The Woodlands Waterway in Montgomery County
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Montgomery County home sales: January 2026

February 20, 2026Bailey Kemps Nelson Group

Montgomery County closed home sales for January 2026: 68 closings at a $598,000 median, compared with January 2025, plus the $750K+ and luxury markets and a city-by-city breakdown.

Here is how January 2026 closed for residential sales in Montgomery County, from sales recorded in HAR.com (Houston Association of REALTORS®), set against January 2025. Figures are totals and medians for the area. Texas is a non-disclosure state, so we never publish what an individual home sold for. They cover the cities in our Montgomery County report (The Woodlands), not every sale in the county.

January at a glance

68 homes closed in Montgomery County in January 2026, up 13.3% from 60 in January 2025. The median sale price was $598,000 against $613,000 a year earlier (down 2.4%). Per square foot, the median was $223, down 2.6% from $229. The median home that closed had been on the market 29 days, compared with 32 days in January 2025.

January 2026 January 2025 Change
Closed sales 68 60 up 13.3%
Median sale price $598,000 $613,000 down 2.4%
Median price per sq ft $223 $229 down 2.6%
Median days on market 29 32 shorter by 9.4%

$750,000 and up

20 homes at $750,000 or more closed in January 2026, against 25 in January 2025, at a median of $1.28 million. That was 29% of all closings in the county that month. Of those, 9 closed at $1.5 million or more (2 a year earlier).

The last three months

Month Closed Year before Median sale Year before
November 2025 89 80 $599,000 $608,000
December 2025 84 76 $589,000 $685,000
January 2026 68 60 $598,000 $613,000

Across those three months, 241 homes closed, up 11.6% from the same three months a year earlier.

City by city

City Closed Year before Median sale Median days on market
The Woodlands 68 60 $598,000 29

A dash means fewer than 5 homes closed, too few to report a median without pointing to one home’s price.

The latest numbers

This report covers January 2026. For where Montgomery County stands now, see the current Montgomery County market report, updated weekly with charts and month-by-month comparisons, or sign up to get it monthly. Thinking about buying or selling? Search homes for sale or talk with the team.

Based on closed residential sales recorded in HAR.com (Houston Association of REALTORS®) for January 2026 and January 2025. Medians and totals only; sale-price figures require at least 5 closed sales. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Sources
  1. HAR.com (Houston Association of REALTORS®) residential sales data, HAR.com (Houston Association of REALTORS®), 2026-10-05
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