Sugar Land housing inventory tracker: September 2026

This is the September 2026 edition of our Sugar Land housing inventory tracker. The headline: 646 active listings, down 35 listings month over month and +7.1% year over year. Single family homes made up 93% of what was listed, condos 7%.

TurboHome Market Analysis · Sugar Land, Texas · Data through September 2026

Key findings

• Sugar Land had 646 active listings in September 2026, +7.1% versus 603 in September 2025 and -5.1% versus 681 in August 2026.
• Single family homes: 602 active in September 2026 versus 576 a year earlier (+4.5%). Condos: 43 versus 27 (+59.3%).
• Condos made up 7% of active inventory and single family homes 93%.
• The 18-month high was 722 in Jul 2026 and the low was 494 in Dec 2025.
• First Colony had the most active listings of any tracked neighborhood (131 in September 2026, versus 122 in August).
• The largest month over month increase among tracked neighborhoods was First Colony, from 122 to 131 active listings.

Chart 1: Sugar Land active listings by property type, Apr 2025 to September 2026

• All active listings
• Single family
• Condo
• Townhouse

Chart 2: Sugar Land active listings by neighborhood, September 2026 vs August 2026

• Sep 2026
• Aug 2026

1. First Colony131122
2. Sugar Mill3030
3. Telfair2426
4. Townewest2125
5. New Territory West1725
6. Lake Pointe Town Center1414
7. Village of Oak Lake1313
8. Old Sugar Land88

050100150

Market context

Houston is cooling with rates above 7%. The Houston Association of Realtors reported 7,030 single-family closings in September 2026, down 5.7% year over year, pending sales down 11.6%, active listings up 6.3% to 40,192, and 5.5 months of inventory, with the median price unchanged at $325,000; the condo and townhome segment was weaker, with closings down 21% and 9.3 months of inventory (source).

Nationally, the backdrop is weak demand and slowly building supply. Freddie Mac's survey put the average 30-year fixed rate at 7.32% on October 22, 2026, down from 7.40% the week before but well above 6.19% a year earlier (source). Redfin counted 281,749 pending sales in the four weeks ending October 18, down 14.4% from a year ago and the lowest level in its records, while active listings nationwide were up 2.1% (source).

What it means for buyers in Sugar Land

Supply in Sugar Land is close to where it was a year ago (646 active listings versus 603), so the big change for buyers is on the cost side, not the choice side. Use the slower fall pace to negotiate on price and credits, and watch the condo segment, where 43 units were listed versus 27 a year earlier. First Colony offers the most options to compare.

What it means for sellers in Sugar Land

Sellers in Sugar Land are competing against roughly the same number of listings as last September, but with fewer active buyers because of mortgage rates. Pricing at or slightly below the most recent comparable sale, and offering a rate buydown credit instead of a price cut, are the tactics that are working in balanced markets like this one. Expect the most competition in First Colony.

How TurboHome helps

TurboHome is a flat fee brokerage licensed in California and Texas. Our in-house, licensed local agents handle touring, analysis, offers, negotiation, and closing, and we split the buyer side commission with you. You can take your TurboHome Rebate as cash at closing, use it to strengthen your offer, or use it to buy down your mortgage rate, which matters when rates sit above 7%. In a looser Sugar Land market, that rebate is money you keep rather than money that goes to a traditional commission. Talk to a TurboHome agent about buying in Sugar Land or read how the buyer rebate works in Texas.

Methodology

TurboHome analysis of MLS data via Snowflake. Active listing counts are month-end snapshots of listings with an active status inside Sugar Land city limits, from Apr 2025 through September 2026, the latest complete month. Houston area counts begin in April 2025 because MLS coverage for the region expanded in early 2025 and earlier months are not comparable. Deleted or withdrawn records are excluded. Property types shown are single family residences, condominiums, and townhouses; the all listings total also includes other residential types such as duplexes and manufactured homes, so the three columns do not sum to the total. Neighborhood counts cover neighborhoods with at least 5 active listings in September 2026 and are limited to the 8 largest by current count. Neighborhood figures are compared month over month only, because the share of listings assigned to a named neighborhood has grown over the past year and a year over year neighborhood comparison would overstate the change. All figures are aggregates; no individual listing data is published. Counts come from the MLS feeds TurboHome tracks and can differ from county or metro figures published by local Realtor associations, which use different boundaries and definitions.

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Related pages

• Conroe housing inventory tracker: September 2026
• Houston housing inventory tracker: September 2026
• Humble housing inventory tracker: September 2026
• Katy housing inventory tracker: September 2026
• TurboHome buyer rebate in Texas
• TurboHome vs Redfin

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Vinura Abeysundara

Vinura Abeysundara is a real estate and growth professional with experience scaling homebuying platforms across Canada and the United States. Formerly Head of Growth at Zown, he now works with TurboHome and writes about homebuyer savings, flat-fee real estate, commissions, and technology in real estate.

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