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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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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