A history lesson beats a headline every time. Anyone can tell you the market "feels slow." The numbers tell you what changed, when it changed, and what it means for your next move. Here's Collin County resale activity, January through August, for 2024, 2025, and 2026.

The scoreboard

Metric (Jan–Aug)

2024

2025

2026

2025 → 2026

Median sales price

$535.6K

$532.6K

$514.5K

−3.4%

Closed sales

7,102

7,022

7,040

+0.3%

Pending sales

7,376

7,320

7,174

−2.0%

New listings

11,786

13,675

13,565

−0.8%

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If you own a home in Collin County — or you have been thinking about buying one — you need to know what just happened.

In a single 72-hour window, three announcements landed that will reshape this real estate market for years to come. 

The Three Headlines 

Samsung is moving its U.S. headquarters to Plano.

Announced June 1st, Samsung Electronics America is relocating from New Jersey to its Legacy Central campus in Plano by end of 2026 — bringing approximately 1,000 employees with it.

AT&T is building a new 54-acre global headquarters off Legacy Drive in Plano.

Dallas' largest Fortune 500 company is consolidating more than 10,000 North Texas employees into a brand new campus. Partial occupancy begins late 2028.

The Dallas Stars signed a…

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Agents that are looking to gain your business will explain what services you will be getting for hiring them as your agent. Agents are not employed (in most cases) as an employee but they are independent contractors. This means they are in their own business. How do they get compensated? In most cases it is through a commission fee. Not all realtors charge the same fee and therefore it is up to the consumer of these services to get the services they need at the fee they desire. Commissions to realtors are negotiable. Consumers of real estate services have the opportunity to make the best decisions for themselves based on services being offered at the commissions being charged for those services.

Do all realtors offer the same services for the fees they…

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