For the Messenger The Wise County real estate market continues to pick up pace to end the year. Seventy-one homes sold in November, a jump of 13 for the same month in 2022, according to data from the Greater Denton/Wise County Association of Realtors. It was the second straight month for the county to see a growth in sales year-over-year.... READ MORE >
The summer heat and high interest rates did not slow the Wise County real estate market in August. Sales were up 19.1 percent, 18 homes, from the previous August with 106 closings. It was the fourth straight month for sales to increase year over year. The 106 sales were just seven off July’s pace. Since May, 479 homes have been... READ MORE >
The Wise County real estate market continues to show signs of heating up again. Sales were up more than 15 percent year over year in June with 128 homes sold. It was the second straight month for sales to surge ahead of 2022. It was also the second-best month for sales behind May’s 132. It’s an encouraging sign for the... READ MORE >
The number of homes on the market in Wise County continues to climb. In May, the number of active listings hit 502, an increase of 36 from April. The months of inventory reached 5.8 months, a high since the Messenger began tracking monthly housing sales in 2017. The figure represents how long it would take to deplete inventory, assuming no... READ MORE >
On Saturday, June 24, 2023, Gordon Royace Payne passed away, missing his 90th birthday by three months. Most of those years were filled with dogged determination and independence. Gordon was born September 22, 1933, to Clyde and Cleo Staudt Payne in Fort Worth. Cleo died at age 27, shortly after Gordon was born, leaving his dad to raise him. With help from his... READ MORE >
After years of homes being in short supply, the Wise County real estate market is nearing a “normal” balance. The months of inventory in the county reached 5.4 in April, a high point since the Messenger started tracking monthly home sales in 2017. The figure represents how long it would take to deplete inventory, assuming no new inventory is put... READ MORE >
After a slow start to the year, Wise County’s real estate market began bouncing back in March. The month ended with 108 homes sold, the most in a month since July when there were 110 closings recorded in the county. The big month was a 16.1 percent increase from the 93 homes sold in March 2022. It also helped the... READ MORE >
The Wise County real estate market saw its first uptick in recent months in February. The month ended with 79 homes sold, an 11.3 percent increase from February 2022’s 71. It was a sharp increase after the market plummeted in January with just 42 homes sold — the slowest month since January 2019. It was the county’s best month of... READ MORE >
Home sales in Wise County plummeted to the lowest level since January 2019. Just 42 homes sold last month in the county. It was a drop of 22 closings from December and 21 less than January 2022. January 2019 was the slowest month for sales in the county since 2016, with just 31 closings. The median sales price for the... READ MORE >
