Mineral Wells Home Values
Texas
Mineral Wells Market Snapshot
| Active 302 listings | New 48 30 days | Closed 27 30 days | Pending 7 30 days | Supply 12.4 months | Absorption 6% monthly | Over List 2.6% sold above | Under List 38.3% sold below | Concessions 37.2% % of solds | Avg Concession $7,321 seller paid |
Source: NTREIS MLS • Excludes leases • Aug 2026
Mineral Wells Market Trends
A Spa Town Betting on Its Second Act
Mineral Wells earned its name from the mineral springs that drew health seekers a century ago, and that identity still runs through the town's DNA. Sitting along US 180 west of Weatherford in Palo Pinto County, this is a place where mid-century brick homes on half-acre lots outnumber subdivisions, and where new construction means a single house on a rural acre rather than a master-planned phase. The Baker Hotel — the grand 1929 resort that defined the town's golden era — is mid-renovation and visible from nearly everywhere downtown. Possum Kingdom Lake is a thirty-minute drive west, giving residents weekend water access without lakefront prices.
For a third straight month, price per square foot in Mineral Wells climbed, settling near $170 in the trailing quarter versus $155 across the trailing twelve months. Median sale price followed suit, landing near $257,000 against a $218,000 annual baseline, based on MLS data for August 2026 closings in Mineral Wells. Homes also closed markedly faster, with median days on market at close down to 28 from 53 a year earlier. Sellers kept nearly all of asking, receiving close to ninety-eight cents on the dollar, and the share of closings below list price fell to roughly one in four, down sharply from nearly four in ten across the trailing year. Concessions stayed elevated, averaging around $7,500.
Pending contracts in Mineral Wells fell to just 14 this quarter, extending a decline that has stretched across several months even as active listings held steady near 305. New listings kept arriving at a steady clip, adding roughly 173 homes to the pipeline over the past three months and continuing to outpace the thin pending count. Months of supply held near fourteen, still far above the threshold associated with buyer-favorable conditions, leaving little indication that the supply overhang is set to ease near-term.
Market Updates
For a third straight month, price per square foot in Mineral Wells climbed, settling near $170 in the trailing quarter versus $155 across the trailing twelve months. Median sale price followed suit, landing near $257,000 against a $218,000 annual baseline, based on MLS data for August 2026 closings in Mineral Wells. Homes also closed markedly faster, with median days on market at close down to 28 from 53 a year earlier. Sellers kept nearly all of asking, receiving close to ninety-eight cents on the dollar, and the share of closings below list price fell to roughly one in four, down sharply from nearly four in ten across the trailing year. Concessions stayed elevated, averaging around $7,500.
Pending contracts in Mineral Wells fell to just 14 this quarter, extending a decline that has stretched across several months even as active listings held steady near 305. New listings kept arriving at a steady clip, adding roughly 173 homes to the pipeline over the past three months and continuing to outpace the thin pending count. Months of supply held near fourteen, still far above the threshold associated with buyer-favorable conditions, leaving little indication that the supply overhang is set to ease near-term.
Homes in Mineral Wells moved to closing markedly faster this quarter, with median days on market at close down to 44 — nearly two weeks quicker than the trailing twelve-month pace of 57 days. Based on MLS data for July 2026 closings in Mineral Wells, that quicker turnaround came alongside firmer valuations: price per square foot near $158 and median sale price near $234,000, both ahead of the trailing-year averages. With 62 closings in the quarter, the shift reads as directional: sellers still gave back roughly five cents on the dollar, and concessions ticked up to just over four in ten deals, averaging around $7,300.
The pipeline in Mineral Wells points to a further loss of momentum. Active listings rose to roughly 304, while pending contracts fell to just 22 — continuing a decline that has now stretched across several months. New listings continued arriving at a brisk pace, adding roughly 164 homes to the pipeline over the past three months and outrunning the thin pending count by a wide margin. Months of supply pushed to nearly fifteen, extending an overhang that has shown no sign of narrowing as the pace of contract activity continues to slow.
Price per square foot in Mineral Wells slipped to around $147 in the latest quarter, a modest step back from the trailing twelve-month average of $149 — directionally consistent with a market where buyers hold meaningful room at the table. Based on MLS data for June 2026 closings in Mineral Wells, sellers received roughly ninety-five cents on the dollar at closing, and about four in ten transactions closed below asking. Concession activity remained elevated: approximately four in ten deals included seller concessions averaging around $6,100. Year-over-year, prices are down about two percent. With roughly 64 closings in the trailing quarter, these figures are directional rather than definitive, but the limited sample consistently points toward buyer-favorable closing conditions.
Active listings in Mineral Wells climbed to approximately 276 homes while pending contracts held near 45 — a ratio that keeps months of supply close to thirteen, well above the threshold associated with buyer-favorable conditions. New listing activity added roughly 149 homes to the pipeline over the past three months, continuing to outpace the absorption suggested by pending volume. The gap between supply and demand has shown little sign of tightening: pending contract counts have not materially recovered from the pullback observed in the prior period, and the sustained inventory overhang leaves near-term pricing pressure pointed in the same direction.
The negotiation gap between list and sale prices in Mineral Wells widened modestly in the recent quarter — sellers received roughly ninety-four and a half cents on the dollar at closing, directionally lower than the trailing annual average. Based on MLS data for May 2026 closings in Mineral Wells, price per square foot came in around $146, a slight step back from the twelve-month average of $149. Closed transactions over the past year show a year-over-year price decline of roughly three and a half percent. With nearly four in ten closings involving seller concessions, the limited sample suggests sellers are increasingly absorbing costs to move properties in this still-elevated supply environment.
The pipeline in Mineral Wells points toward a meaningful slowdown in transaction velocity. Pending contracts have contracted sharply relative to the trailing twelve-month pace, with only 43 homes under agreement — a fraction of the broader annual transaction rate. Active inventory remains elevated at roughly 260 listings against that thin pending count, pushing months of supply to about thirteen — well above the threshold that signals buyer-favorable conditions. New listing activity continued at a steady pace, adding supply pressure that the current pending volume has not yet absorbed.
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Market data last updated Sep 1, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT · Editorial updated Aug 24, 2026, 11:33 PM CDT
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