When a seller asks us how long it will take, what they usually mean is “when can I stop living like a museum curator and get on with my life?” Fair question. So let’s break it into the three parts that actually add up to your answer: getting ready, being on the market, and getting from contract to closing.
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What the 75229 market says right now
Start with the pace of the market, because it sets the tone for everything else. Here is 75229 over the three months through August 2026, with 75220 next to it for comparison.1 For the full picture, with charts, see our 75229 market report.
| Months of supply, 75229 | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| Homes for sale, 75229 | 121 |
| Closed sales, last 12 months | 353 |
| Sold at, % of original list price | 95.8% |
| Months of supply, 75220 | 5.4 |
Months of supply is the number worth understanding. The Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center defines it as current listings divided by the average number of sales per month over the prior 12 months, and says researchers consider six to six and a half months of supply a balanced market.2 At 4.1, 75229 is still tilted toward sellers. If nobody listed another house, the ones already for sale would be gone in about four months.
That is the average. Your house won’t be. Over the last eight months, 440 homes were listed in 75229 and 245 closed.1 Buyers here have choices, and they use them. The homes that are priced right from the first weekend move. The ones priced on hope sit, and every week they sit makes the next buyer wonder what’s wrong.
The market sets the average. The price sets your days on market.
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Stretch one: getting ready
This is the part nobody counts and everybody should. Touch-up paint, repairs, decluttering, a pre-listing inspection if you want one, photography, the floor plan, the drone footage. Some sellers are ready in a couple of weeks. Some need a couple of months. Either is fine, as long as you know which one you are before you pick a list date.
Our advice: don’t let the prep drag into a listing that isn’t ready. The first two weeks on the market are when the most buyers are watching. You only get one debut. If you are weighing projects, read our guides on what to update before you sell and whether a pre-listing inspection is worth it.
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Stretch two: on the market
How long this takes comes down to three things you can see and one you can’t. The three you can see are price, condition and marketing. The one you can’t see is timing: who happens to be looking the week you list.
Price is the lever that matters most, and it is the one sellers most want to test. We understand the instinct. But in a market where the median home sells at about 96 percent of its original list price,1 the gap between “priced right” and “priced to see what happens” usually gets paid back in time on the market, a price cut, or both. Here is how we set a price and how we market a listing in its first weeks.
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Stretch three: contract to closing
Once you accept an offer, the Texas contract sets the pace. The current TREC One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale), TREC No. 20-19, lets the buyer and seller negotiate the key dates:3
| Earnest money and option fee | Due within 3 days after the effective date |
|---|---|
| Option period | The number of days is negotiated; the buyer can terminate for any reason during it |
| Title commitment | Due within 20 days after the title company receives the contract |
| Closing date | Negotiated and written into the contract |
With a loan, lending is usually what sets the calendar. ICE Mortgage Technology reported that the average purchase loan closed in 36.8 days in March 2026, the fastest it has measured since it started tracking in 2019.4 That clock starts at the loan application, which often comes a little before the contract, so five to six weeks from contract to closing is a reasonable expectation on a financed sale. Cash can be faster. A buyer who has to sell a house first can be slower; we cover that in buy first or sell first?
One Texas-specific detail can cost you days if you miss it. The law requires the seller’s disclosure notice to be delivered on or before the contract’s effective date. If it isn’t, the buyer can terminate for any reason within seven days after receiving it.5 Have it filled out before you list. Our guide to the seller’s disclosure notice walks through it.
The appraisal happens inside that loan timeline. Appraisals submitted on or after November 2, 2026 use a new, more detailed report; our guide to the new appraisal report covers what changes and how to prepare.
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Putting it together
Add the three stretches and most 75229 sellers are looking at a few months from “let’s do this” to closing day. The part in the middle is the part that varies, and it varies mostly with price. Get the prep right, get the price right, have your paperwork ready, and you have done nearly everything a seller can do to shorten the wait.
If you want your own number instead of the ZIP code’s, start with a free valuation, or see the latest figures on Market Watch and our guide to living in 75229.
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