San Antonio 78261

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX · Bexar County, TX · 10,420 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

69affordability /100

Buyer leverage is seller slight; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
19%
affordable
Days on market
47
daily
Price cuts
32.0%
of active
Valuation
-3.7%
vs assessor
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71
/100
Stable
stable · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
95
Valuation
90
Economic health
69

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

42/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 95d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)100

Balanced market in 78261. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 19.0% of median income. Median days on market: 95. Renting is approximately 62% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 19.5).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLESELLER SLIGHT

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Median price
$438,303
▾ 0.7% YoY
Days on market
47
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,874
ZORI
Investor score
50/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
170
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-3.7%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$422,160
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
—
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+56.1%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Bexar+56.1%
Bexar+56.1%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$176
Price-to-income3.1×

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How 78261 ranks in TX
percentile vs all Texas ZIPs · n=1763
Market velocity74%
Supply tightness0%
Affordability74%
Investment yield37%
Appreciation48%

Affordability, supply & momentum

26SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply15.6 mo
Days on Market47d
Inv vs History+0.7%
Listing Density18.9/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,214
Payment burden19%
Median income · ZIP$140,120
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,652
Monthly rent$1,874
Market dynamics
Price cut %32.0%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply15.6
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,874
Price-to-rent19.5
Est. cap rate3.3%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score3
Transit score1
Bike score—

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Bexar County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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