Van Alstyne housing snapshot. Illustration: Jake Team LLC
Van Alstyne's weekly housing report now includes an at-a-glance chart built from the same public data used in this article: Zillow's city-level market page, Redfin's May housing-market data and Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage-rate survey.
Zillow counted 140 homes for sale in Van Alstyne as of May 31 and 34 new listings during May. Zillow put the average home value at $432,539, down 2.9% over the past year.
Redfin's May 2026 market page reported 51 homes sold in May, compared with 55 a year earlier. Redfin's three-month May 2026 price data showed a median sale price of $361,284, down 16.0% from a year earlier, and average days on market of 147 days, compared with 125 days last year.
Market snapshot chart
The chart below compares listing inventory, new listings where Zillow published that figure, Redfin-recorded May sales, price measures and Redfin average days on market. The sources use different methodologies, so the figures should be read as a snapshot rather than a single combined index.
Van Alstyne chart showing active listings, new listings where available and homes sold.
Listings and sales count: Zillow active inventory as of May 31, 2026, Zillow new listings where published, and Redfin homes sold in May 2026.
Van Alstyne chart comparing Redfin average days on market in May 2026 with the year-earlier figure.
Average days on market: Redfin May 2026 compared with the year-earlier figure.
Van Alstyne chart showing median list price, median sale price and average value where available.
Price metrics: Zillow median list price and average home value where published, plus Redfin median sale price.
By the numbers
Zillow listed the median list price at $488,299 as of May 31, while Redfin's three-month May 2026 price data showed a median sale price of $361,284. Zillow did not publish a median days-to-pending figure for Van Alstyne on the May 31 city-level page.
Zillow did not publish the above-list and below-list sale share figures used in several larger-city pages for this city-level page reviewed for this report.
Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey put the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 6.47% as of June 18, down from 6.52% a week earlier and below 6.81% a year earlier.
What changed from last year
Redfin's year-over-year sales count decreased from 55 to 51. Redfin's average days on market rose from 125 days to 147 days. Redfin's median sale price was down 16.0% from a year earlier.
Zillow's May 31 inventory figure and Redfin's May sold-home figure measure different parts of the market: active supply versus closed transactions. This report keeps those figures separate because they do not describe the same set of homes.
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