Market Update
Manvel Housing Market Update: Prices, Pace and Sales in 2026
Updated September 2026
Bottom line: As of September 2026, Manvel homes sold at a $470,000 median, sold in a median 47 days and closed at 97.9 percent of the list price, with 892 sales over the past twelve months.
By the numbers
Manvel Real Estate Market, September 2026
- $470,000
- Median sale price
- 47
- Median days on market
- 892
- Homes sold, trailing 12 months
- $179
- Average price per square foot
Manvel market data as of September 2026.
What do the Manvel market figures measure?
The market figures at the top of this page are all as of September 2026. The median sale price was $470,000: half the homes sold for more and half for less. The median home sold in 47 days, and closings came in at 97.9 percent of the list price. Sale prices came to $179 for each square foot of recorded living area, and 892 homes sold over the trailing twelve months.
Redfin and HAR, the Houston Association of Realtors, publish Manvel figures of their own, and each draws the city its own way. Redfin's Manvel housing market page had the median sale price for the three months ending August 2026 up 4.3% on the same months a year earlier, with the median home selling 12 days sooner. HAR publishes a monthly count of single-family sales in Manvel. Read each source's figures against its own earlier ones rather than against the figures above.
Is it a buyer's or a seller's market in Manvel?
The figures lean toward the buyer. In Redfin's figures for the three months ending August 2026, 46.5% of Manvel homes had a price drop before they sold, and only 10.6% sold above their list price. A median of 47 days is time for a buyer to compare, and a sale at 97.9 percent of list price means most sellers accepted less than they asked.
The pace has picked up on a year ago. Redfin counts more homes sold in those three months than in the same months of 2025, and the median time to sell is shorter. A seller pricing now is pricing against a market that is moving faster than it was, while still giving ground on price more often than not.
What does this mean for a buyer choosing between a new home and a resale?
A resale is priced against the closed sales in these figures, so the numbers above are the negotiation: the 97.9 percent ratio and the share of homes that took a price cut are the room a resale buyer can expect to talk about. A new home is priced by its builder, from a price sheet and whatever incentives the builder offers that month, and it is bought on the builder's own contract.
The tax bill can also differ between a new section and an older one, because each section's utility district sets its own rate and some carry road debt. Compare the two homes on the full monthly cost, with the district rate from the parcel account, rather than on the price alone. HAR showed 549 single-family homes listed for sale in Manvel in August 2026, so a buyer usually has both kinds to compare.
What can these figures not tell you?
What one house is worth. A median across Manvel mixes new sections and older ones, homes in the city and homes in Pomona outside it, and houses on large and small lots, so a price for one home comes from the sales nearest it in the same section. These figures also leave out homes sold without a listing, and builders' sales that never reached the listing service.
Questions & answers
Manvel questions, answered
What is the median home price in Manvel in 2026?
The median sale price in Manvel was $470,000 as of September 2026. Half the homes sold went for more and half for less. Redfin's median for the three months to August 2026 was up 4.3% on the same months a year earlier.
A median describes the market and prices no single house. Manvel's sales mix new sections and older ones, homes inside the city and homes in Pomona outside it, and houses on large and small lots, so a price for one home comes from the closed sales nearest it in its own section. Read the median with the time to sell and the sale-to-list ratio, which show how much bargaining sat behind it.
How long does it take to sell a house in Manvel?
The median Manvel home sold in 47 days as of September 2026, and sales closed at 97.9 percent of the list price. In Redfin's figures for the three months to August 2026, 46.5% of Manvel homes had a price cut before they sold, so time and price both gave some ground.
A median time hides the two ends. A house priced against the recent sales in its own section can go under contract in days, while one priced above them can sit for months and sell only after a reduction. With nearly half the homes cutting their price, the first price decides whether a second one is needed. The sales in the same section over the last few months are the place to start.
How many homes sell in Manvel each year?
In the twelve months to September 2026, 892 Manvel homes sold. HAR, the Houston Association of Realtors, publishes its own count for each month, and a count by a source that draws Manvel's boundary another way can come out higher or lower.
Redfin, which draws Manvel on its own map, counted more homes sold in the three months to August 2026 than in the same months of 2025, so the pace is up on a year ago. Neither count includes a home sold without a listing, and a builder's sale that never reached the listing service is outside both. For one section, the sales list for that section is a better guide than either city total.
Are Manvel home sellers cutting prices?
Many are. Over the three months to August 2026, 46.5% of Manvel homes had a price drop before they sold, and only 10.6% sold above their list price, according to Redfin. As of September 2026, sales closed at 97.9 percent of the list price, which means most sellers accepted less than they first asked.
The share of cuts was lower than a year earlier, and homes are selling faster, so the market is firming even while price cuts stay common. For a seller the lesson is the first price: a home listed against the recent sales in its own section has less reason to cut. For a buyer, the ratio and the share of cuts are the room there is to negotiate on a resale.
What is the price per square foot of a home in Manvel?
Manvel's sale price per square foot was $179 as of September 2026. The figure sets each home's sale price against its recorded living area, across the homes sold in the city. Redfin's own figure for the three months to August 2026 was up 1.7% on a year earlier.
Use it to compare houses of a similar age and finish within one section, and not as a valuation. A new home in a section still being built, a ten-year-old resale on a larger lot and an acreage property all sit inside the same figure, and each can sit well above or below it. Recorded living area comes from the listing or the appraisal district account, and it can be missing an addition.