninety-six and a half cents on the dollar.
Heath's pipeline tightened sharply on the demand side this quarter: pending contracts fell to just 8, from 18 last month, even as active listings held near 259 — a thinning conversion rate that points to slower velocity ahead despite recent closing strength. New listing activity also pulled back, to about 148 homes, easing the fresh-supply pressure that had been building. Months of supply eased to roughly nine, still deep in buyer-favorable territory but the narrower listing flow may keep further supply gains in check into the fall.
While Rockwall County's median price per square foot held at roughly $186 this quarter, Heath closed at nearly $233 — a premium of about a quarter over the county figure, based on MLS data for July 2026 closings in Heath. The median sale price came in near $748,000, down slightly from last month but still well above the county's roughly $464,000 midpoint. Homes spent about 55 days on market, a touch longer than last month. Sellers accepted concessions in just over four in ten transactions — a lower share than the county's nearly six in ten — while list-to-sale ratios in Heath essentially matched the county's, both landing just under ninety-six cents on the dollar.
Heath's pipeline gap with Rockwall County continued to narrow this quarter. Months of supply eased to just under ten, still about a quarter above the county's reading but well down from the roughly fifty percent gap seen last month. Pending contracts fell further, to just 18 against 277 active listings — a thinner pending-to-active share than the county's broader pipeline — while new listings held near 182, keeping fresh supply flowing into a market yet to absorb it. The narrowing gap suggests Heath's buyer-favorable tilt, though still pronounced, may be easing incrementally.
Closing activity in Heath picked up in the latest quarter, with roughly 70 transactions completing — a directional uptick from the prior period that gives the market's price signals somewhat more footing, though the limited sample still warrants caution. Based on MLS data for 2026-06 closings in Heath, price per square foot held at roughly $233 — unchanged from the full-year figure — while the median sale closed near $760,000. Homes spent about 52 days on market, continuing the pattern from the prior quarter and running well below the annual average of 64 days. Sellers gave back about five cents on the dollar at closing, and concessions appeared in more than half of transactions — a rate notably higher than the trailing-year baseline.
The pending pipeline in Heath remains thin relative to active supply — just 32 contracts under agreement against 279 active listings as of the latest read. New listing activity added roughly 184 homes over the trailing three months, continuing to outpace the pace of absorption and widening the supply gap. Months of supply sits near twelve, running roughly fifty percent above Rockwall County's broader reading, suggesting that market velocity has yet to translate into a meaningful tightening of available inventory heading into the second half of the year.
Heath's price per square foot held steady through the trailing quarter — based on MLS data for recent closings in Heath — while the median sale price landed roughly $40,000 above the full-year figure, directionally suggesting a mix shift toward larger homes closing at the top of the range. Homes that did close spent about 52 days on market, noticeably fewer than the 65-day annual average, though the limited sample of roughly 60 closings warrants caution. Sellers gave back about six cents on the dollar at closing on average, and more than half of transactions included concessions — a meaningful uptick from the full-year rate — with average concession amounts approaching $17,000.
The most striking signal in Heath's current pipeline is the sharp contraction in pending contracts — just 30 homes under agreement against 257 active listings, pointing to a pending-to-active ratio well below what Rockwall County is showing broadly. New listing activity over the past three months reached 164 homes, far outpacing the pending count and widening the supply gap. With roughly twelve and a half months of supply, Heath is operating in deeply buyer-favorable territory by the conventional threshold. The directional data suggests that absorption pressure on sellers may persist into the coming quarter.
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Market data last updated Oct 1, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT · Editorial updated Sep 21, 2026, 11:31 PM CDT
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