Fewer homes were sold in Sugar Land- and Missouri City-area ZIP codes in January compared to January 2024, with 155 homes sold versus 171 last year.

Additionally, fewer homes were sold than in December, when 223 homes were sold across five local ZIP codes.

The details

All five local ZIP codes saw fewer or no change year over year, with ZIP code 77498 seeing the largest percentage decrease in sales at 29.17%, decreasing from 24 to 17.

Of the five, ZIP code 77459 continued to be the most active for home sales at 66, but 24 fewer than last month.
Digging deeper


Meanwhile, the median home sales price increased in four of five local ZIP codes year over year.
The decrease was seen in ZIP code 77489, where the median home sales price dropped 4.94% year over year. On the other hand, ZIP code 77478 saw the highest year-over-year increase in price, while also having the highest median home sales prices among ZIP codes at $511,750.

Overall, homes in the $250,000-$449,999 price range continued to sell the most frequently, with 69 homes sold.
What else?

The average number of days homes spent on the market also increased in four of five ZIP codes, with ZIP code 77459 seeing the only decrease of 1.1%. This ZIP code also has the highest average number of days on the market at 88 days.

The ZIP code with the lowest average, or where homes sold quickest on average, was 77489 with 58 days.