Published October 1, 2026 in Market Update

Homes are still selling, but buyers are taking more time

By April Aberle

Real estate, Angleton/Danbury Buy Box

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 197 pending sales in ZIP 77515 for the three months ending July 31, 2026. That is up 31.3% from the same period a year before. Demand is real. But only 16.2% of homes went under contract within two weeks of listing, down 2.5 points from a year ago. Buyers are still buying. They are just not rushing.

Part of what is slowing things down is the rate environment. Realtor.com reported that mortgage rates climbed above 7% for the first time since January 2025. That affects what buyers can afford, and it affects how carefully they move.

What the numbers show for Angleton

The median sale price in ZIP 77515 came in at $260,525, according to the Real Estate Data Aggregator. That is down 1.4% from the same three months in 2025. A small dip, not a collapse. Homes still closed at 95.5% of list price on average, and that figure actually improved by 0.4 points year over year.

The Real Estate Data Aggregator also counted 272 homes for sale in ZIP 77515, up 11% from a year before. New listings reached 229, up 13.9%. More choices are out there for buyers. That is part of why they are taking longer to decide.

A look at Danbury (ZIP 77534)

Danbury is a much smaller market. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted just 8 homes sold in ZIP 77534 for the three months ending July 31, 2026. With only 10 homes for sale and 8 pending sales, there is not a lot of inventory to work with. The median sale price there was $276,000, and homes sat a median of 47 days before selling.

One thing stands out in Danbury: 0% of homes went under contract within two weeks, and 0% sold above list price. With only 8 sales in a quarter, a few slow deals can move those numbers a lot. It is a thin market, and single transactions carry more weight in the averages.

The bigger picture

Nationally, Realtor.com reported that price cuts hit 20.8% of listings in September 2026, the highest share since October 2022. Active listings topped 1.16 million homes for sale across the country. Buyers have more to look at everywhere, and that is giving them more patience.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that U.S. house prices rose 2.6% from July 2025 to July 2026. Prices are still moving up nationally, just more slowly than they were a few years ago.

What this means if you are selling

The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 205 pending sales across the Angleton and Danbury area combined for the three months ending July 31, 2026. Buyers are out there. But with 67 median days on market in Angleton, pricing right from the start matters more than it did a year ago. Homes that sold above list price were just 9.1% of the total, down 0.5 points from a year before.

What this means if you are buying

Rates above 7% are real, and they change your monthly payment. But 4.7 months of supply in Angleton means you have real options. You are not competing against ten other offers the way buyers were a couple of years ago. That extra time to compare is worth using well.

Keep in mind that one street can read very differently from the whole ZIP code. A neighborhood with newer homes, a particular school zone, or a specific lot type can sit in a completely different place than these overall numbers suggest.