Bell County Housing Market: September 2026
By George Arnold Alexander III, MPA · Associate Broker · 2026-10-14
Deal of the Week

Deals of the Week by price quartile. The quartiles come from the last 12 months of closed sales here. Each pick has the top ALEX deal score in its price range.
Lower quartile: under $240,000
617 Deloris DR, Killeen TX 76542 · MLS #8575481
Listed at $184,900, 4 bed, 2 bath, 1,450 sq ft. Listed 4% below the ALEX valuation; 15% under the local price per sq ft; price reduced 7% from original.
See it on alex.realestate: https://www.alex.realestate/listing-detail/1182521984/617-Deloris-DR-Killeen-TX
Lower-middle quartile: $240,000 to $288,000
926 Antelope TRL, Temple TX 76504 · MLS #4720323
Listed at $241,999, 4 bed, 2 bath, 1,922 sq ft. Listed 7% below the ALEX valuation; 7% under the local price per sq ft; price reduced 13% from original.
See it on alex.realestate: https://www.alex.realestate/listing-detail/1187582648/926-Antelope-TRL-Temple-TX
Upper-middle quartile: $288,000 to $404,000
1042 Flint Ridge LOOP, Salado TX 76571 · MLS #5609892
Listed at $363,999, 4 bed, 3 bath, 2,314 sq ft. Listed 8% below the ALEX valuation; 25% under the local price per sq ft; price reduced 9% from original.
See it on alex.realestate: https://www.alex.realestate/listing-detail/1187033091/1042-Flint-Ridge-LOOP-Salado-TX
Upper quartile: $404,000 and up
2125 Balcones PL, Belton TX 76513 · MLS #1771841
Listed at $699,900, 4 bed, 3 bath, 3,451 sq ft. Listed 5% below the ALEX valuation; price reduced 10% from original.
See it on alex.realestate: https://www.alex.realestate/listing-detail/1183000603/2125-Balcones-PL-Belton-TX
Key figures · Bell County · September 2026
- 99 homes sold in Bell County in September 2026 (down 17.5% on a year earlier).
- Median sale price: $279,000 (down 9.8% on a year earlier).
- Median price per square foot: $165.
- Median days on market: 39.
- Median sale price as a share of the original list price: 96.9%.
- 505 homes for sale now, about 4.5 months of supply at the pace of the last six months.
Source: Unlock MLS, ABOR-listed sales only, September 2026. Homes only (single-family, condo, townhome). Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Bell County recorded 99 closed home sales in September 2026, at a median close price of $279,000. The median close price was down 9.8% from the same period last year and down 2.1% from the period before. The median price per square foot was $165.
Homes that sold spent a median of 39 days on the market. Median days on market was up 5.4% from the same period last year and up 2.6% from the period before. The median sale closed at 96.9% of its original list price, and 62.6% of sales closed below their original list price.
121 new listings came on the market in the same window. Today 505 homes are listed for sale, 4.45 months of inventory at the pace of the last six months (681 closings). The most active subdivisions were Mitchell Farms (10 sales, median $259,705) and Victory Ranch (8 sales, median $268,900).
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Coverage: most home sales in Bell County are listed in another MLS, which ALEX does not receive yet. The figures in this post count only sales listed in Unlock MLS (ABOR), so they describe part of the local market, not all of it.
Data from Unlock MLS. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Model outputs are ALEX Intelligence estimates, not appraisals.
Read more Central Texas market data on the ALEX blog: https://alex-companies.com/blog
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Source data: Unlock MLS, ABOR-listed sales only closed sales, September 2026, n=99
Cover photo: Lampasas River from Maxdale Bridge, Bell County by Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; darkened, cropped and text added.
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