Prices, inventory, and demand — distilled every month into one clear verdict: buyer’s market or seller’s. The investor’s read, before you make an offer.
The median asking price in Abilene is about $358,000 as of Sep 2026, up 30.3% from a year ago. The typical listing is 2% larger than a year ago, and asking price per square foot is up 11.3%. So the size of homes on the market explains much of the rise. That is the asking price on listed homes, so sold-price and home-value sites show different numbers (why).
Only if you move fast. Sellers have more pull in Abilene than usual. Compared with 2017–2019 at this time of year, there are 115 pending sales per 100 listings, against 58 then, and listings spend 31% fewer days on the market. Good homes go under contract quickly. If you want one, be ready to move in days.
Abilene has 22% fewer homes for sale than in 2017–2019 at this time of year, and listings spend a median 43 days on the market, less than in 82% of the 765 cities we track. For every 100 homes still for sale, 115 are under contract. Well-priced homes will draw more than one offer. Your discount is in the listing that has sat, so set a price alert and move when a stale one gets cut.
Asking price per square foot in Abilene is up 11.3% over the last year. 5 of the 5 ZIP codes with at least 10 listings rose. 79601 led at up 18.6%, and 79606 trailed at up 7.0%. Broad gains like these are harder to fade. Over five years the pace has been 7.1% a year. Underwrite closer to that than to the last twelve months.
For every 100 homes for sale, 115 are already under contract. In 2017–2019 at this time of year it was 58. Buyers outnumber sellers here. Expect company when you bid. Few sellers are dropping their price. Asking prices are holding firm. Your discount will come from one stale listing.
Abilene listings spend a median 43 days on the market. That is 26% shorter than a year ago. There are 322 homes for sale in Abilene. That is 2.8 times the tightest month on record, but below the peak of 572. Supply is shrinking against last year.
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The median asking price is 6.7% below its Jun 2026 peak. Per square foot the gap is smaller: 1.6% below the Jun 2026 high. Part of the drop is smaller homes coming to market. Prices are rising again. Every month you wait costs money. The question is no longer when. It is which house. Abilene prices have risen in 93 of the last 111 months. Drops here have been short and shallow. Buying in a slow month has rarely hurt a long hold.
If you plan to sell in the next two years, move it up. This much buyer demand does not last. Right now it does your negotiating for you.
In Abilene, 40 out of every 100 households rent. Most own their home. The renter share is shrinking. Five years ago it was 43 in 100. Abilene added about 600 renter households in five years. Renter households average 2.3 people. Two and three bedrooms fit the typical renter.
Households grew 10% in five years. The housing stock grew 8%. Demand is outrunning supply. 11.9% of homes sit empty. Tenants have options. Budget extra weeks of vacancy between leases.
The median Abilene household earns $69,017 a year. Incomes here have grown 5.5% a year since 2019. Home prices have outrun incomes. Locals are being priced out. A typical home costs 5.2 times the median income. That is the national middle. Neither cash flow nor appreciation is free here. At 30% of income, a tenant on the median income can pay about $1,725 a month.
To see what one Abilene address would rent for and cash flow, run it through the app.
Read how the pending ratio measures demand and how we read these numbers, then run the numbers on a deal.
The median asking price in Abilene is about $358,000 as of Sep 2026, up 30.3% from a year ago. The typical listing is 2% larger than a year ago, and asking price per square foot is up 11.3%. So the size of homes on the market explains much of the rise. This is the asking price on homes listed for sale. Sites that report sold prices or estimated home values will show a different number. Our Abilene figures cover the 10 ZIP codes with an Abilene mailing address, which can reach past city limits.
Sellers have more pull in Abilene than usual. We compare Abilene with 2017–2019 at this time of year: there are 115 pending sales per 100 listings, against 58 then; listings spend 31% fewer days on the market; 17% of sellers have cut their price, against 23% then.
The median asking price is 6.7% below its Jun 2026 peak. Per square foot the gap is smaller: 1.6% below the Jun 2026 high. Part of the drop is smaller homes coming to market. Prices are rising again. Every month you wait costs money. The question is no longer when. It is which house.
Across 9 full years, Abilene asking prices ran lowest in January, about 4.8% below the year's average. They peaked in October. The most homes for sale show up in August, about 12% above the yearly average.
Assume +7.1% a year. Abilene has grown about 7.1% a year for five years and for ten. That pace held before and after the 2020–2021 boom, so it is a fair long-run input. Prices rose 11.3% over the last year. Use it for timing. The five-year rate is the better guide.
HUD's fiscal year 2026 fair market rent for Taylor County is $1,276 a month for 2 bedrooms and $1,653 for 3 bedrooms. The figures include tenant-paid utilities and cover the whole county.
ZIP 79601 is on both lists. That is rare. It is the one place in Abilene where leverage and growth overlap.
| ZIP | $/sqft, 2 yrs | $/sqft now | Buyers per home | For sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79601 | +37.1% | $198 | 0.74 | 52 |
| 79605 | +20.3% | $145 | 0.70 | 56 |
| 79606 | +16.8% | $198 | 1.14 | 80 |
| 79602 | +16.2% | $197 | 1.73 | 102 |
| 79603 | +13.0% | $139 | 0.78 | 32 |
Computed from each ZIP's own ten-year history. ZIPs with fewer than 10 homes for sale are excluded: a median across a handful of listings is noise, not a signal.
Abilene has ten ZIP codes. Each links to its live market dashboard.
Closest matches on asking price, price per square foot, time on market, buyer demand, and price cuts.
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