Sara St Marceaux Real Estate

06/15/2026

📍Houston continues to show signs of an improving market compared to 2025. While the number of closed homes in May was down slightly from last year, the number of homes that went into pending contract were up by almost 6%, and marked the highest level of pending contracts in May since 2022.

💹If buyers were hoping for falling prices, unfortunately median home values have remained relatively the same YOY, while average home prices increased.

The increase in YOY pending sales may be likely due to a more favorable mortgage rate compared to 2025.

What I'm seeing for sellers
💹Increased housing inventory and competition
💵Homes that are priced right and staged well are selling fast, and in some cases even seeing multiple offers
🏡An opportunity to potentially sell for more money than this time last year

What I'm seeing for buyers
💵Sellers are more willing to offer buyer concessions and negotiate repair
💹More favorable rates
🏡The great homes are selling quickly, so make sure you're pre-approved and ready to go before you start shopping

📲If you are interested in learning more about the current real estate market, and what that looks like for buying or selling a home in the greater Houston area, send me a DM or click on my link in bio

06/10/2026

💖I love these precious moments, when you know you've found the right home for your clients.....

🏡Finding the right home is more than just checking boxes. It's finding out what really matters to your clients - for them, their family, their lifestyle, and their goals and dreams. It's finding a home with a mini golf in the backyard for their kid who dreams of golf and wears golf themed outfits. ⛳️

📲If you're still looking for the right home, or if you just want more info about real estate, send me a DM or click on my link in bio.

06/08/2026

Seeing the beautiful wildlife that lives here never gets old. As seen while showing a home with pretty water views in Bridgeland. 😍

06/06/2026

Pugs would make great real estate agents.
Sadly, these pugs are not licensed Realtors.
Good news, I can do all these things and more as
your local, expert Realtor!

DM me or click on my link in bio to find out how I can help you navigate the real estate journey.

05/18/2026

🏠An exceptional 5-bedroom, 5.5 bath home in the Hidden Creek section of Bridgeland. Beautifully designed with an open floorplan for indoor / outdoor living. Highlights include heated pool, 3-car garage, whole home generator, tankless water heater, EV charger, gameroom, media room, and two ensuite bedrooms on the first floor.

DM me for details or visit my link in bio! 📲

Side note: It takes a village to get a home ready for sale. From the efforts of the homeowner, to contractors for paint & touchups, to professional stagers (like Houston Staging & Design), and the best photographers (like Anthony with Cocoon Commercial). This one turned out beautifully!

04/24/2026

What do mahjong and real estate have in common? 🏠

I met these sellers through a friend from church who had invited me over to teach them all mahjong! 🀄

Fast forward to a few months later, as they were thinking about selling, our mutual friend recommended me to them. And I am so grateful! 💕

It has been an honor getting to know them better and helping them with the sale of their home, and what a joy it was getting a full price offer and an executed contract in 4 days! 📃

It takes a village to sell a home, from pre-marketing it to agents and buyers, pricing it right from the start, having a staging consult, the seller doing the hard work to make sure their house is ready for photos and showings, hiring the amazing photographer/ videographer to showcase the home's best features, my transaction coordinator helping behind the scenes, our title company coordinating and communicating with all parties, and everyone doing their part all the way to the closing table!

📲If you're thinking about selling your home, and not sure what steps to take next, or if you're just curious what your home would sell for in today's market, send me a DM or click on my link in bio.

04/11/2026

04/08/2026

Houston housing market check-in:

✔️ More buyers jumping in
✔️ More homes to choose from
✔️ Prices only adjusting slightly

These are just a few highlights from the March market update for the greater Houston area, but it's a great sign for both buyers and sellers. While inventory increases are giving buyers more options, it's not impacting the median or average prices significantly.

What does that mean for sellers?
✔️ Pricing it right from Day 1 matters
✔️ Prepping your home to sell is critical
✔️ Repairs or concessions may give you a competitive edge

If you're thinking about buying or selling a home, it makes sense to work with an experienced, strategic realtor that knows how to navigate today's market.

Want to know more? Send me a DM or go to my link in bio. You can also see the full story on my blog: https://sarastmarceaux.com/blog/houston-housing-market-update-march-2026

03/26/2026

💕Grateful doesn’t even begin to cover it.

🏠It’s always an honor to be trusted with something as important as the sale of a home—and even more meaningful when clients take the time to share their experience.

🫶I’m so thankful for the incredible people I get to work with and the relationships that continue long after the closing table.

03/23/2026

Earlier this month, a seller was all over the news touting that he sold his home using ChatGPT. He claimed it was a huge success, having sold his home in 5 days for $100k over his asking price.

Sounds great, right? Except for one problem - the seller unknowingly priced the home $250k BELOW market value.

Who won? The buyer, of course, using an expert Realtor who could assess the real market value and help them secure the winning offer.

While ChatGPT and other LLMs can evaluate quantitative data such as average or mean price per sq ft, it does not assess qualitative factors that can impact price, such as floorplans, updates, items on disclosures like previous flooding, or external influences like being near a busy road or cemetery.

That's just some of the many things that can impact pricing, and it takes an experienced Realtor looking at each home on the market (sold, pending, and even active), to assess where a new listing can be best positioned for the current market.

If you're curious what your home could sell for in today's market OR how I can best position you to gain the upper hand as a buyer, send me a DM or go to my link in bio.