Talty Home Values

Extending a faster-closing trend evident across recent months, the median time from list to close in Talty held near 39 days this quarter — well under the roughly 58-day trailing-year mark. Based on MLS data for 2026-09 closings in Talty, price per square foot came in near $176, a touch softer than the year's $180 baseline, while sellers gave back a bit over three cents on the dollar at closing. Concessions appeared in well over eight in ten sales, a rate still running ahead of the trailing-year norm near eight in ten. With 26 closings recorded, the sample stays moderate rather than definitive, but the faster pace to close has now held for several months running.

Talty's pipeline continues to track the faster pace showing up at the closing table this quarter: months of supply now sits right at four — the line typically separating buyer- and seller-favorable conditions — down sharply from the trailing year's reading near eight. Pending contracts have thinned further, down to just two against 35 active listings, continuing a decline that has run for several months. New listing activity has held closer to its recent pace, so fresh supply is now arriving well ahead of the trickle of contracts being written, widening the gap between listings entering the market and demand absorbing them.

Price per square foot in Talty is outpacing the Kaufman County median by a wide margin. Based on MLS data for 2026-08 closings in Talty, the figure landed near $183 against roughly $159 countywide — about 15 cents on the dollar higher. Yet Talty's overall sale price still trails the county's, pointing to smaller homes rather than richer valuations. With scarcely two dozen closings this quarter, the sample stays directional, but the city continues closing faster than the county at large, extending the quicker timelines noted last month. Concessions also ran well ahead of the county pace, appearing in well over eight in ten Talty sales against roughly seven in ten countywide.

Talty's pipeline points toward a tighter supply-to-demand balance than Kaufman County shows as a whole — months of supply near four in the city runs roughly half the county's reading near nine, a gap consistent with recent quarters. Pending contracts in Talty thinned further from last month's already reduced count, down to essentially a single-digit handful against roughly three dozen active listings, while new listing activity held steady. That combination — a leaner supply cushion locally but a stalling absorption pace — complicates the county-relative comparison, suggesting Talty's tighter numbers reflect a smaller, less liquid market rather than stronger demand.

Cutting the median time to close by more than half, Talty's housing market shifted pace abruptly this quarter, reversing the lengthening trend noted last month. Based on MLS data for 2026-07 closings in Talty, price per square foot climbed to roughly $187, a second straight monthly gain even as the annual comparison still shows values down about a quarter from a year ago. With roughly fifteen closings recorded — modest next to Kaufman County's base of more than a thousand — the reading stays directional rather than definitive. Sellers kept giving ground at the table: concessions touched nearly eight of ten sales, averaging around $8,500 apiece, and sellers gave back close to six cents on the dollar at closing.

Pending contracts in Talty fell by roughly half from last month's count, leaving only about six homes under contract against some three dozen active listings — a thin absorption rate even as closings moved quickly once under contract. New listing activity held near last quarter's pace, keeping fresh supply arriving faster than contracts are clearing it. Months of supply near six and a half kept conditions buyer-favorable, roughly unchanged from the prior reading, suggesting the faster closing timeline reflects motivated sellers rather than a broader demand pickup.