TX · Metro #173

Longview - TX housing market

The Longview metro has a typical home value of $222,626, up 0.9% from a year ago. Homes are sitting 62 days on average, buyers have negotiating room. 26% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$222,626
+0.9% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$267,523
+2.6% YoY
Median list price
$299,433
Sale-to-list ratio
96.6%
Selling below ask
Days on market
62d
Listings w/ price cut
26.5%
New listings / mo
306
-0.6% YoY
Homes for sale
1,541
+0.1% YoY
Typical rent
$1,204/mo
+2.5% YoY
Income needed to buy
$64,800
Rent vs buy
15.4x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Longview housing market, October 2026

The typical Longview home is worth $222,626 as of August 2026, down 0.1% from the prior month, down 0.7% over three months, and up 0.9% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $218,554 to $224,581.

Homes are going pending in about 62 days, slower than the 54 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,541 homes for sale, 0% more than a year ago. 26.5% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 23.5% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,204 a month, up 2.5% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 15.4.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($44,525), the typical Longview home costs about $1,511 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $64,800 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$225k$219kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
81d45dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.5k1.2kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($222,626) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Longview - TX metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 0.9% over the past year. In Longview - TX, that means a home worth $220,640 last year is now worth roughly $222,626.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $267,523. Homes are selling at 96.6% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Longview - TX sit on the market for roughly 62 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 26.5% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 306 new listings hit the market each month in Longview - TX. There are currently 1,541 homes for sale, up 0.1% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Longview - TX is $1,204, up 2.5% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 15.4x, toss-up (#138 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $1,233 a month in principal and interest, $29 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 7.16% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in TX

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Dallas - TX$360,437 -2.3% 34.0d
Houston - TX$305,001 -1.9% 40.0d
San Antonio - TX$276,747 -1.9% 45.0d
Austin - TX$417,977 -4.7% 53.0d
McAllen - TX$193,007 -0.2% 75.0d
El Paso - TX$234,069 +2.2% 29.0d
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