Leander Cash vs. Financed Purchases in September
By George Arnold Alexander III, MPA · Associate Broker · 2026-10-13
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 $368,000
100 Centuryplant RD, Leander TX 78641 · MLS #3889465
Listed at $289,000, 4 bed, 2 bath, 1,746 sq ft. Listed 12% below the ALEX valuation; 15% under the local price per sq ft; price reduced 15% from original.
See it on alex.realestate: https://www.alex.realestate/listing-detail/1184706700/100-Centuryplant-RD-Leander-TX
Lower-middle quartile: $368,000 to $460,000
516 Arrowhead Vine ST, Leander TX 78641 · MLS #2870956
Listed at $425,000, 4 bed, 3.5 bath, 3,045 sq ft. Listed 7% below the ALEX valuation; 28% under the local price per sq ft; price reduced 11% from original.
See it on alex.realestate: https://www.alex.realestate/listing-detail/1183136427/516-Arrowhead-Vine-ST-Leander-TX
Upper-middle quartile: $460,000 to $670,000
2325 Blended Tree Ranch DR, Leander TX 78641 · MLS #8399735
Listed at $525,000, 5 bed, 3.5 bath, 3,157 sq ft. Listed 14% below the ALEX valuation; 14% under the local price per sq ft; price reduced 17% from original.
See it on alex.realestate: https://www.alex.realestate/listing-detail/1183637019/2325-Blended-Tree-Ranch-DR-Leander-TX
Upper quartile: $670,000 and up
710 Timarron, Leander TX 78641 · MLS #4223575
Listed at $875,000, 5 bed, 3.5 bath, 4,003 sq ft. Listed 7% below the ALEX valuation; 23% under the local price per sq ft; price reduced 12% from original.
See it on alex.realestate: https://www.alex.realestate/listing-detail/1178841831/710-Timarron-Leander-TX
Key figures · Leander · September 2026
- 113 homes sold in Leander in September 2026 (down 16.3% on a year earlier).
- Median sale price: $462,190 (up 1.8% on a year earlier).
- Median price per square foot: $196.
- Median days on market: 46.
- Median sale price as a share of the original list price: 95.3%.
- 624 homes for sale now, about 4.2 months of supply at the pace of the last six months.
Source: Unlock MLS, September 2026. Homes only (single-family, condo, townhome). Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
In September 2026, every single home sale in Leander was financed. Among the 113 closed transactions recorded for the city, zero were paid entirely in cash. This represents a 0% share of cash purchases across the market.
The data shows that all 113 sales relied on mortgage financing to close. While national trends often show a mix of cash and financed buyers, Leander's recent activity reflects a market where every transaction required a loan. The sample size for this metric is exactly 113 closed sales, which meets the minimum threshold for reporting.
This uniform reliance on financing suggests that local buyers in September were primarily dependent on mortgage products to acquire homes. With the median closing price at $462,190 and current mortgage rates near 7.32%, the cost of borrowing plays a central role in these transactions. The absence of cash deals indicates that liquidity constraints or investment strategies involving immediate cash purchases were not present in this specific month's closed volume.
ALEX Intelligence analyzed the financing type field for all completed sales to determine this share. The result is a clear picture: 100% of Leander's September closings involved a lender, with no cash-only deals recorded in the dataset. This metric provides a baseline for understanding buyer behavior and capital availability in the city during this period.
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Data from Unlock MLS. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Model outputs are ALEX Intelligence estimates, not appraisals.
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George Arnold Alexander III, MPA
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Source data: Unlock MLS closed sales, September 2026, n=113
Cover photo: Leander Public Library ("Leander2 (4363798530)") by Texas State Library and Archives Commission from Austin, TX,, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; darkened, cropped and text added.
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