Housing data
Price per Square Foot in 8 Big U.S. Metros (August 2026)
Price per square foot makes homes of different sizes easier to compare. Here is the median list price per square foot in eight large metro areas in August 2026.
Median list price per square foot, August 2026
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA: $652 (−2.1% vs. August 2025)
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ: $490 (−0.5%)
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA: $432 (−1.8%)
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL: $355 (−0.8%)
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO: $280 (−3.4%)
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ: $264 (−1.4%)
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX: $199 (−2.0%)
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX: $169 (−2.2%)
What it means
- In all eight metros, the median list price per square foot was lower than a year earlier.
- Of the 24 large metros we checked (8,000+ homes for sale), 22 were lower than in August 2025; Chicago (+3.6%) and Detroit (+1.7%) were higher.
- These are asking prices, not sold prices. Smaller homes often list at a higher price per square foot.
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Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, monthly housing inventory data, August 2026 (metro areas). Listing data, not sold prices.